I know you've been planning for sometime so it might work put slightly different for you Ted, but for us the closer we got to d-day the less time there was to worry about things so these thoughts got pushed to the back of the mind, only to hit us like a train on the night before we left. I felt physically sick, the first time in my life I have ever felt nerves other than in my head.
First day of the trip was a disaster, my bike wouldn't start when we went to ride off for the ferry, the battery had died, making our leisurely ride to Dover a mad dash with no time to fuel up. Couldn't eat most of that day and by the time we had the tent set up we both just crashed out before 9pm absolutely exhausted, slept for close to 14 hours and when we woke up everything made sense again and the reality of what we were doing and the fact we weren't going to work again for a long time was amazing.
So hang in there, it'll probably get worse before it gets better, but its totally worth it, hopefully see you in Egypt or Sudan.
Ride Safe
Matt & Kim
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