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29 Sept to 13 Oct 2024
Day 11
Berat to Ioannina (331 km)
10 October 2024
Text & photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Design: K-Design
Otakar Chládek and Jindřiška Žemličková, 1972 Mercedes-Benz 350 SL
Roy Stephenson and Peter Robinson, 1968 Morris 1800 Mk2
Greece is a land of myths and legends and, over
the next three and a half days, we hope to write
some of our own in the final chapter of the Austria
to Athens Challenge.
We still had business to deal with in albania on our last
day here. The schedule included two Regularities, a Route
check and a pair of strategically placed Time controls.
This allowed plenty of time to take in the vast landscapes
and enjoy a leisurely cruise down the adriatic coast.
It wasn’t all plain sailing, though, the formidable
mountain roads demanded the crew’s full attention, and
more than one car slunk into lunch after some ad hoc
extracurricular sightseeing. The map-based first Regularity
from Rusinjë was mostly tarmac and led us through vast
olive groves, where noisy rafters of turkeys were strutting
their stuff and getting ready for their big day!
The mid-morning Time control was next, whilst Russ
Smith dealt with all manner of minor mechanical matters
in the car park, loren Price took charge of the clock in the
Oda e Hasan Beut. Once fed, watered and ticked out of Toç,
Ivan and Tisa Pusnik, 1939 Ford Coupe Deluxe
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