It is often asked of us why we travel like we do, in a vintage car, in some of the most inhospitable countries: we are no longer young in our years but we are still adventurous and perhaps a little foolish. We started motoring to then “far off countries”, such as Jugoslavia with our two young daughters, Tanya and Victoria in a 1947 Riley 2 1/2 Ltr.DHC: we were not the family to sit by the swimming pool.
It was April 1990 when we left our then two teenage daughters for “the drive of a lifetime” in a 1955 Bentley Continental S which had come into our possession 5 yrs previously and that journey London-Peking-Hong Kong was followed two years later: London-Lhasa-Saigon.
It is fair and correct to say that hardly has a year gone by since, when we were not motoring on a long and interesting journey somewhere in the world.
As grandparents now we have seen our 5 granddaughters develop similar interests which they have learned from accompanying us in countries such as India, Botswana, Namibia, Syria, Morocco and South Africa. They now are going on journeys of their own which will leave their parents, our daughters and respective husbands free to travel solo as we have done, and hopefully our five girls will follow in this family tradition.