Jan
14
Staying alert: route-timing, theft, credit cards
Don't get caught out after dark
And button up the car every time.
Lukewarm food warnings.
1. Watch the time of day.
Match available daylight with your need to cover mountains and hills. Keep dusk for level ground if you can.
Example: Ireland. Do not start around the Ring of Kerry so that you are doing the easy part first, in early afternoon. You will be in mountains and eye to eye with mountain goats at dusk, and where the lodgings are scarce. Fortunately, opposing headlights warn you of vehicles snaking your way, but the animals sneak and graze on.
2. Theft. Theft happens. Example again for Ireland. Do not leave a window cracked open in the Blarney parking lot. Car emptied out, practically. Jon still had his passport and some cash and a credit card, so we coped.
And button up the car every time.
Lukewarm food warnings.
1. Watch the time of day.
Match available daylight with your need to cover mountains and hills. Keep dusk for level ground if you can.
Example: Ireland. Do not start around the Ring of Kerry so that you are doing the easy part first, in early afternoon. You will be in mountains and eye to eye with mountain goats at dusk, and where the lodgings are scarce. Fortunately, opposing headlights warn you of vehicles snaking your way, but the animals sneak and graze on.
2. Theft. Theft happens. Example again for Ireland. Do not leave a window cracked open in the Blarney parking lot. Car emptied out, practically. Jon still had his passport and some cash and a credit card, so we coped.
