As I approach the twilight of my working life, I never envisaged adding the role of taxi driver to the CV. However, I find myself volunteering for a 671 mile weekend jaunt to the North East, then back down to Hampshire before returning to base. The Outlaw needed to be in the Isle of Wight. A quiet pint with the lads was therefore off limits for the weekend. Sunday morning. It was purely coincidental that we left for Portsmouth at 0657 hours. In the day, it was a popular time to depart Portsmouth. The original plan never featured Portsmouth at all. However when the eventual destination was across the Solent, a trip to coincide with Cowes Week was never a smart idea. It was a relatively straightforward journey, bar the accident outside Newbury reducing the A34
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