Trek 10 - Finale!

The last day of our trek dawned clear, calm and hot. We arrived at our start point just outside Dipkarpas at 9.45. John took a tumble on one slippy slope. Then later on another. The track was very fragmented and it was difficult to keep the group together. At coffee I recited my 'Jolly Hunter' poem and at the lunchtime stop George did his tale about the golfer in Hell, Tony told his joke about the 3 senior military officers in heaven and myself, Margaret and Bob performed the Beverley Sister's song 'Sisters' with Bob in drag. We saw very few of the wild donkeys, though we saw lots of evidence of their digestive activity. We heard one quite close to us in the thorny bushes in Donkey Valley but could not see it. We crossed the finishing line at 3.30 after14.8 miles making a total of approx 145 miles in 10 days. Our welcoming committee had the finishing tape out and we all received an 'Over the Hill' club membership T-shirt and a congratulatory card hand painted by Jan Quayle depicting us at lunch under the shade of the trees on the 2nd day. What a lovely memento of our achievement. Then the sparkling wine corks popped and glasses chinked all round as we toasted the 9th and final complete Cape to Cape Trek organised by John. Many thanks John, it was a great pleasure and a privilege to be with you. Now 2 days R and R then back to UK and our families with the wonderful experience of trekking the North Cyprus Cape to Cape just a memory - but what a memory!