ROAD RALLY

This week the Paris/Dakar Road Rally has just started. They have left Spain and are now into North Africa. The trip stays mainly on the West Coast of Africa this time and only as far as Dakar. I so enjoy watching all the various nationalities (Japan, South Africa, Spain, France, Italy, Britain,Germany, Finland,and Qatar amongst them)competing in Trucks, Cars and Motorbikes. The best part of all to me. is to be able to see the countryside that they travel through. Some of it is absolutely stunning. One gets the real feel of the desert, and it is interesting to see the various people in their villages turning out to support the rally. My only complaint over the years is that there has never been enough T.V. coverage of it all. However it seems that this year they have heard my cries, and coverage has been extended.