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Dumball - Day 7 Last Stage - Bitola to Corfu

The last stage of the Dumball Rally is Macedonia to Greece. Firstly a warning to drivers everywhere, never leave your car unattended outside a hotel full of Dumballers (The pink car wasn't pink yesterday). The journey to the border was very short and the border patrols did not delay us for too long. From there we travelled through various towns and across endless mountain ranges towards Igoumenitsa. Generally the roads were good and we made quick progress. The mountains are gradually getting motorways carved through them but there are still a lot of areas where you need to climb up one side of the mountain and down the other. Main incident was when Tom (Superman)driving in another car was being tailgated by a blue van. It was trying to get past so he offered 'the finger of friendship'. Unfortunately it turned out to be a police van and the driver (a rather large policeman carrying a gun) was a bit upset. He pulled him over and although he apologised the policeman slapped him around the face and gave him a load of abuse. This all happened just outside of the tavern where we were having lunch so we had an excellent view. It seems a bit harsh but was a lot simpler than tickets and courts etc. When we arrived at the port we had 5 minutes to buy tickets and get on the ferry before it was sailing to Corfu. Managed Ok and headed for the bar for refreshments where we proceeded to drink it dry! The crossing was 2 hours and we arrived in Corfu at 21:30 local time (19:30 UK) in the dark (Normal for us now). However thanks to Black team leader Rick and the Hearse Today team the 15 minute journey from the port to the hotel took just over 45 minutes (how hard is it to get @turn left out the port and stay on the road to the hotel'? Hotel restaurant was closed so ended up driving to a local bar and getting some traditional greek food which was really good. The Hotel is a typical all inclusive beach hotel. Rooms are in small villas spread around the large grounds. Not fantastic but it will do.

Tonight we have the final Dumball Party and prize giving (More later).

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