OMG this thread now has over 10000 views.
I hope some of you stayed around to share in my adventure and were not too dautned by the length of the report.
Thanks everyone for your interest in this report it makes it worth the effort to know that is still generating some views. ^
I hope this serves as encouragement for more people to give back in the form of a trip report. It is certainly one of my favourite places on FT.
I shall report back after Christmas as there is still one more sector to go on this trip which will be on 22 December.