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13 June to 3 July 2022
Day 18
Plovdiv to Edirne (275.6 km)
St Damian and St Cosmas, the Patron Saints of the medical
profession are, of course, well known to Dr John Llewelyn
and Sarah Ormerod. To the rest of us they were something
of a novelty who, if nothing else, made the drive through
the first two Regularities, Galabovo North and Galabovo
East, slightly more interesting. From the Landmark Creek
Hotel the cars climbed into the low hills south of Plovdiv
for a tour of the woods and the chance to see the faithful
making their way to St Damian’s Monastery for their yearly
devotions and a lunch of grilled bean and mackerel kurban.
Text & photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Design: K-Design
The sweep’s car park party had left its mark on
some of the crews this morning. Despite this
everyone was keen to get onto the road to do
battle with the stopwatch on this Saints Cosmas
and St Damian feast day. We were delighted to
see John and Nicole Whitelock’s Mercedes back in
the ranks after its half shaft replacement surgery,
along with Barry Nash and Malcolm Lister’s freshly
panel beaten Rover P5.
1 July 2022
Michael and Marcus Eatough, Mercedes-Benz 230 S Fintail
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