Seven go to Cairo!!"
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In her travel books, adventure cyclist Anne Mustoe talks about the pleasure of friends joining her at various stages of her world tours, to bring out supplies and news from home.

	In this spirit, I was delighted when my friend Pat decided she would join me in Cairo where I intend to have a rest and recuperation week. We agreed she would bring out with her my maps for the next stages of my trip, and we would sit and sip red wine, chatting away the small hours under the shadow of the Pyramids.
It was at this point that our plans for a quiet rest were put in some danger as news spread. A phone call from Pam was quickly followed by another flight booked; another hotel room reserved.
	Julie soon got wind of what was happening, and having previously turned down the suggestion of a trip to Egypt as being "all culture", now found the plan enticing. Another call to Dial-a-Flight….
Pat then rang me to say that her lifelong friend Lillian would absolutely love to join us all. "But she doesn’t even know me…." No matter, it seems. At this point, Spike from Dial-a-Flight was considering moving up the housing market.
	We let Julie off the leash for a meal with two of her friends and work colleagues, Mary and Jackie. I received a very sheepish phone call from her the next morning. "Any chance of another two coming to Cairo? You wouldn’t mind?"
Of course not, but they’ll never get the flights. "No problem with that, they’ve booked themselves on this morning…" Spike was last seen driving away from the Dial-a-Flight office in a new Mercedes…
	Before I left for my trip, we went for a "get to know each other" meal together, where it was confirmed that the week in Egypt will be anything but a quiet week of rest and recuperation….   Next stop, Cairo!!!
And to prove that we made it in one piece, here's the photographic evidence !