Total solar eclipse : Libya, 2006 March 29

Bob Marriott and Lorraine Crook

A 27-day expedition by land and sea

10 days in Libya, including 4 days and 3 nights camping in the desert

Distance travelled in Libya : 2,650 miles

Total distance travelled : 8,200 miles

1,487 photographs and 11 hours of video

March 13–14 Northampton–London– Dover–Calais– Lille–Paris–Torino
March 15 Torino
March 16 Torino–Rome
March 17 Rome
March 18 Rome–Salerno
March 19 Salerno–Pompei– Salerno
March 20 Salerno–Palermo
March 21 Palermo–Tunis
March 22 Tunis–Carthage–Tunis
March 23 Tunis–Gabes
March 24 Gabes–Matmata– Gabes–Ben Guerdane
March 25 Ben Guerdane– Ras Al Jedir–Tripoli
March 26 Tripoli–Ghariyan
March 27 Ghariyan–desert camp
March 28 Desert camp–Tmissah– Waw Al Namus– desert camp
. March 29 Desert camp–eclipse site– Waw Al Namus– desert camp
March 30 Desert camp– desert camp (village)
March 31 Desert camp (village)– Ubari Sand Sea–Sabha
April 1 Sabha–Misratah
April 2 Misratah–Leptis Magna– Tripoli
April 3 Tripoli–Sabratah–Tripoli
April 4 Tripoli–Ras Al Jedir– Ben Guerdane–Gabes– Tunis
April 5–6 Tunis–Marseille
April 7 Marseille–Lille– Calais–Dover
April 8 Dover–London– Northampton

A frame from the eclipse video –

not particularly impressive, but a personal record

The route