Mazda Connect – Android Auto

3 years on I never got the car to connect to the WiFi h

USB powered DashCam

So one really annoying “feature” is the lac

Milestone 3333

3333 miles in and loving almost everything about the ca

SatNav woes

On the second day with the car we had to take an emerge

First wash porn

Total eclipse of the moon

Having waited ’til almost 4am have you ever wishe

Firmware versions

What’s the difference between/significance of the

Fat bottomed girls they make the rocking world go round!

888 miles in and we’re loving the new 3. The info

Oops, drifted :-s

Nothing to see here!

The good folks at Mazda3forums.co.uk assure me that the

Oh dear, leaky leaky drippy drippy

Getting home today I noticed a two nasty big wet patche

The End Is Nigh!!!

Woe unto you who do not scruple to say in irony, &#8220

More triples

…but this is the real goal of the weekend

B4520. There’s plenty more still to do but we&#82

On the search for fun roads and backdrops

We had a bit of a detour due to a technical hitch with

Milestones

Before signing we took an accompanied test drive with t

The inspection!

So it’s here at last!!!! …but despite reall

Sat Nav crash

So we’d only had the car 24 hours before we neede

Tomorrow never comes…

…but Saturday 12th September 2015 is today’

Back once again…

So back from a weeks holiday in Portugal that delayed c

Bon Voyage!!

..and then finally on to Sheerness. Unfortunately due t

I hate Pauline!!!

So I bum around all day thinking if the Progress is sti

私はあなたを発見しました

Watashi wa anata o hakken shimashita… but not a 3

Mercedes Mercedes (and Vauxhall) everywhere…

…but not a Mazda in sight 🙁

Fat ass Pauline

Unfortunately, and very frustratingly fat ass Pauline p

So from the land of the rising sun…

…to the sun rising over the east coast of Great B

Done queuing for Killingholme

So, I could forgive having to queue for the Suez, but i

The camera doesn’t lie…

Slightly later (and longer) lunch than usual today so I

ZeeBrugge to Antwerp

No! No! You’re going the wrong way!!!

So having watched all day in anticipation that it might

Then we dock…

here. Close enough. I’m off to bed or I’ll

An hour to traverse the dock…

Man I should have been off to bed for my 16 to go sleep

Arrival Zeebrugge

Nearly there :)

Mutiny on the Progress Ace!!!

So the detour took us all the way in to Cherbourg, but

21.2knots Woot!

So on my regular checkup I noticed a sharp course direc

Back in range off Britanny

As predicted the wait wasn’t too long to be picke

Once more into the fray

For hopefully the last time as we cross the mouth of th

There’s Lisbon on the starboard, Jim

In a couple of weeks time my wife, who’s of Portu

Full speed ahead

So we’re through the Gibraltar Straits and steami

What will we do with the drunken sailor?

Apparently the captain picked up rather a lot of Sangri

Approaching Gibraltar

Departing Barcelona

During the night we docked in Barcelona. I found a live

No Sitges detour pls!

A couple of hours and she’ll be docked in Barcelo

Updated ETA 2015-08-13 03:00 UTC

So the ETA’s been updated as I’d already an

No chance for 15:00

At this rate we’ll be getting in to Barcelona sho

Passed Sicily

So today’s been a good day! Progress of the Progr

Enroute Barcelona, approaching Malta

Enroute Barcelona, passed Crete

Barcelona bound…

The nightmare delay that was the Suez canal fading into

Mazda still leads the way…

Still leading the way, and just catching proof it went

Yay VesselFinder

So I’ve been using MarineTraffic mostly, but sinc

Delays delays delays…

So apparently there’s around a two day queue back

Progress through the Red Sea

Another day done it’s been great to have been mon

And on the portside…

Weaning myself off checking every five minutes we&#8217

Watching paint dry!

The last 24 hours have been like watching paint dry; go

Delayed :(

MOL’s updated the schedule for the Progress Ace.

Frustration!

Still no sign of the Progress Ace’s progress. By

Passing Banda Aceh

We’re back in range after a gap around the northe

38th sleep overdue

One last check before checking out for the night…

Out of range past Kuala Lumpur

So I hope she’s picked up again around the northe

Progress Ace through Malacca Strait

At 01:00 UTC (09:00 local time) we set off from Singapo

Anchored Off Singapore

Hmm, anchored off shore. Maybe they’re in a queue

Approaching Singapore

Running a bit late Progress Ace finally appears in rang

Passing the Philippines

After another brief abscence from the AIS network we po

Sndamac su bale duri

Popping up in range of the Taiwanese coast. Bring back

GO!

Due in Zeebrugge 17th August, in my garage 1st Septembe

On your marks, get set…

Progress Ace just arrived at Nakanoseki. A whole crew o