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goes the whole way round the world on his motorcycle, with his friend Charley Boorman.
It was an extremely impressive feat, and I'm not comparing our own journey to his heroic
adventureinanyway,butthefactisthatheisEwanMcGregor.EvenpeopleinKazakhstan
and Mongolia recognised him; I often don't get recognised by my own family. What I am
trying to say is that when asking for favours from random strangers, you are at a distinct
advantage if you are Obi
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Wan Kenobi.
We might not have had the power to conduct any Jedi mind tricks, but these pitiable
faces of ours were our secret weapon.
'Well... just a minute,' she said hesitantly. 'Is it just some shelter you are after?'
'Yes, anything,' I said.
'Well I might be able to help you out in that case. Follow me.'
She led us through to a dusty old outhouse, which had walls on just two sides.
'You can prop your bikes up against the wall there,' she said, and we then expected her
to tell us we could sleep on the floor next to them. It was a lovely evening and we would
have been more than happy to sleep there.
But she wasn't finished yet.
'And you can sleep in here,' she said, unlocking the door to a self-contained annexe.
'There's a bedroom upstairs and you can use the campsite toilet block, which is just across
the yard.'
It was unbelievable. We had been seconds away from walking back out into the night
with nowhere to go, and then suddenly we had been offered our own little flat. Downstairs
was a kitchen, and upstairs was a large bedroom with a double bed and a mattress on the
floor.
'I can't offer you any food, I'm afraid, but there's a pub about half a mile down the road
where you might be able to get something.'
'Thank you so much, you're a lifesaver,' I said. 'What's your name?'
'Mrs Rogers.'
Mrs Rogers said goodbye, and we promised we would clean the campsite toilets for her
in the morning.
'Check this out. We've got our own flat!' said Ben before diving onto the double bed.
'Bagsie having the bed.'
'I suppose you're having the sleeping bag, too?'
'Too right I am. I did carry it all day.'
'Youaresuchadick.LookslikeI'msleepingonthefloorthen.CanIborrowyourtowel,
please?'
'Yes. Let's go and try and get something to eat,' said Ben. 'The pub will stop serving
food soon.'
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