Abdullah, our translator and general organiser from the King Abdul Aziz Foundation

Taking notes at the Arfajiya wells

Working out our route with the help of the local police

A stone from one of the wells at Adfa - the marks were left by the ropes used to haul the waterskins out of the well

At one of the Adfa wells - Ibrahim, Helen and the two Abdullahs

Adfa well

Florence at Kasr Adfa - a place visited by Captain Shakespear and described in his journal

A desert melon - look but don't touch!

A desert filling station - the pick up on the left is used to power the fuel pump - when the strip light is lit, the petrol flows!

Looking down the well next to the castle at Haiyania

Tea break at Haiyania castle

Haiyania castle - another of Shakespear's destinations on his 1914 journey.

Haiyania castle

Arabia's Stonehenge? The standing stones of Jalajil, close to Jauf

Richard and Florence, during our journey through the Nefud

Another beautiful desert sunset

Beware! One of the Toyota's tyres pays the price of travelling across a stoney desert

A novel way of carrying water - in a huge bag at the back of the pick-up

Delivering water

Collecting wood, Bedouin style