Livingstone second out of the blocks

18 Jun 2014

On 12 June, Livingstone was still in the area north east of Kyle of Lochalsh but by midday on 14 June he was on his way and just northwest of Newtown, North Wales. He didn’t hang around though and in the early hours of the 15 June he was just south of Monkwood in west Dorset, and just 7km (4 miles) from the Channel coast.

We next heard from him during the early morning of 16 June. He had crossed the Channel and was in Brittany and by the morning of the 17 June had moved in to Loire Atlantique, and was close to Vay, 119km (74 miles) south of the Channel coast. He is the second of our tagged

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