long way for a curry!

I am off to Wales on Friday For a curry!!

we are having a Curry night to raise funds.

my intention was to take the trailer and drag the 88" landy I have been offered back, however a mate in the Scottish borders has come up trumps and found me a 109" landy for the same as it was going to cost me to drag the trailer to Wales and back!!

will update you on how good the curry was when I get back!!!!!

Trips!!

well the general appeal has gone out for some LHD series parts.

All is arranged to pick up Crusty from Wales next weekend (and a quick curry at the same time!)

Tomorrow I am off to exchange some spare series bits for a Ford Escort estate that needs work. I will then sell that to gain some more green Land-rover vouchers.

I have been offered a system for creating diesel form used cooking oil. Again another weekend going to pick it up this time I don't have to go so far but at the price I cannot resist!

planning is ongoing Howard as finalised the route I will get a copy next Friday when I go for crusty.

I am still trying to find a bus for the trip and I am speaking to my contacts at a big bus company!

and that is the update

D-Day

16th March 2012. Departure day!

permissions!!!!!!!

Well I spoke to Mum and Dad today regards the trip,
Dads reaction "You will hate the heat!!"
Mums reaction "Who's paying for it!!"
My brother in law asked if he could come then he got hit and told he couldn't!
so I am looking for a willing volunteer who is willing to come along!

I got an email came in from a friend and the possibility of a bus is being looked at.

I also got an email from Howard over the weekend with a provisional route, looks like fun!

I am asking friends who have run series landies in the past to check the back of their garages for spares we can take with us (I am off to pick some bits up tomorrow)

and so on we go........

or bust

well the bust bit came along today!
Driving down to work this morning running a tad late so I was "ahem" motoring a bit!!! (honest officer I was doing 60)

out from the side of the road pops A very suicidal Wood Pigeon!!

net result one Hyundai front Bumper required!!

I am now trawling Flebay for another, seems I can get all manner of 04 to 06 model bumpers but an 07 tucson limited is a bit on the hens teeth side of rare!!

any way news is I am allowed the 30th of July off so I am going to Welsh Wales!!!

well it starts

I was asked by an acquaintance a couple of weeks back to accompany him and some other travellers on a charity run to the Gambia.

this will involve driving a bus (if we can source one) and some old battered and hopefully reliable series three land-rovers from the UK out to Gambia via Spain, Morocco, Western sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and into Gambia.
these vehicles will then be donated to the charity Shine Africa for them to use.
the run is called the Rainbow run. we also have a facebook page

we are hoping to start the journey in the first quarter of 2012. and at the moment we have 5 vehicles and 10 people signed up.

I will try to give you an idea of the fun I am having trying to get organised!

first thing on the list is an old land-rover and I might have sourced one in south Wales it needs two things 1) bringing home to north east Scotland and 2) a touch of welding!

I am intending to drive down to Wales at the end of the month to meet the rest of the crew so will be taking the trailer to bring the landy back, oh and he has been christened Crusty!

so the fun begins!