Happiness again.

Following on from the last blog entry ;- Late in the afternoon Thursday we got a message, Poki’s ready to collect. It’s been a roller coaster ride of emotions trying to source information and new parts for her. John, the Gumtree owner, suggested we should take a spare potentiometer (electronic…

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Now we have Snow

Bad weather Dennis asked in his last blog, “What could go wrong”. Perhaps I should start by asking, what could go right? Contending with snow was not something that had occurred to us in our advanced planning. On Sunday we went, in my aged Mini Cooper, Poki being out of…

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What could go wrong!!

With 6 days till departure, what could go wrong? After arriving back to the UK it’s full steam ahead to get ready for a 15th December departure. We received Poki back from Gumtree with the Maxtrax (sand/mud recovery planks) nicely fitted to the roof-rack, and a solid 6mm aluminium steering…

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LAST PREPARATIONS FOR AFRICA

Stopover in San Francisco I had forgotten how grey and miserable the UK can be in November. We returned here on 23rd, after 3 lovely days in Novato, just outside of San Francisco. It’s always good to break the long journey from New Zealand. We are very fortunate to have…

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