After some navigational issues in central london we are finally on the m20. We have about 40 minutes until the ferry leaves. We are about 40 miles away!
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
27 hours & counting
This morning at 9:20am Operation Panda got it's third and most important team member back - Mollyinha! Afforded a new lease of life thanks to the work of Roger and Richard at Roger's Bodyshop in Crowland, she's driving a lot better and seems to be more eager to get going than we are! This is very good news, meaning we have almost a whole day in which to prepare for the big departure tomorrow afternoon! We reckon it's in the true spirit of the rally to be getting all this sorted so late... honest.
Things done to make her more likely to make it to Mongolia include:
Spark plugs
HT leads
Dizzy cap
Timing adjustments
Wider front tyres
Things that we plan to do today to make her look more comical include:
Blue metallic window tints
White wheel hubs
Home made roof rack
Ach! Really can't wait to get going now!
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Monday, July 17, 2006
Five Days...
With less than a week between us and the start of the event, I (Tim) have decided to sleep outside in preparation. I may even try and cook all my food on a small stove and only drink my cups of tea from a metal tin.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Boot Sale
An early start this morning as OP (featuring Thomas Andrew Glavina) headed down to the Peterborough Utd Football ground to sell everything we didn't really need.
Once the initial morning blues had been combatted by drinking coffee we were on top form, developing the awesome game "Wheel of Deals" in which one child left our stall with 6 items for a pound! Eventually we gave pretty much everything away to this Polish couple who seemed very happy with the useless tat we filled their car with.
We think we managed to raise about a hundred quid from the sale today, but then you have to factor in the 2 burgers, 6 coffees, 3 cans, 6 pints and round of pitch and putt. Think we're looking at more like ninety. Cheers for coming down, Glove.
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