Today everything got real… This morning we went out to Newbury and most of the rally had a navagation briefing and training afternoon to introduce those (to newbies like myself and veterans alike) to the style of maps being used on the first night rallying through the Kent Forestry and the route books used everywhere else on our trip. Me and dad smashed it out, we will be fine in terms of navigational stuff.
I’m sitting in a top notch hotel room at the Brooklands Motor Museum (got here early this evening along with a large percentage of the other fella’s) and thinking, “well wouldnt the next month be nice if it was like this!” but at the same time, knowing full well that i will be lucky guy to get a flushing toilet (of any quality) at all throughout the middle bits of africa.
So yes, the nerves have definitely set in. 2 more sleeps. 1 more day.
James
julie
OMG… 2 sleeps to go!!! … and those holes in the groung can be pretty horrible!!! just try to hold your breath for as long as you can! 🙂 Love you both…. have fun together !!!!!
John Hastie
Hi James – all the best of luck to you both! I will be following your travels as much as possible and am very much enjoying the regular updates. I remember only too well the difficulty of blogging every day after a loooong day on the road on the P2P. Have fun!
John.
Jak Guyomar
Well Maxwell & James————-This is it!! I hope the word Vauxhall does not mean Valks All The Way Home!! The dunnys can’t be too much worse than the “long drops”along the Newell Hway in NSW. Cheeras nJak.