Hereandthereinafrica....

[neil_cardiff]

mechsympathy said:

pdV6 said: ...probably best to read the Malawi and Mozambique sections in the reverse order to which they are posted, though! It's not too clear, is it? I blame Claire (obviously) (And we've got a sticky Thanks Neil.)

I thought it'd save you some vital clickaging

[mechsympathy]

It does save a lot of scrolling

[dazren]

Anyone know when our resident workshy traveller will be returning. I think we need a curry in his honour.

DAZ

[GlenMH]

dazren said:

Anyone know when our resident workshy traveller will be returning. I think we need a curry in his honour. DAZ

Agreed - it can't be that far away now. I will have a chat with my other half as she has a better handle on these things!

Glen

[GlenMH]

Her on crutches reckons that they are due back in early May as they have other events booked later that month...

Glen

[pdV6]

Site's been updated over the weekend - looks like they're almost finished, barring more mechanical gremlins.

[mechsympathy]

Hello!! Not much sneaks past you lot. We're back in 3 weeks or so, and we've spent a tense weekend wondering if we'd finish the trip in the car. Fortunately the overheating problem turned out to be an electrical fault, unfortunately we didn't work this out until after replacing the thermostat, water pump, rad, viscous coupling and temp guage sender. Hey fking ho. At least we can feel confident giving the car apasting in the dunes.

(And Claire has fixed the order of countries for you too.)

GlenMH said:

Her on crutches reckons that they are due back in early May as they have other events booked later that month... Glen

What's she done??

[GlenMH]

mechsympathy said:

Hello!! Not much sneaks past you lot. We're back in 3 weeks or so. What's she done??

We were at a friends house and then she stepped on to a rug from the bottom of a flight of stairs. Rug was not attached to stripped wood floor underneath.... Rug went one way and she went the other, and ended up sitting on her ankle.

Late night dash (that has got its own thread....) to BRI for X-rays etc and now she is in a cast for another 6 or so weeks for the broken ankle. Fun and games at the moment for a suspected DVT in the calf muscle concerned - after most of the day spent back at BRI yesterday to get that diagnosis, another trip today and then a scan and ortho clinic tomorrow. Oh and daily injections to the stomach to thin the blood.

I am just so enjoying being Mr Domestic!

Have a safe trip home and have some good ideas about some venues for curry!

Glen

[mechsympathy]

YAY We're in Cape Town!! We're shipping the car this week and should be home at the weekend. And I'm back at work on Monday week

So, curry sounds good. Probably the week starting 15th May is best...

GlenMH said:

Stuff

(with a little bit of and a touch of )

Wish her well from us, we'll be around next week to annoy her.

[yertis]

It's like we're anticipating the return of a prophet, to save us from our idea-less wanderings in the wilderness.

Well done chaps - very jealous of your adventure.

[pdV6]

Follow the gourd!

[mechsympathy]

He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy.

[GlenMH]

mechsympathy said:

he's a very naughty boy.

Really! Tell us more

Well done on arriving safely and looking forward to seeing you both soon!

Glen

[yertis]

Shall we organise a big surprise curry in his honour, as Brother Daz has suggested?

[GlenMH]

Won't be much of a surprise now it has been mentioned on here

Sounds good though!!

Glen

[pdV6]

Come on then Bill, where's the last episode of the journey?

I missed the last curry night and am itching to hear the conclusion!

[GlenMH]

Erm... the're home and they didn't get eaten by any hissy snarly bitey things! Job done, really!

Glen

[mechsympathy]

Claire is on the case and it should be up to date sometime soon(ish).

[pdV6]

[mechsympathy]

All done.