oy you lot, when is the next starkholmes meet?
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Psychobert said:
The accidental purchase of a two wheel drive 4WD Explorer.
I'd forgotten all about that one.. Must have been a little annoying..
Nah - just meant there was less to go wrong (not least because we couldn't use it for towing anyone out) And it was SOOOooooooo much fun sliding it around in the desert. (Bought it for £1k here and sold it for £2.5k there, too!) 
Psychobert said:
Let me know next time you do anything silly like that.. About time I did some travelling..
www.jsgreenwood.com/dakar
I was going to leave this one a while until I'd done a bit more groundwork around it, but... I have a plan...
I was lazing on the sofa the other weekend, and ended up watching the whole of Michael Palin's "Around the world in 80 days" in one sitting. It got me thinking - "how hard can it be?" Now, you'd not see much of the world rushing that much, so I figured you could make one minor tweak:
* No aeroplanes allowed apart from over the Atlantic, Pacific, and POSSIBLY from Arabia to India
That way you've just gained yourself 3-4 weeks for sightseeing. Same rules of nothing booked in advance, and no other "modern" transport, though.
I'm probably going to set up a website for this, see who I can get interested, etc. Would like to do it with a couple of other people, but think 2/3/4 is the most a group could take before it started impacting the help you could blag. Posssibly do it as a race with multiple groups setting off from different points/at different times. That's most likely too grand an ambition for the first attempt, though. Oh, and I was thinking of doing it around 18-24 months from now.
Then, once I've finished that one - "Around the Southern hemisphere in 80 days". Same thing, but South America, Africa, Australasia - need to think about the usage of 'planes in that one when I get a chance.
>> Edited by J_S_G on Thursday 1st June 20:54
t, not literally! I'll be there, though probably not in BG, he's on the old wheel and tyre combo while the alloys are refurbished, two of the tyres are perished and one keeps going flat over night.
Plus, I have spent a ridiculous amount of time & effort cleaning it, wouldnt want to get it dirty!
Plus, I have spent a ridiculous amount of time & effort cleaning it, wouldnt want to get it dirty!
Edited by Balmoral Green on Monday 5th June 09:07
minimax said:
I've been up to newcastle to see my little house and decided to quit my new job and move back, but while all the dust settles again I might nip down to matlock and have a pint with you chaps so when is it then?
I love being impulsive
ok...job quit, stuff moved, TVR being picked up tomorrow, see you lot all on Tuesday!
only question is, should I bring the loudest S in christendom or shall I beg a lift and get pissed...
minimax said:
I've been up to newcastle to see my little house and decided to quit my new job and move back, but while all the dust settles again I might nip down to matlock and have a pint with you chaps so when is it then?
I love being impulsive
ok...job quit, stuff moved, TVR being picked up tomorrow, see you lot all on Tuesday!
only question is, should I bring the loudest S in christendom or shall I beg a lift and get pissed...
I'd take a lift if I had the chance
and have a drink! Saves driving. Boosted.
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