After leaving Devon where we were having air suspension fitted on the rear of the truck, we travelled about half way between there and London and had to go back as we developed a slight air leak and one of our gauges kept on dropping. Luckily, it turned out to be nothing serious only a leak from one of the valves and we were soon on the way again. We eventually caught the 8.20 p.m. train on the Euro Tunnel some four hours later than the one we had booked. As it ...

BLOGS Click on each country of interest and the diary will be listed for each place visited in that country i.e. in Egypt to view Cairo select Cairo. The diary will be updated as often as possible as we go along. Hopefully, we will have lots of interesting stories to tell about all the places we visit and things we have seen. PICTURES To view all the pictures you need to click onto the country you want to look at and all the pictures taken in that country wi...

The vehicle we will be using is a 2007 Nissan Navara 2.5 diesel King Cab 4 x 4 pick up. Even though the vehicle was brand new it had to have extensive work done to it to enable it to travel the rough roads of Africa. All preparation work on vehicle carried out by:- Overland Expedition Company, Devon www.OEC4X4.com Speacialist Leisure, Warrington www.specialist-leisure.co.uk Easy Lifter, Loughborough www.easylifter.co.uk Replaced Front And Rear Suspension ...

After much searching in the U.K. and Europe we eventually found what we were looking for in Denver, Colorado, USA. The camper is an aluminium frame with a fibreglass shell bonded to the framework making it lightweight and strong. Hopefully, this should stand up to the rough terrain we will experience on our journey through Africa to Cape Town. The camper fits on the back of our 4x4 pick up and can be taken off easily whenever required. The roof pops up to reveal...

We went on three courses to help us brush up on skills we would need. St John's Ambulance First Aid Course 4X4 Course We went on an day's course run by www.parkwood4x4.com which is as an introduction to driving off road. GPS Training A excellent two day course called getting started with GPS & Digital Maps run by www.gpstraining.co.uk A very useful course for anyone interesting in using GPS