Things we learnt on our trip round the UK:1. You can't escape UK bank holiday weekend traffic jams (or any other weekend for that matter). 3 hrs on the M4 leaving London and who knows how long sat in traffic on the M1 on the way back2. People are not exagerating about the midges in Scotland as we thought they might have been. I would even have bought one of those "head-net" hats if I had seen one, no matter how stupid they m...

Continuing on our trip from where we left off under the Ireland "update", we caught a 07h30 ferry from Larne in Northern Ireland to Troon, Scotland. We headed straight for Stirling for a sightseeing stop: William Wallace Monument, Stirling Castle and Bridge of Allan ect before continuing north-westwards. We bushcamped for the first time in UK on the banks of Loch Awe and had our first and only braai which was great, just us on our ow...

A huge thanks to Nick & Vick of www.langebaan-sunset.com for organisng such a successful and enjoyable weekend outing. And for putting us up for the night and hosting a memorable braai! It was great to meet new faces and catch up with the more familiar ones. We all enjoyed wandering around the 4x4 tracks on the Salisbury plains. For those of you that don't know these public roads/right of ways cross live military testing ground areas but are open to ...

Things we have learnt from Billing Aquadrome, Land Rover Enthusiast show, 21-23 August 2006: 1. We have a very waterproof and gale resistant dome tent (pitty it's not going to Africa) don't know if you heard about the rain storm on Sat. but it was pretty epic! Gazebos trashed left right and centre, and a few roof tents & caravans taken out by falling branches! 2. Very impressed with our MSR primus stove - courtesy of Ing's Dad - which we used for ...

Firstly a big, big thank you to Sebastian (Inga's brother) and Niel for babysitiing Cathey for the past few months - and SA dentist below them! (We have been storing her at their place in Reading due to space and security reasons) Also a huge thank you to the 2 of them for helping us out working on Cathey and also for all the ideas and suggestions. Also thanks for putting us up over the past 2 weekends in Reading. It has been really good for us to be able to ...