Went to a talk last night by the current organiser of Hot Rock, a truck that tours the globe putting up new routes and exploring mountainous regions.
Couple of good things to remember for Africa trip:
1. Climbing (finger) board on back of truck.
2. Weld on extra water carriers.
3. Spare tyres (they had 9 blowouts from Kenya to Cape Town).
4. Wooden planks and boards to help get truck out of sand and mud traps.
5. Stereo!
6. English dictionaries for the locals.
More importantly, good to see their budget - £4,000 for 7 months from Kenya to South Africa. Click HERE to see what it includes.
And for details of their truck, click HERE.
Mental note, need to get an HGV and/or PGV driving licence...
29 November 2006
27 November 2006
Meeting with the mighty Musa
Former Lovells poet and now star of the performace poetry league of fine speakers, Musa Okwonga ripped up the floorboards of Brussels with me a few years back and has been a source of inspiration ever since. Check out his latest offerings on www.myspace.com/ofmooseandmen.
Over a pile-it-high-as-you-like-lunch today he came up with some choice contacts for the trip:
1. BBC African Football Correspondent - Mark Gleeson (mark.gleeson@bbc.co.uk)
2. Guy who has driven from Cairo to Cape Town - Jono Felix ("My mate Jonny Polonsky - wicked guy, by the way - went across Africa, his driver was called Jono Felix; I don't have Jono's details, but I'm sure Jonny will have them. He's at jonny.polonsky@gmail.com.")
And his own literary agent who has just secured him a deal on a book about the 11 ingredients for a great footballer. I believe he's virtually written the book but is still working on the working title. www.hhbagency.com (Heather Holden-Brown)
Over a pile-it-high-as-you-like-lunch today he came up with some choice contacts for the trip:
1. BBC African Football Correspondent - Mark Gleeson (mark.gleeson@bbc.co.uk)
2. Guy who has driven from Cairo to Cape Town - Jono Felix ("My mate Jonny Polonsky - wicked guy, by the way - went across Africa, his driver was called Jono Felix; I don't have Jono's details, but I'm sure Jonny will have them. He's at jonny.polonsky@gmail.com.")
And his own literary agent who has just secured him a deal on a book about the 11 ingredients for a great footballer. I believe he's virtually written the book but is still working on the working title. www.hhbagency.com (Heather Holden-Brown)
Page One
On the 26 November 2006 Mr Spence stepped in with the first page of the second adventure:
"This is what happens when the patients get to run the asylum".
More importantly, he's in.
"This is what happens when the patients get to run the asylum".
More importantly, he's in.
13 November 2006
In the beginning...
First email went out last night to recruit the team... 
3 immediate responses:
Vince - Definitely;
Seb - Almost definitely;
Nidge - Heavily caveated definitely; &
Mike - Part of the way for sure.
1 slightly later but almost immediate response:
Mr Gorczynski - "I love it...shotgun not playing in goal."
3 immediate responses:
Vince - Definitely;
Seb - Almost definitely;
Nidge - Heavily caveated definitely; &
Mike - Part of the way for sure.
1 slightly later but almost immediate response:
Mr Gorczynski - "I love it...shotgun not playing in goal."
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