A big huge thank you to Rally Round for choosing Just A Drop for their chosen charity to support. Thanks to all the team entry money being donated, we raised $360 !!!
Grand Finale
So here we are at the conclusion: Sol has evolved from Rust to Rally. With a lot of help from a lot of very special people – including Adam Jones, Charlotte, The Rally Round Mechanics (Saints) and our “back up team” total deserving winners of the Spirit of the Rally award – Laurie and Pam and many more…. One day…
The Final Day Franschhoek To Cape Town
Car packed again but for the last time this time… I can’t believe we have fitted our lives into these two bags for the last five weeks, Plus a petrol can which has proved more important than anything – at least the load is lighter now as I am getting through the 42 pairs of knickers I brought with me.…
Day 24 Oudtshoorn to Franschoek
The penultimate day… We set off from the Queens hotel in Oudtshoorn after early breakfast and an extra Regularity was put on to make up for the one that had to be cancelled yesterday – so three in all today. The first two were soon after we set off from the hotel and one almost lead off from the other…
Day 23 Cradock to Oudtshoorn
Lots of gravel roads today and good enough to drive i.e. not too many pot holes. Two regularities had been planned but one of them was cancelled because we heard last night that that poor Michel had rolled the Bently yesterday. He was really quite badly injured so of course all the support team had gone with him to hospital.…
Day 22 Umngazi to Cradock
VERY difficult to tear ourselves away from beautiful Unmgazi. It was wonderful to have the day off and spend two nights in such a heavenly place. Not going anywhere until we have had deep fried bananas for breakfast Back on the road again and Boy are they investing in the roads…. All very well apart from the multitude of…
Umhlanga to Umngazi
Super organised Charlotte, had organised for the brakes parts and a new cable for the Guage Pilot to be sent to the Oyster Box, so we were really looking forward to continuing in a “relatively” normal way – and for me to do some of the driving – but “this is Africa” and the parcel is stuck in customs so…
From Phinda to Umghlanga
Bye bye team at Phinda – lovely seeing you and all the other animals. Hello Umghlanga The face says it all – we have arrived at the Oyster Box in Umhalanga – a beautiful hotel in a stunning location, in one piece but with no clutch! The closest I have seen to J not smiling! I have enough wifi to…
Kasane to Francistown
Lots of Driving, lots of Navving, lots of Distance, I overshot the turning to the track to lunch, partly because J was following Alastair and Rachael who had also overshot it, because he was convinced they would know where they were going! – denying the first rule of Navigating that he taught me (actually the only one) which was never…
From Zambia to Botswana
We were warned that this would be the most difficult/stressful border crossing, but little did anyone know that the ferry would be broken! we left in batches rather than one minute intervals to make the crossing easier, the 9.00ers before us were very lucky as they got on the last ride before it broke. There was no shade and we…