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Driving overland from London to Sdney
In late 1998 I was flicking through my father's copy of Private Eye and spotted an advert, asking for people to join a 4 others driving from London to Sydney.

I was fortunate not to have any real ties, and a supportive family, and some savings which meant that in February 1999 myself, Jimmy, Simon, Lisa and Al set off in a 1987 Land Rover hoping to arrive in Sydney for the millennium celebrations.

The journey took 9 months and we drove 27000 miles visiting 19 countries en-route, including Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Thailand and Laos. The route we chose included 2 sea crossings where the Land Rover was shipped in a container and we flew over - these were between Chennai (then Madras) and Kaula Lumpur (KL) and KL to Perth.

Sadly neither Jimmy or Simon made it to Sydney - for various reasons they both flew home before the end and I have now lost touch with them but would like to see them both again if I could. The vehicle and myself, Lisa and Al all made it though in one piece.

It really was a fantastic trip - we covered a pretty full range of emotions, foods, temperatures, conditions and cultures and if the opportunity where to rise again I would go for it in an instant, despite having a business to look after now.

While I was in Sydney I wrote three articles that were published on the Bootsnall website and they are still there 12 years on:

www.bootsnall.com/articles/99-11/overlanding-land-rover-1-3.html
www.bootsnall.com/articles/99-11/overlanding-land-rover-2-3.html
www.bootsnall.com/articles/99-11/overlanding-land-rover-3-3.html
(Fri 15th Jul 2011, 20:52, More)

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Rent Demand
My rent demand arrived in the post this morning. 2500 pounds due in on Christmas Day. No card, happy christmas, nothing. Luckily I have no staff so cannot refuse them their Christmas bonus!
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