ABOUT THE EXPEDITION ADVENTURERS:

THE IDEA WAS BORN YEARS AGO TO TRAVEL AND THIS I DID. I BACK PACKED EUROPE , THEN CAME HOME TO REALISE THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL PLACES WHICH HAVE OPENED UP AROUND SOUTH AFRICA . HAVING TRAVELED SOLO IN A NORMAL SEDAN AROUND SOUTHERN AFRICA . THE BUG BIT, VERY HARD. I PURCHASED A VERY DILAPIDATED SERIES 3 LANDY WITH A GOOD FRIEND. ON RETURN FROM ANOTHER AWESOME SOUTHERN AFRICA EXPERIENCE, ANOTHER WAS PLANNED.

A BAKKIE WAS PURCHASED AND I JOINED A 4WD CLUB, TO MEET PEOPLE I COULD RELATE TOO REGARDING THIS BUG THAT BIT ME. AFTER TRADING IN MY BAKKIE FOR A NEWER ONE, YEARS LATER I REALISED THE VEHICLE FOR THE JOB IS A LAND ROVER DEFENDER. THIS AGAIN MORE RECENTLY HAS BEEN TRADED IN FOR A NEWER MODEL, REGRETTABLY AS IT IS HARD TO TRADE A MUCH TRAVELED AND LOVED LANDY, ASK ANY LANDY OWNER.

DURING MY FIRST YEARS WITH THE CLUB I LEARNT ABOUT THE GARDEN IN MY BACK YARD SO TO SPEAK. THEN I STARTED TO MEET PEOPLE WITH THE SAME YEARNING TO TRAVEL INTO NEXT DOOR'S BACK GARDEN.

BOTSWANA , NAMIBIA , ZAMBIA , ZIMBABWE CAME TO BE REGULAR OCCURRENCES ONCE AGAIN.

AFTER YEARS OF TRAVELLING THE BACK GARDEN AND NEXT DOOR'S, I HAVE COME UP TO THE 30 YEAR OLD MILE STONE RAPIDLY.

THROWING MY GIRLFRIEND INTO THE DEEP END REGARDING AFRICA TRAVEL WHEN WE MET, SHE HAS NOW FOUND HERSELF A YEAR LATER GOING TO THE UK. THE CATCH IS WE'RE DRIVING THERE.

THIS WILL BE A CHALLENGE FOR US, AS WE ARE DRIVING SOLO AND WILL BE WITH EACH OTHER 24/7 FOR + - 4 MONTHS, WITH NO AID EXCEPT SPONSORS AND NO ONE ELSE TO BLAME WHEN THE SMELLY STUFF HITS THE FAN.

MY GIRLFRIEND, BORN IN SOUTH AFRICA AND EXPEDITION CO DRIVER WILL PLAY AN INTEGRAL PART IN THIS EXPEDITION AND HOPEFULLY WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT DURING THIS EPIC JOURNEY KATHLEEN BARNES WILL BE MORE THAN A GIRLFRIEND AND BEST FRIEND. AS BOTH KAT AND I SEARCH FOR ORIGINS SUCH AS THE ZAMBEZI , WE ARE SEARCHING OUR OWN. AS I SEARCH FOR MINE IN SOUTH WEST ENGLAND , KAT SEARCHES FOR HER ANCESTRY IN IRELAND.

EXPEDITION'S SUCH AS THESE ARE TOO ABOUT PERSONAL GOALS AND ACHIEVEMENTS, I HOPE WE FIND THEM ALL.

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