Long day & big descisions!

T&G are in for a long day today.... briefing was at 4:30am and that was after a late night drinking some suspect spirit with the Hungarians that adopted Trish! They've got a 1000k slog from Perpignan to Almeria, where they have to be on the ferry by 10:00 so no chance for sightseeing.
Sounds like they are popular with the media as they are going to be interviewed by the Hungarian TV channel today that is following the rally and the race organiser wants to interview them daily to follow their progress! So watch this space for more media links....

Yesterday travelled through Venice, Monaco and Cannes, again no chance to see much. Had a slight problem with the radiator losing water, but hopefully that's sorted as there was no water loss overnight. Also Paul and his VW Bug that broke down in Belgium has caught up after getting a new engine, so the Taxi is no longer the oldest vehicle in the rally!

Big descision to be made today as T&G have to decide whether to go on to Mali. The official rally is ending in Agadir - Morroco now after safety fears and the advice of the Ministry of foreign affairs in Hungary due to the situation in Mauritania and Mali. A few other teams have decided to go on and have been offered an army escort. I think they would like to join them but the vehicles pressing on are mostly from the race category and so are faster 4x4 types. T&G are going to be discussing it with the others to make sure that they can keep up....esp if there is going to be offroading involved. They stress that they will only go on if they think they'll be safe!

I'll keep you posted!
M