A visit from Michael and Christine Watson to collect some saddlery was the best thing that could happen: Michael offered the use of his ramp to mend Polly's sump guard, that had been pushed back somewhat during the "vehicle testing" at Glanusk. when we got her up on the ramp, it turned out that there was some fairly serious damage to the underside of the uncomplaining Polly. The red mist had definitely come down while we enjoyed ourselves out on the track! Michael not only lent us his ramp, but spent an entire day on the job for us - unfortunate use of words, but I'm sure you understand. He used to build rally cars of the performance variety and gave us an excellent demonstration of how to re-build a car with little but a welding torch and a big hammer - a hell of a big hammer!

We then took up another offer, this time from Rob Turner and his chum, Malcolm. Rob supplied a pair of jerry cans and, following a couple of evenings and a very good barbie, they are caged on a frame over the back window. We were quite keen to keep our spare fuel out of the car and Polly looks a bit like a mini Hummer with her distinctly macho rear end. We now have to look at modifying a roof rack for the trip. We are, however, fast running out of time.. ho hum

Sponsorship is now coming on apace since Graham of Signteam came up with the idea of selling a sticker with your name on it for every tenner donated. The stickers are necessarily getting smaller as the space diminishes but there will be a large number of Essex and Cambridgeshire names accompanying us to Mongolia.

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