Welcome to our blog, we are the sandmen, Guy Cockin, Tavis Walker and James Vessey, three archaeologists (in some cases ex archaeologists) who have risen to the challenge of the Plymouth Banjul rally. The rally occurs annually and is what might be called the banger equivilant of the Paris Dakar race. The rally is all about raising money for charity, in our case Wateraid www.wateraid.org.uk. So if you want to aid us in our drive to raise £4000 you can donate via paypal on this website!

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Misery in Midelt


Breakfasted on jump leads and battery acid outside Ibis Hotel, as the engineers were busy beating Bodges engine with sticks tav quietly suggested using the jump leads which seemed to do the trick! We crossed the Moyen Atlas encountering the interesting Berber sales tactic of running out into the path of your vehicle with handfulls of rocks and fossils. Several hours of avoiding a hit and run incident later we pulled into the beautiful Berber metropolis of Midelt<>, and feasted on cold bean stew with diced chicken bones, stale bread and mysterious liquids at a nameless restaurant .

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