Run for the border

Tomorrow we cross, or at least try to cross the border into Mauritania, another 6am start to cope with the legndary beaurocracy and then we are really up to our necks, no roads, people or petrol stations as we cross the desert proper, hmmm, well its too late to turn back now. It may be a few days before we can add anything else, if you dont here anything by the 5th send out a search party! Our desert crossing party is made up of 5 other teams; the two other cheokee jeeps, team Lover Rovers, Team Bodge and two Germam teams in two wheel drives! but up for the longer off=piste desert route. We have been given GPS waypoints from a jeep that has come the other way so we have passed on the offer of a guide; we will just make sure we are not first into the mine field!