23 May 2010
Meghan Jude Bridges
The Big Day As every woman in her first pregnancy will tell you, no matter how many books you read, midwives you speak to, or gods you pray to, you…
A travel diary, restored
Two people, one old Land Rover, and a very long way to drive.
In April 2009 we pointed DINO east from Land's End and didn't stop until we reached Sydney. This site is the diary we kept along the way, written at the time. It raised money for VSO, and was originally built by hand as a teenager. It has been rescued from the web archive and rebuilt, but the words are exactly as they were.
From the road
Latest diary entries
21 March 2010
Everybody Needs Good Neighbours
Life After Goa We ended up staying in Goa for 5 weeks, having great fun with Pete, Caf and Trev, but when our apartment was up, we were ready to…
26 November 2009
All Good Things
Arambol Having used the HUBB to find an appropriate beach in Goa to chill out on, we found ourselves at the perfect resort of Arambol. Apparently…
17 November 2009
Sprint to Goa
Simla Shimla We left you at the last blog with us having enjoyed McCleod Gang and about to head off to Shimla (or Simla, depending on you position in…
8 November 2009
Hindustan Zindabad
Pakistan Realigned! We arrived into Pakistan with an inkling that we could soon be having to make some major changes to our plans, but we both knew…
30 October 2009
BAM BAM
A New Adventure So the breaking and exciting news is that since the beginning of September we have known that Jenny is pregnant!! We obviously…
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The Diary
65 entries from the planning years through to the road itself.
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The Route
Country by country, from Cornwall across Europe and Asia to Australia.
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DINO
The 1990s Defender 110 200Tdi that carried us, and how he was built.
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JOGLE
Our John O'Groats to Land's End warm-up before the big one.
Why we drove
It was all for VSO
The whole adventure was a fundraiser for VSO, who send skilled volunteers to work alongside communities around the world. The fundraising is history now, but it was the reason the wheels ever turned. Read more about it →