http://www.sanddodgers.co.uk Driving from Plymouth to Banjul in a clapped out rust bucket! Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:49:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well the good news is that the Saab has finally been sold! We did wonder if anyone would actually want to buy the car based on the state it was finally in when we arrived to The Gambia but the good people of the Safari Gardens Hotel managed to ... http://www.sanddodgers.co.uk/2007/05/03/sold-finally/ It was great to see lots of you at the home coming party last Friday, thanks Pete for choosing such a nice venue and thanks to the Camel and Artichoke manager for kicking out those cheeky city boys that refused to move.... nice one! We had a nice relaxing eve pursuing ... http://www.sanddodgers.co.uk/2007/02/28/thank-you-one-and-all/ We are back…! To celebrate we are hosting a Sanddodgers homecoming party at 7:30pm on Friday 23rd Feb in the fittingly named the Camel and Artichoke (Just to point out we ate camels not artichokes in the desert!) We have booked the upstairs room and we will be premièring our final video on ... http://www.sanddodgers.co.uk/2007/02/20/sanddodgers-homecoming-party/ We have finally managed to get hold of a copy of one of the interviews shown on ITV's London Tonight News. This particular clip was shown on Sunday 21st January after our return to the UK. For those that missed it, here it is: http://www.sanddodgers.co.uk/2007/01/30/sanddodgers-on-itv-london-tonight/ Pete has his head in accountancy mode this week as we do the last of the Sanddodgers collecting to work out just how much we have managed to raise for Tearfund and Macmillan. Current count suggests we could be nearing £15000! Thank you to everyone who has donated so far, ... http://www.sanddodgers.co.uk/2007/01/29/the-final-count-up/ One thing we did do before leaving Banjul was a quick interview with each of the teams we travelled through the sahara with, namely: Rob and Andy - Clayton Farm Crew, Sean, Simon and Adrian - Desert Cowboys, Warren & Louis - Fan-belt Warriors, John & Jayne - Team Beeblebrox ... http://www.sanddodgers.co.uk/2007/01/22/meet-the-teams/ For those in the London area, Pete, Gareth and myself popped into Kings Cross yesterday afternoon for another inview with ITV London Tonight who are planning to air a little about us and some of our footage either tomorrow or sunday in their London Tonight news show. If you ... http://www.sanddodgers.co.uk/2007/01/19/in-the-news-once-more/ Hello all, we have made it home safe and well. After an exciting flight home (via Tenerife due to a lack of fuel in Banjul....) we arrived early this morning to a rapturous welcome from some key family members, namely Jon and Pete’s wives. The 8 hours flight ... http://www.sanddodgers.co.uk/2007/01/17/back-in-blighty/ So this is the second attempt today to upload the latest video, again with no joy... So you may well have to wait till tomorrow (tuesday) night, when we'll be safely back home and sitting on a decent internet connection again. to whet your appetites, still to come is the trip from ... http://www.sanddodgers.co.uk/2007/01/15/final-teething-problems/ Yes Sanddodgers watchers - WE HAVE MADE IT!!! the Saab rolled off the ferry to banjul yesterday afternoon having spent all morning queueing to get on - apparently we got away lightly with a 3 hour wait, some teams took over 8 hours to get through and ended up camping on ... http://www.sanddodgers.co.uk/2007/01/14/chilling-in-banjul/