Many of you reading this will have found the site because of the Global Convoy Navigation, a challenge I ran some 7 years ago now. So much has changed since then! To be fair, I would argue that everything has changed since then, including the Micra that went on that trip. It’s been hiding away for almost 3 years now, and before that it was held up on the side of the road. Now, after lots of hard work and grafting learning new things (including how to weld, although somewhat terribly and very slowly!) the Micra is now legal and back on the road. Well…sort of back on the road. Yes, despite changing so many things including new brakes, suspension, lines, hoses, the steering rack, exhaust, bearings…(and that is not an exhaustive list!) it’s still refusing to play ball. There was a strange noise coming from the front left of the car which I initially thought was a rock stuck between the pad and disk. The noise got worse and worse before changing so I got underneath and discovered a very dodgy sounding differential and driveshaft. Due to the car being higher, it’s not out of place for the diff to go. So ‘new gearbox it is’ I thought – this all happened right before its first big show, The Bushcraft Show, not the best timing! I stayed up until 3am changing the box but guess what? It wasn’t the box. Stupid thing! Very tired and feeling rather defeated, I headed home and went to sleep.
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Written June/July 2020
2020 has been one of the most difficult times for many of us in living memory, with it being mandatory to stay at home, social distance, losing jobs or being placed on furlough. With different governments tackling the global Covid-19 Pandemic with different approaches, all with different outcomes. So where does that leave the adventure and travel industries? The answer - in tatters. Travel, whilst in some areas of the world are starting to open up, who knows what could happen, borders could close at any given moment. As demonstrated recently in Spain, leaving people stranded and/or with compulsory quarantine on return, travel companies are already on their knees unable to pay out, for yet another run of refunds. |
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