LRO: Re: Driving Land Rovers

From: Phil Norris (phil.norris@virgin.net)
Date: Sat Jun 30 2001 - 05:41:44 EDT

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    I WISH I could say yes, but I doubt you'll stand me the transatlantic flight
    to join in, I also dounbt <I> can stand it me either, so ;-(((
    Have a great journey and do document it...!
    PhilN
    (wrong side of the globe entirely...)
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Mark Pilkington <mark@skywagons.com>
    To: lro@Works.Team.Net <lro@Works.Team.Net>
    Date: 29 June 2001 20:36
    Subject: LRO: Driving Land Rovers

    >I have 6 Land Rovers coming into Port Heuneme near Santa Barbara on the
    >9th of July. I can collect them on the 12th. It is a thursday. I have
    >enough drivers, but two of them might drop out at short notice. Is
    >anyone available to step in and drive one at short notice? The plan is
    >as follows. We would leave Placerville in Northern California on July
    >12th in a small plane or two and fly to Oxnard Airport. Oxnard is two
    >hours flight and is 1 mile from the port. I would hope to arrive at
    >about 9,00am. The port is open at 8,00am. There will be an hour of
    >paperwork and me paying huge amounts of shipping money and we can leave.
    >It is 450 miles back here, which is 8 or 9 hours at 50 mph. The 56
    >Series I will be the slowest and we would all have to stick together so
    >it will be a slow hot run up California. It will take all day. I will
    >of course be filling them all with gas and the drivers with food and
    >soda. If anyone is available as a stand in if plan "A" fails, I would be
    >very grateful. I do not want to have to do it in two runs. They are
    >all very good condition, clean straght machines, so I do not envisage
    >any breakdowns. It will look like the UN has landed!! We can run up
    >some Union Jacks and drink a lot of tea and frighten the locals!
    >Thanks in advance.
    >Kind regards,
    >Mark Pilkington
    >



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