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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