London to Auckland

Update 25/7 by Travis

Well here we find ourselves out in Rochford, UK, after a few days soaking up as much of London as we could.

Jeremy arrived yesterday to bail us out and put us to pasture at base camp- The Cherry Tree Pub (and accommodation).

On arrival we quickly turned straight back around and headed out to a welcome BBQ at Mark Robinson’s house; Mark is our local man on the ground and in the know (and a bloody great host). After enjoying this a while it was time to head around to another Marks (This is an area of high Marks per sq.km.)house to be reunited with the Seadoos and to drop our jaws at the monstrosity of a trailer, because the trailer is so long and so heavy in the back at the moment it has a very definite sag at the aft end. Worried this was going to scrape the drive, the boys got stuck in and made some quick alterations to where the machines sat in order to bring them all forward and lift the back end up- we hope to get it looked at ASAP and fixed up in a more permanent manner.

This morning we were treated to our first full English breakfast and were all sat at the table for quite some time, feeling that we will be spoiled by this treatment and will be shocked when we have to leave here next Sunday.

There’s (lots of) work to do today on the finishing touches on the machines and if we are lucky we may get them wet down at South End this afternoon. Later on this afternoon we are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our final team member Ivan. We suspect he may be walking all the way from Croatia so will quickly shepherd him into the Cherry Tree for rehydration!

Some new pics @ http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=103535926659&view=all