Re: Why Do I Do It?

Posted by Mike McDermott on Jul 17, 2014; 11:24pm
URL: http://sundownersadventures.385.s1.nabble.com/Why-Do-I-Do-It-tp5706960p5706966.html

Hi Vicar,

Some errors and omissions re the Pharaohs.

You have P12-14 in 1980, when they were in 1976, and the wrong crews are in them.

P14 had Ray Compton as the trainee courier with Allan Maher as his mentor and the driver. Pete Swawbrick (? - spelling) was on the first few days. Pete later was killed in, I heard, a motorcycle accident.

On P22, my training trip, you have made Simon Armless; quite a feat!

P37 had me as the courier, Carl Capstick as the driver on the eastern side, and Budgie on the western in his Sundowners coach. That may have been Rodney; I'll check.

These three were the only three Pharoahs I did; apart from a Eurasia with Brendon Reid, my other overlands were all Bedouins. Trouble is, apart from the one I did with Kevin & Gaye Venville, which you have, I don't remember the others. Of course I remember working with lots of drivers, but apart from Laurie Mockler on a Moroccan, Fingers and Derek Saville on two Russian/Scandies and Mr Sid on a Scandy, I can't remember which trips I was with which drivers. Oh - I remember I did an eastbound Bedouin with Brendon Reid as the next after P22, and I think the only Eurasia trip that ever went with him soon afterwards, and one and a half with Tom Sawyer (the Kevin Venville one on the eastern side), but that still leaves the Bedouins incomplete.

Hope this Helps,

Mike