To everyone who’s been following us on our journey – thank you so much for all your support. This is a really quick post to say that we’ve made it back home in one piece and will start the mammoth job of editing all our material and start posting more…
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17/12
We’re back home and dry
01/08
A distinctly unglamorous departure
After the big hullaballoo of us leaving – tears were shed, Lottie was christened with some lovely Rose Cava, and some of our closest friends turning up to wave us off, we found ourselves in the distinctly unglamorous dock otherwise known as Harwich International Port. To be honest, even though…
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30/07
Packing up Lottie
This evening we packed up Lottie, and then unpacked her, four times. Yikes. We’ve got so much stuff it’s unfunny. The person sitting on the back seat is so squashed in with bags that they can’t really move or breathe properly, let alone be a useful passenger (help navigate, edit…
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21/07
Picking up the car
Today was an extra special shiny day. A bit like Christmas. Better even, because today we went to Land Rover’s Head Quarters and picked up our Landy – name still to be decided (come to our fundraising event tonight and if you’ve bought the winning raffle ticket you get to…
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18/07
Jam making
It’s not the most obvious of prizes to fund raise for a 15,000-mile expedition, but in order to give our party a slightly more homely feel, Serena decided we might raise a few more pennies by making some Jam. Yes, you read it right. Jam. Of the Strawberry and Raspberry…
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04/07
Medical training
What have a Hobo, a Brazilian Wanderer and a Neil Youngi all got in common? No, you probably didn’t guess it – they’re all spiders we can expect to make camp with over the next three months. Lovely. And more than a little frightening if you’re jumpy around even the…
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17/06
Seismology training day
Fault Line Living is lucky enough to be supported by the British Geological Survey. Since 2007 the BGS have been assisting UK schools to set up their own seismic recording stations capable of detecting and analysing the vibrations reaching the UK from large earthquakes that happen on the other side…
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21/05
Off-road training day 2
One of the highlights so far. All three of us went to Land Rover Experience at Eastnor Castle, where Land Rover have access to the 5000 acres of mud tracks, steep hills, rivers, and forests at the foot of the Malverns Hills. Here we got to experience the Defender in…
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20/05
Off-road training day 1
Day one at Land Rover Experience. See if you can spot the bit where one of us has a little driving ‘wobble’…