4 friends (lunatics) and a 32 year old Land Rover Ambulance
We are a group of four friends (Kat, Coby, Tom and Jon) who have decided, for many varied reasons, to drive an old 1983 Land Rover Series Three 109 Marshal Ambulance (who we’ve affectionately termed “The Beaut”) to South East Asia.
The initial reaction we get when we tell people this tends towards incredulity, as people seem to have this strange (but most probably well founded) idea that a series 3 will make it about as far as Calais before giving up on us!
But we say NO! With faith and love (and not an insignificant amount of Gaffer tape) we are as confident as we are naive that she will take us 13000 + miles across to the other side of the world…
Please wish us luck and feel free to keep on reading to find out how we get on!
Hello Tom Tom! This is Penny. Jo gave me this so as I could follow you, but as you know, I’m a dinosaur with the comp and wondered if you could send to my email address. I’d love to know how you are getting on and that you are happy and safe!
Hope all is well and you are having a blast. Fondest love, yer old lab cleaner.xxx
pgterry@hotmail.co.uk
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Hi Coby, very best wishes for the adventure, love Ralph Louise Andrew and Annie xx
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Wow guys, well done with your – very early – prompt start this morning. The first pin – with message – is in! xxx
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Good luck Jon and team !!
Magnus and Seastar : 0 )
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Hi Kat, so the adventure begins. I hope your steak defrosts and you have a great first meal from your Beaut kitchen.
Your Mum, Tony and I had a our own mini adventure after you left, we went to see a massive Agave plant which is flowering for the first time in 40 years, so big they have had to take some glass panels out of the Italianate Greenhouse. Then on a trip down memory lane in the Thanet Emporium, 80 stalls of vintage stuff, and then onto the garden centre for lunch and some more Sketcher retail therapy.
Have a great time – much love from Mandy and Tony xxx
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Hi Coby and adventurous friends,
Wishing you all the best on your capers and hope the gaffer tape supply holds out.
All our love
Nick, Sarah, Rosie and Charlie
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Hi Tom et al,
Have wonderful travels across Europe and Asia in The Beaut – what stories you will be able to recount on your return! Congratulations on passing Rheims.
I am Janice, one of Liz’s patients, and I was wondering if you were having a big barbecue “send-off” at the the Honourable Artillery Company Gardens on Sunday? If not, there was another white Land Rover on its way to Bangkok on Monday! One of my sons was playing cricket there, noticed the large barbecue and wondered if it was you.
Anyway, have the most wonderful time and you may just meet another “Beaut” along the way.
Best wishes,
Janice
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Hello! Yes, it was us!! What an amazing coincidence! There is only one ‘Beaut’!
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Best of luck to you all. What an amazing trip!!
Fleur
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Wishing you success in your adventure. All the very best.
Elaine and John
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Thanks Elaine and John! Its all going really well so far, hope you are both well and are enjoying the blog! Lots of Love, Kate. Xx
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Hi Guys, enjoy this great adventure together and have faith in Beaut 😊 Tosca and Eize
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Hey Coby,
Wishing you and your friends all the best on your adventure. Don’t know much about land rovers but sure your optimism is well placed!
Can’t wait to hear how you and the beaut get on.
Lots of love
Tim, Clairey and Charlie
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Hi Kat, very best of luck for your journey. enjoy…
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Thanks Muhammed! – I hear i have had some press back at CRL! Hope its all going well with you and the new addition! Lots of love to the old team. Kat X
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Good luck!! Can’t wait to hear all about your adventures 🙂 Lots of love, Kat, missing you at HAC!
Harriet xxx
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Hi Harriet! So glad you have tuned in! Will miss you too my dear, have just left a remarkable place in Turkey called Cappodocia, you would have loved it for many reasons – google it 😉 Lots of love to you and Alan and to all the Girlies at the HAC! Xxx
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Hi Coby,
I hope you are having fun and an amazing time. The “beaut” looks great, hope it’s still comfortable a few weeks in now! Take care love Sair, Clive, Issy and James xxx
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Sending you love and luck, will enjoy ‘watching’ your progress. lots of love Ali et al xx
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Well done guys on making it to Baku. Hope all ok and the ferry turns up soon.
You’ve completed your first month away, missing you but enjoying following your adventures; keep the photos coming! Love Mum (Lynn) xxxx
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Thanks for my birthday present. Had a lovely time in Dublin. Safe travels. Bex xxx🚢
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Best of Luck Tom & co ! We received your post card in this mornings post so it will get to the Chemistry Department today!
Laura 🙂
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Hi Guys!
Our cars met in Buchara, Uzbekistan not that long ago 🙂
We are back safe home and keep tracking your trip.
We keep our fingers crossed for you!
If you want to see pics we took to our ‘Beauties’ you can find them (and more) here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/103834887938334842816/PAMIR201513#6198696227220885714
Best wishes!
Pamir 2015 Team 🙂
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Hi Coby,
How’s it going? Hope you are still having fun….! Just looked at the map and seen you are in Bishkek…had to look up on google where that was…
Can’t wait to hear the stories on your return
Sx
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I was lucky enough to hitchhike a ride in the Beaut yesterday after sharing many cold beers and some very good jazz music the previous evening. A big thanks to Tom and Kat, OOGY WAWA !!!
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Hey Kat,
I met you a month ago while you were washing dishes on the front of the Land Rover in Battambang. I was with my buddy Jade. We were supposed to meet you at the Riverside Balcony Bar for drinks at 9. We went there but it was closed.
I would love to try and write a story on you guys and your journey. My email is JennyAdamsFreelance (at) Gmail. I’m also online at http://www.JennyAdamsFreelance.com. Hit me up so we can discuss!
Thanks
Jenny
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Hello! So good to hear from you – I’m sorry that we didn’t manage to meet up in the end – we also went to the bar to discover it was closed but we must have missed each other! We’d love you to feature us in some way; hope you like the blog for a start!! We are in Thailand at the moment. How can we get started? Kat and Tom
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Awesome! just shoot me an email. JennyAdamsFreelance@gmail.com 🙂
we can go from there!
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Just seen the Beaut in Chumphon…. but it drove off so fast I didn’t get a photo!!! Awesome thing you are doing, hope you enjoying Thailand, driving here is a bit boss level.😱😂… wishing you loads of luck from a English exile who always dreamed of this drive
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Hello! Thank you for the message – sorry it has taken so long to get back to you! Yes, we didn’t stop long in Chumphon! Just passed through after a couple of days diving. The drive is worth it! I’m sorry we didn’t get a chance to meet.
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