21 July

After a lie-in (well until 6.30 am!) we were up and stripping out the Landrovers.  Nigel spend most of the morning in overalls under his vehicle checking oil leaks and Ian got out his angle grinder to cut an offending bit of metal off Nigel's front wheel arch.  With all the kit out of the vehicles, we cleaned the dust off everything and repaired various bits that had become loose from the unrelenting corrugations of the last few days.  The heavily laden Landrovers have stood up remarkably well to the punishment they have taken but switches were loose and nuts needed tightening.  A bit of masking tape was used to cover up the holes where the dust is getting in.

This afternoon we drove to a local Landrover garage and booked the vehicles in for tomorrow morning for minor repairs - a new door hinge, a rattling exhaust, a rubber door seal and a repair to Nigel's propshaft rubber boot.  Tomorrow afternoon Tony Howgrave Graham arrives at the airport.  We will pick him up and then go to Russell Taylor's house for a relaxing weekend.