Charity

We're hoping to raise a bit of cash for Guide Dogs for the Blind in honour of Laura Bradley who was tragically killed in a car accident recently. Laura was the younger sister of a good friend of ours who was also due to take part in H2R.

http://www.justgiving.com/home-2-rome-2008

Thanks to Greg for setting that site up!

This years fancy dress

One day on the trip is designated fancy dress, and this years is cowboys and indians!

Warnings have already gone out that the indians must be of the north American native tribe variety , and not any other. It will look a little bit brokeback mountain-ish. Either that or YMCA-ish !

Ross said I could be the cowboy so I will be getting a waist coat, chaps and a strange looking hat , er ye har ...

We have been told no guns (supersoakers are fine) as the itiallian police have the real thing and may get a little bit trigger happy with lots of pretend cowboys and indians with guns..

Hotel motel, holiday Inn (say what)

Got the list on friday of the preffered hotels on the route. So far I have managed to book rooms at each destination except the one in Rome itself and the one on the second night isn't a prefered one. I am awaiting wise word from the forum about wher the others are going to stay ...

Generally our hotels are equivelent to the trust house forte rep motels except the Ambasciatorie which is the recomended one with "paper thin doors".

Calais - Bonsia escale Calias
Montelimar - Balladins Motelimar Express
Menton - Menton Etap Hotel
Sottomarina - Ambasciatorie
Rome - TBA

Euro tunnel

Just sent away for my free euro-tunnel tickets. I say free but I used 40 quids worth of tesco vouchers, and since the price had gone up since I last looked £21 of real money. Then I had to send them all special delivery (another £4.60) so all in all it cost 25.60 + £40 of vouchers ....

We get the 18.20 but and have to be there 30 mins before to check in !

too tents !

Just in case we have a problem with the local hotels back up plan B has been bought in the shape of the Gelert Monodome 3. 

We hope not to use it (especially as it's cheap and not able to withstand huge amounts of water rated at 500 ) being a single skin at least its small and light !

Power comes from ...

Yes its not quite field artillery, but its well on it's way to being squad support weapon. I bring you the Water mortar, as selected by the espace oddity boys tim and brad. This should throw water bombs in a pleasing way upto 8M (which will probably be only 3 or 4 at the most but we will see.

I hope it will see some action and be fun to use :)

Tescos tokens

The Tescos vouchers have come through so I need to phone up and give them our dates, registration etc.. That means we have both ends sorted , just need to do the bit in the middle :).