Third time lucky... we hope.....

After grieving over Marvin I and Marvin II, we pulled ourselves together and searched for Marvin III .... this weekend we drove down to Shrivenham to collect him, After doing the deal Neil took the wheel and we set off to Chippenham to meet a couple of other teams (or likewise lunatics) a journey of 30 miles or so and Marvin III was well behaved - apart from the headlights not working all seemed to be well. Trust us to choose the hottest weekend of the year so far, it meant we had to stop for a quick beer before finding somewhere to stay for the night. We eventually found the pub we had arranged to meet in - The Old Road Tavern (real ale of course) and were very lucky to find a B&B just across the road. The other teams - Team Reliant and Paula the Panda joined us in the beer garden for the evening, but being sarfys they we on soft drinks, which didnt really deter us from having a few drinks and a very enjoyable evening. After breakfast we set off back to Yorkshire - Neil once again behind the wheel of Marvin and me spending most of the journey making sure he didn't fall behind because of any problems... aprroximately 250 miles and a couple of pit stops later we arrived home mid afternoon. Marvin did the journey without a hitch and Neil and I are feeling exhausted but much more confident that we finally might manage to make some progress. Not much work needs to be done to make Marvin III ready for his journey, which means we can concentrate on trying to find much needed sponsorship... fingers crossed - watch this space!!!!

Anyone who would like to ease our suffering in raising sponsorship - please feel free to sponsor us at www.justgiving.com/MarvindoesMongolia