Journey - Packing and Journey to Austria
Mark Shinwell
[et al. - others not listed above]
(to 12/7/2003) In fact it's not the 12th July at all, it's Wednesday 16th but
we've only just gotten around to buying a log book. It appears that
I have the pleasure of inscribing the first of what will
[LARGE DEAD FLY STUCK TO PAGE, COVERED IN CELLOPHANE, LABELLED
"3D FLY-O-SCOPE - DIE FLY"]
Never look a log book in the mouth. As I was saying,
no doubt be the usual collection of impecably [sic - I can't
tell if this is deliberate!] written reports, each written
longingly with due care and attention (ignoring distractions such
as [illegible] insects), with the authors in a sufficiently
sober state so as to recount the superbly accurate tales in the
worst manner possible.
Horse flies in Austria weren't the only ones taking the piss. AN
excellent sponsorship effort by Julia led to the delivery of 125kg
of noodles (912 packets, just think how far those noodles would
stretch!) in 33 boxes of varying size. A mammoth van-packing
effort, including trips to every corner of Cambridge (and Bury St.
Edmunds, root of all evil) [footnote: Greene King Ltd.
(PLC?)] managed to cram 100kg of the noodles and an amazing pile of
other shit into Mark's van.
The drive out - Mark and Early - was good, except for a few
minor hiccups (Eurotunnel had told us the wrong time & we had
to wait an hour, etc). Van temperature light came on twice so we
paused briefly to cool down. Driving all day - 4am to 10pm - in 1
1/2 - 2 hour shifts works very well - could have done the
journey in 12 1/2 hrs without the tunnel + cooling problems.
Arrived at 11pm prompt and headed for Hilde's bar.
T/U a bit (in tunnels).
At this juncture Mark noticed that the front two pages of the
logbook were stuck together. By gaffer tape of course.