Just shy of 4000 miles later we finish the italian job with a police escorted parade through brighton. The end of Job bash was held in The Grand in Brighton where I reacquainted myself with spiced rum and coke. An excellent night was had by all. Miles and I were ridiculously surprised to win medals for one of the special stages. Special stages were accurately timed events like driving round cones. Most people had stop watches - we had elephants....Miles takes custody of the car until we decide what we are going to do with it. This is a great bonus for me as i have to fly home instead of adding a 9 hour drive to the end of the journey.
A few thoughts from the trip:
* despite looking for 2 1/2 weeks we still can't find 5th gear
* minis don't like heights
* we haven't changed, well ok we are a little fatter
* the french like silly cocktails too: like the "Kung Fu Master"
* miles really shouldn't bet against me (miles lost £50, me £10 - all for charity of course)
* there is always 20 miles left in the tank
Will we do it all again next year, hmmm, probably not, more likely 2009 when the Mini (the real one) will be 50 years old and the Italian job will be 20 years old.
We can't thank everyone enough for their generous donations. At time of writing we have managed to raise over £5,800 which all goes to an extremely worthwhile cause.
p.s. last few pics added to http://picasaweb.google.com/g.a.jamieson/ItalianJob2
3 comments:
...guess you'll be wanting your, *achem*, the NCH's money then?
Very well done lads: a grand total to match a grand tour!
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