Tuesday, 8 June 2010

The Beast In All Her Glory





Support Vehical One


Darren's Support Vehicle

The Final Countdown


Here we are...after three months of very minimal planning and know how we are 48 hours away from the big off.

The stickers have been applied to the Fun Bus and there is a general consensus of opinion that it hasn't turned out too bad.

The inside is another matter entirely...

The idea was to apply some sort of fabric/netting to the ceiling to cover up the bare metal.

The fabric Phil purchased, in all honesty, was the finest gold polyester I have ever had the chance to lay my one good eye on.

We tried to stick the fabric to the ceiling using some sort of 'gluey-paste', this has resulted in the inside looking like a dodgy half finished, two bob, Moroccan shag pad...the exact look we were after when we set out.

Unbelievable as it may seem, the brakes seen to have deteriorated whilst in the field of midget ponies...this, I hope, will be fixed otherwise the only real way to stop the bus is using the handbrake.

The make our journey to Le Man bearable, everyone who is coming has created a ten track playlist. Some of us have taken this very seriously indeed. Even though the full list of tracks has not yet been released, word is there is a healthy mix of thrash metal, christian rock and 80's funk soul.

Now all we have to do is drive the 10,000 miles to France...and hopefully back again or Darren's (Gulf Navara Support Vehicle picture above) fuel bill could go through the roof and he could be entered in to the Guinness World Records for the longest and most dangerous tow in recent history.

Peace Out.