Car collection day

Friday 11 November 2016

This afternoon we collected the Puce Goose from the shipping yard.

Being Latin America, the paperwork had not managed to find its way to the shippers, but after a wait of an hour or more we were allowed into the compound to check and start our cars. The paperwork starting to dribble in.

The Goose started straight away and after another holding pattern at the gate we headed off to find petrol.  Our Garmin GPS directed us to several supposed petrol outlets which did not exist,  Blundens in their Healy were with us and took over the hunt, their GPS directing us to the Shell station nearby.

Filled up and back to the Hotel where all cars are all ensconced in the underground carpark.  - All cars that is, apart from one which is somewhere on the high seas and will not get here for the rally, another which is on its way on a truck and several others which are in the air being flown over.

Tonight is cocktails and welcome dinner, tomorrow scrutineering, documentation and a briefing.