Our third and almost final TITS prep weekend has come and gone......we're just a few weeks away from departure day now and there's still lots to do, but we had a productive weekend.
Many thanks to Loz (Woody) and Penny who turned up to help build the shelving into the truck for the several tonnes of medical kit we have...a fine job and a pleasure to spend time with Woody as usual...cheers Loz
We wheeled everything out and started measuring up the truck..the amount of kitwe have now is scary (No more please.....unless it's some very usefull medical kit that we can swap some more normal stuff out of the truck for, or pass it on to Anita for her to add to a shipment she's hoping to be able to finance next year)
Then while Woody and Paul got stuck into the woodwork, others started stripping bikes for electrical work
We played with the different combinations of mounts very kindly donated by Steve (RAM MAN) and wired up the sockets Man made of beer had sourced from here (sorry, I can't remember who they came from and the thread's gone, but many thanks )
On my bike we stuck a camera mount on for filming the trip (DVD available once it's done
Woody and his glamourous assistant Oblertone beavered away in the van
Before too long though it was beer 'o clock and the normal chaos ensued, albeit this weekend was by far the most flatulent one thanks to some fine Chilli.
As roles develop in the team, Steve Chip has been rather unfortunately picked as 'Team Bitch' but he plays the role so well it's kind of spooky
Thanks again to Jason (rocky, aka Mr Archeao) who turned up with Maria and a van load of knobblied up c90 wheels for taking...
Maria played Mum and kept us all plied with teas and coffees, and together with Rev Chuck and Dave (Bilko, thanks again ) listed a whole new room full of medical kit and drugs so we know what we've got
Jaq lasted the night out
but Bilks had had a hard day
(sorry Dave, but you know it had to be posted
Penny started a sing along
Then they all bloody joined in
Oblertone treated us to a lovely rendition of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Some more of the usual suspects....Speggo being sensible....
Some bald Ginger twat
Jez, who although not riding to Bansang will be flying out with Jason to go directly to the hospital to help us get the work done there...
It was an important weekend for Man made of beer, who explored his feminine side and decided he quite liked it.
Next morning we got stuck into the truck again and got the Noddy & Polar Bear Heavy Industries inc. Roofrack installed again
While the shelving came together nicely...
We can get three scoots inside the truck and hopefully all the medical kit inside and up on the roofrack....personal kit is going to poked into nooks and crannies and the Jerries for fuel courtesy CTFT will be found a home as well.....but it's going to be very very cramped.
We now also need a small trailer..it must be strong, preferably twin axled and it won't be coming back, as the truck is being left with the hospital for them to use around the town and as an ambulance.
If anyone has a suitable trailer that they would like to donate, please get in contact (we have another that will be going down with the minibus to Algeciras but that one will be coming back with Jamie and Whatton)
We also really need to get the truck to Dover.....we have the choice of spending several hundred pounds on MOT, Tax and insurance or the far simpler and cheaper option of getting it recovered to Dover by an HGV recovery company.....so again, if anyone knows of anyone who can help here, please shout out as soon as possible
Everyone on the board, everyone who's helped us with work, time, kit, auctions of riding gear and items, money, moral support, blagging, advice and everything else can be very very proud of themselves...it's all coming together now, the truck is starting to look like a proper adventure vehicle, the scoots are sorted as best as we can make them and we have a phenominal ammount of medical kit including many many drugs, dressings, hardware, suction pumps and even a defribilator.
What you've helped us put together is going to make a huge difference to the hospital....thank you all
Many thanks to Loz (Woody) and Penny who turned up to help build the shelving into the truck for the several tonnes of medical kit we have...a fine job and a pleasure to spend time with Woody as usual...cheers Loz
We wheeled everything out and started measuring up the truck..the amount of kitwe have now is scary (No more please.....unless it's some very usefull medical kit that we can swap some more normal stuff out of the truck for, or pass it on to Anita for her to add to a shipment she's hoping to be able to finance next year)
Then while Woody and Paul got stuck into the woodwork, others started stripping bikes for electrical work
We played with the different combinations of mounts very kindly donated by Steve (RAM MAN) and wired up the sockets Man made of beer had sourced from here (sorry, I can't remember who they came from and the thread's gone, but many thanks )
On my bike we stuck a camera mount on for filming the trip (DVD available once it's done
Woody and his glamourous assistant Oblertone beavered away in the van
Before too long though it was beer 'o clock and the normal chaos ensued, albeit this weekend was by far the most flatulent one thanks to some fine Chilli.
As roles develop in the team, Steve Chip has been rather unfortunately picked as 'Team Bitch' but he plays the role so well it's kind of spooky
Thanks again to Jason (rocky, aka Mr Archeao) who turned up with Maria and a van load of knobblied up c90 wheels for taking...
Maria played Mum and kept us all plied with teas and coffees, and together with Rev Chuck and Dave (Bilko, thanks again ) listed a whole new room full of medical kit and drugs so we know what we've got
Jaq lasted the night out
but Bilks had had a hard day
(sorry Dave, but you know it had to be posted
Penny started a sing along
Then they all bloody joined in
Oblertone treated us to a lovely rendition of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Some more of the usual suspects....Speggo being sensible....
Some bald Ginger twat
Jez, who although not riding to Bansang will be flying out with Jason to go directly to the hospital to help us get the work done there...
It was an important weekend for Man made of beer, who explored his feminine side and decided he quite liked it.
Next morning we got stuck into the truck again and got the Noddy & Polar Bear Heavy Industries inc. Roofrack installed again
While the shelving came together nicely...
We can get three scoots inside the truck and hopefully all the medical kit inside and up on the roofrack....personal kit is going to poked into nooks and crannies and the Jerries for fuel courtesy CTFT will be found a home as well.....but it's going to be very very cramped.
We now also need a small trailer..it must be strong, preferably twin axled and it won't be coming back, as the truck is being left with the hospital for them to use around the town and as an ambulance.
If anyone has a suitable trailer that they would like to donate, please get in contact (we have another that will be going down with the minibus to Algeciras but that one will be coming back with Jamie and Whatton)
We also really need to get the truck to Dover.....we have the choice of spending several hundred pounds on MOT, Tax and insurance or the far simpler and cheaper option of getting it recovered to Dover by an HGV recovery company.....so again, if anyone knows of anyone who can help here, please shout out as soon as possible
Everyone on the board, everyone who's helped us with work, time, kit, auctions of riding gear and items, money, moral support, blagging, advice and everything else can be very very proud of themselves...it's all coming together now, the truck is starting to look like a proper adventure vehicle, the scoots are sorted as best as we can make them and we have a phenominal ammount of medical kit including many many drugs, dressings, hardware, suction pumps and even a defribilator.
What you've helped us put together is going to make a huge difference to the hospital....thank you all