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After waking up from a short nights sleep next to some road works, we decided to venture back into the outskirts of Istanbul in order to find some good camping spots for our trip across Turkey. Due to the shear … Continue reading →

Starting from our wild camp, we drove towards Fagaras in the hope to find the Transfagarasan mountain road. We had heard it had only recently re-opened and many of us were looking forward to the spectacular views that we had … Continue reading →

Awaking quite a lot later than usual and with sore heads for most of the team. Nethertheless we set out with the intention of reaching the beginning of the famous Transfagarasan Highway, a road across the Fagarasan mountain range in … Continue reading →

After waking up slightly later than planned again, we soon realised we had camped right next to a climbing area. A quick pack up and shop at Tesco meant we were well prepared on our way for a short day. … Continue reading →

After the horrible and painful removing of the old signs we are incredibly pleased to show everyone our fantastic new signs courtesy of GRS Signs. I think you will agree the improvement of the vehicle’s appearance is phenomenal! We would like … Continue reading →

For the past 5 days the team has been busy stripping the old signs off the ambulances. This turned out to be a mammoth task and took well over 40 hours to do! It turns out removing 8 year old stickers without removing vehicle … Continue reading →

Today we took delivery of the team clothing! T-shirts and Hoodies with the team logo across the front and website across the back. We now look even more prepared than we are feeling! Many thanks to Signature Leisurewear for helping us sort … Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce that we have purchased a SPOT Messenger! The SPOT Messenger is a GPS device which is able to transmit its location via satellite back to the UK and onto the internet. One of the SPOT … Continue reading →

Last Friday, 8th June, four members of the SDOP team (Berry, Ian, Rich and Neil) went over to the Isle of Wight to receive a fantastic donation from the Faith, Hope and Charity charity shop based in Totland. Faith, Hope … Continue reading →

The distinct lack of blog posts in the last two weeks has been caused by the whole team being busy with exams and courseworks. However the entire team are now enjoying the freedom of being Graduands (Except 3rd Year Alex). … Continue reading →