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- David Benson’s article about his arrest
- Press quotes from Eric Jackson and Ken Chambers
- The roads in Africa
- Round the world delays?
- The pretty girl on the docks at Cape Town
- Guns and tear gas
- Rosie’s Bar, Monte Carlo
- A few things I’ve discovered
- How’s the book going?
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- The great meat pie race
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- First rally car – last rally car
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- Timbuktu
- George Hinchcliffe – London to Cape Town
- London to Sydney can’t be tougher than this
- Edgy Fabris
London to Cape Town – January 12th, 1963
Every day do far, Ken Chambers and Eric Jackson has suffered various problems on their attempt to break the record for driving from London to Cape Town. Interrogations at gunpoint, dead bodies … that sort of thing. But today, there was a pleasant surprise. At Wadi Halfa they found that two chaps from Scotland and a massive Nubian called Hamid had driven from Khartoum to act as their guides. It had taken the guides several days to reach Wadi Halfa. They wouldn’t drive at night and on several occasions their 4×4 vehicle had become stuck in the sand.
When Eric and Ken arrived, they told the guides that they needed to leave at once – their various delays meant they had no time to lose. The guides couldn’t believe it – they had taken days to get to Wadi Halfa, they were tired and wanted to rest. But Ken and Eric insisted that they set off at once.
Eric says, in Petrol in My Blood:
Another delay!