After another early start M and G-KIRK battled against headwinds to Tenneant Creek for refuelling after which they set off again towards Alice Springs but were brought down by darkness. This time, as a variation, they landed on a small road at Attack Creek, near a campsite where they spent the night...
Since my last message G-KIRK (the other one) and I did indeed pack our bags and set out for Darwin via Heathrow, Los Angeles, Sydney and Alice Springs. To those of you who warned me that I was insane to attempt this in one hop with a two year-old - you were right - but we made it. I am not so sure that...
M is better - his gut difficulties have resolved. Today has involved a further 9 (or 10?) hours of flying. When we spoke he was fascinated by the geography and formation of Sumatra. "It's just one huge bog with 2ft deep water and trees scattered about - a pilot's absolute nightmare where...
Maurice is offended. He tells me that he was not "out drinking last night" and most certainly doesn't have a hangover. In fact things are rather worse - he has what he described as "Delhi belly" and I chose to ask no more. Yesterday was a day of maintenance for G-KIRK. M found...
Little to report today. Belinda tells me that G-KIRK's mechanical difficulty has been addressed and so their race should continue as planned (last-ish!). "M is out drinking!" was the only news proffered and so, I imagine, M has had a well deserved rest today and is now sampling the local...
M left Rangoon early this morning and arrived at Phuket (how is that pronounced?) after flying for 11 hours. You won't be surprised to hear that the flight was not without incident. My obsession, the oil leak, caused some problems today. M put down in a jungle area in Thailand when he realised that...