Day 4 & 5

Stu - It’s been a pretty hectic few days here but we are now the proud owners of a 1973 Series 3 Land Rover with a monster 4.1 litre Flat 6 engine!!

Friday started early with us getting up and setting off for the 1200km drive to a place called Sedgefield in between Knysna and George on the South Coast. Me and Sean split the driving and saw some awesome sights along the way. A large part of the journey was driving down straight rounds into the horizon like ones you see in the movies. We arrived in George in the dark so was too see the Land Rover and decided to go the next day and pick it up so stayed in a Chalet that night.

Got up early the next morning and met Henri and Aubrey, the guys selling the Land Rover. They were very helpful and took us for a test drive and then for breakfast at an old railway station now converted to a Cafe. We were all relieved to see the Land Rover actually there as we had transferred a deposit of R10,000 on the basis of trust!

We stayed and chatted with Henri and his wife as they had done a very route to the one we are planning. They gave us lots of tips and advice which will come in very useful. We also bought a roof rack and some jerry cans from Henri’s friend Carl and we fitted them there and then. We then set off, Sean in the Atos and me and Jamie in the Landie aiming to do a lot of the journey that day. 400km later (due to the Land Rover sitting at around 100km/hour) and it was now getting dark so we decided to stop in Graaf Reinet and got a Chalet there for the night.