After getting the old fuel tank back on, we decided to give the Panda another go at a long distance. It was the South West meet up at Longleat on the Sunday so we decided to go via London on Saturday night. The car had no problems on the 120 miles of motorway driving down to London. But it did heat up a bit sitting in traffic when we got there. To get to Longleat in time for the meet we needed an early start the next day. So we went to the pub for a couple of quiet pints, then stayed up drinking whisky till the small hours.
Despite sleeping through our alarms, throbbing headaches and stabbing pains in our kidneys got us up in time to dash along the M4. The meet was pretty good. James and Jamie had done an amazing job of organising the event, and six teams turned up on the day. We got some really good team photos, which I've put up in a gallery for your viewing pleasure. We failed to make it into the Safari, because Paula The Panda overheated, but we did make it to the pub. We're we spent an hour or so in the sunshine swapping tips and advice. Mark from Team Reliant was incredibly helpful, as he was the only person there with previous Mongol Rally Experience.
To round the day off, we even made it home in one piece. 341.3 miles travelled in total. At this rate we should make it to France.