Fast forward. Have now left the UK in November 2002 having done Plymouth to Roscoff, down through France, over the Pyrenees and across the top of Spain. Gibraltar crossing to Ceuta on the north coast of Africa and now in Morocco. This is just one image I dug out last night but I'll find some more....
Roof off, doors off. Different pal Matt Anning - Royal Tank Regiment. Near the Moroccan/Algerian border east of Foum Zguid somewhere. Sometime around 1st Jan 2003. Top of the Sahara desert. Lots of sun burst rock.
Fortunately I put notes on the back of the images when I later had them developed. A very worthwhile thing to have done. You can also see the roll bar we put on. Not an original Lightweight item however we decided that there was a very real risk of rolling due to the terrain so this one was attached to modified outriggers on the chassis and welded to capping's on the top of the rear cargo bay.
VHF antenna for the radio at the rear.
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