The guys arrived safely in Madrid last night after a long drive through Spain and a night sleeping in the car.

A little game of football to relax in which Dave managed to hurt his shoulder. Fantastic scenary of which i'm sure senor Branfield will be taking lots of porper photos of which we will upload and publish on their return from Da Gambia, innit.

The Trooper is struggling on but is still stripping gearbox in 5th gear. Following a brief conversation I managed to contact the best breakers yard in Gibralter who claim to have a spare tropper gearbox which Chris and Dave will hopefully go and look at today. The budget is tight and if possible they will replace the whole gearbox, good job Chris knows his stuff, i wouldn't want to tackle that job on the road! If the entire replacemetn is not possible they may just replace the 5th gear...we'll keep you posted!

Enjoy your trip to the rock chaps!