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Hi all,
What seems like a lifetime of not looking here or other platforms due to that bloody ridiculous cancer that came knocking last November, subsequent surgery and the 6 months of chemotherapy I feel that I can start planning a few trips, I’ve just returned from South Africa which was meant to be a recuperation trip but I got pneumonia on day 2 so that all went rather tits up so I’m looking at doing the Scottish North coast 500 leaving in a couple of weeks all being well, depending on results of yet another procedure this week so fingers crossed, once I do Scotland with just me and the dogs I am finally going to have my vehicle shipped to CapeTown in Dec (hopefully) to then drive through the middle up to Hoedspruit where I will see friend, go to their lodge for safari and also have a few things added to the vehicle as so much cheaper to do there than here, so please let me know what you would recommend I have fitted…I saw Logsplitters Gren when he came back from SA etc and it looked fantastic! The whole front dash covered with pockets for storage, maps etc, I won’t have the massive dog crate with me so lots of room, obviously I’ll have my rooftent, I need to have spotlights fitted but still confused as to who I get to change the pins as when I shoe people they look at me blankly.
I’ll need to carry extra fuel but limited carrying anything other than the tent on the roof.
Any advice on what you’d like if you were a single woman travelling on her own.
I understand from David there maybe a couple of places re boarder crossings that I have my have to keep the locks down
…I have travelled all through South Africa and never had one issue before, however, I’m not an idiot so won’t be skipping around the likes of Johannesburg shining a torch on my Rolex 
I’m hoping to leave here depending on how long my Grenadier takes at the beginning of January, looking at being in Hoedspruit for about 3 weeks and then the aim in ending up in Namibia via a bit of Botswana…I’ll be meeting a friend in Namibia to drive the Skeleton Coast and then we’ll drive back to CapeTown where the vehicle will set sail and we’ll fly back.
Any advice would be super.
The thing with getting cancer is that I certainly had a “I can do what I like” attitude before but now I’m just not prepared to sit and worry about things not in my control, if it returns then at least I can say I’ve done the one trip I’ve always wanted to do.
In a very strange way when I’m driving my brilliant vehicle I almost feel invisible, nothing or more importantly “no one” can hurt me. Well, apart from that dodgy Policeman who gave me a £50 fine for my tinted windows….but he was a Portsmouth supporter so what other outcome was there as he smugly returned to his unmarked car sure in the knowledge that he’d just fined a Southampton supporter
Annee (Grenadier_Girl) instagram
What seems like a lifetime of not looking here or other platforms due to that bloody ridiculous cancer that came knocking last November, subsequent surgery and the 6 months of chemotherapy I feel that I can start planning a few trips, I’ve just returned from South Africa which was meant to be a recuperation trip but I got pneumonia on day 2 so that all went rather tits up so I’m looking at doing the Scottish North coast 500 leaving in a couple of weeks all being well, depending on results of yet another procedure this week so fingers crossed, once I do Scotland with just me and the dogs I am finally going to have my vehicle shipped to CapeTown in Dec (hopefully) to then drive through the middle up to Hoedspruit where I will see friend, go to their lodge for safari and also have a few things added to the vehicle as so much cheaper to do there than here, so please let me know what you would recommend I have fitted…I saw Logsplitters Gren when he came back from SA etc and it looked fantastic! The whole front dash covered with pockets for storage, maps etc, I won’t have the massive dog crate with me so lots of room, obviously I’ll have my rooftent, I need to have spotlights fitted but still confused as to who I get to change the pins as when I shoe people they look at me blankly.
I’ll need to carry extra fuel but limited carrying anything other than the tent on the roof.
Any advice on what you’d like if you were a single woman travelling on her own.
I understand from David there maybe a couple of places re boarder crossings that I have my have to keep the locks down
…I have travelled all through South Africa and never had one issue before, however, I’m not an idiot so won’t be skipping around the likes of Johannesburg shining a torch on my Rolex I’m hoping to leave here depending on how long my Grenadier takes at the beginning of January, looking at being in Hoedspruit for about 3 weeks and then the aim in ending up in Namibia via a bit of Botswana…I’ll be meeting a friend in Namibia to drive the Skeleton Coast and then we’ll drive back to CapeTown where the vehicle will set sail and we’ll fly back.
Any advice would be super.
The thing with getting cancer is that I certainly had a “I can do what I like” attitude before but now I’m just not prepared to sit and worry about things not in my control, if it returns then at least I can say I’ve done the one trip I’ve always wanted to do.
In a very strange way when I’m driving my brilliant vehicle I almost feel invisible, nothing or more importantly “no one” can hurt me. Well, apart from that dodgy Policeman who gave me a £50 fine for my tinted windows….but he was a Portsmouth supporter so what other outcome was there as he smugly returned to his unmarked car sure in the knowledge that he’d just fined a Southampton supporter
Annee (Grenadier_Girl) instagram
