Vintage Minor Register

That's excellent, looking forward to seeing it.

~ian

I received my disc today of the 1979 TV documentary and it is absolutely fascinating. As soon as it had finished I had to watch it again! The films really bring to life the huge challenges that Gilg and Kay faced. A quick update on some earlier points in this thread. Copies of the book seem to have ...

Ian Grace wrote:Diary getting very interesting - see the website. They are in the middle of the Sahara and yesterday met up with another Minor heading from Kenya to England.

"Truly a fact far more strange than any fiction."

Greatly enjoying the diary, thanks for the postings.

~iw

The word "pame", could this have just been " same ": ...who may be very useful in regard to introductions for means of obtaining same (i.e. obtaining introductions)? 31st inat is surely 31st inst. meaning 31st of this month (from the Latin "instante mense"). The 31st De...

Ian - Thanks very much, that's wonderful. I wonder why the picture wasn't in the book? Thanks very much for posting it. The TV programme made a big impression on me at the time and I've never forgotten it. However my memory had dimmed over the years so while I was fairly sure it was a Morris I could...

On 6th March 1979 Yorkshire Television transmitted a documentary entitled ONCE IN A LIFETIME: TURN LEFT - THE RIFFS HAVE RISEN - ACROSS AFRICA IN A MORRIS MINOR . Has anyone managed find a way to obtain a copy ? I am sure it would be of general interest. The documentary is largely based on film sho...