Bayonne, Fr: Ambulance surgery

Direct from Chris by sms: 1st day. Limped into bayonne [last night]. 1st running repairs. Now the pyrennes. I assume he means the Pyrenees, the Franco-Spanish border. Ambulance suffered a cracked exhaust, expertly fixed by Alex in the traditional manner (i.e., with a baked bean tin). Joe assures me they ate the beans first... There are rumours of a recurrence of the slight water problem for the jeep, but no official confirmation so far. In any case, a sterling effort by the team to get through France in a single day, reaching the hostel in Bayonne about 9pm our time last night after a marathon 14hr odyssey from boat disembark to bunk beds. More soon...