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At 13:06 on 08-08-2008 Steve said...
11.00am Fay said

Just heard from the boys again. They are still waiting at the border - 5 cars have been let through including Teams Top Gun and Panda Hands who they convoyed with on the stretch to Prague. A Mongolian family who are in front of them are confident that they will all get through. We wait to hear!! They are hoping that if they manage to get through the Russian side today, they will wait in no man's land overnight and have been told that the Mongolian side is open tomorrow morning!

It appears that they arrived at the border with a scaffolding pole and lorry strap holding one side of the car up! Steve said everyone was very impressed with his modifications! A 'local' has welded the old spring for £5 but Steve still has to fit it back on the car. They have also been given a spare spring by an Italian team so at least they are a little prepared for more of the same or worse roads!

Steve said they absolutely STINK but they had to drive through the night to make the border, stopping only for a couple of hours sleep by the side of the road. They said that the scenery was stunning with some wonderful lakes that they wanted to jump into but were not able to make the most of it due to limited time.

They send their love to everyone.