Four Wheel Travel

28/04/2020

Thank you all for the birthday messages and videos. we thought it would be a great idea to update you on our current situation.

About 7 weeks ago we were rock climbing in the Andes on the Argentine/Chilean border with our brother Joe and our friend Isaac. Richard had a bad fall and sprained his ankle. Following a spectacular rescue mission involving 2 miles of piggy back rides we made it back to camp.

We waited over night to see if there was any recovery on the ankle but, there wasn't. So we decided to head back to the nearest regional hospital. Although the injury to the ankle was not catastrophic the doctor set the ankle in a half cast.
We were aware of the corona virus but we felt geographically faraway from it and we weren't overly concerned.
However during our time back in phone signal and catching up with the world we soon realised the gravity of the COVID situation. We made the hard decision to call our travels short and return home.
It was easy for us to re-book flights but not so easy to find somewhere to store the Land Rover, so we reached out to the Land Rover Owners de Chile for help and advice. Out of many many offers to help we were incredibly lucky to meet Margarita Calderón Amaro from GoFest Chile.
She was so helpful in organising a secure place for us to store our Land Rover. Margarita then organised a friend, Max, to drive us to the airport and fill in the necessary paperwork to allow us to leave the country. We cant begin to tell you how helpful it is to have someone in your corner when the world is turning upside down.

She is our guardian Angel.

When we arrived in the UK 6 weeks ago, before the lockdown, we quarantined ourselves for 14 days and didn't display any symptoms. We are now back at the farm and trying to piece together some sort of coherent plan for the future, which we're sure most of you are doing right now.

We do have some photos and videos to upload in the near future.

Stay safe, lots of love.

24/12/2019

A pretty damp couple of days driving South on the famous Carretera Austral

24/12/2019

19/12/2019

Room with a view!

27/01/2015

After a few days working on the Land Rover, Richard has got it back on four wheels, and has been in the process of removing bent body panels, which doesn't leave us with much car! I think the safari model could catch on

05/01/2015

Happy New Year Guys! Richard has returned to the UK to begin the rebuilding process of the Land Rover, after a closer inspection than the 2 hours roadside assessment in Australia we have discovered that the chassis has twisted on the front passenger side which is not good news (probably the end of the current vehicle). As it stands the Land Rover is wrapped up in a tarpaulin on our farm. The English winter has not been kind to the car and it has gone a little mouldy inside! We are asking our local followers (Derbyshire and South Yorkshire) if they know of anywhere undercover that we could use to work on the car? We would be able to pay a little money for rent of said space, but understandably funds are a little tight at the moment!! Please share this post and get the word out. It's not easy for us to ask this, as we have been the recipients of goodwill and good hospitality more times than we would like to admit but we are on hold until we can find a place where we can get to work. We are open to ideas and suggestions so please don't hold back. Thanks very much (HELP!)

15/12/2014

Peter is a natural in front of the camera....