Preperations for the 30th International Swiss meeting have been underway for some time now. This started with the Fish and Chip run which a chance to understand what it would be like to drive a Cateham in excess of 500 miles in a day. Mostly we learned it is good to share the driving and it is very easy to become de-hydrated. The Autocom system was very good but being new we found the earphones crushed our heads and so we ended up modyfying them with hand fulls of brute force.

Debbie Stott who organises this event has been very helpful and produced an email list of all the runners and riders for this great adventure. Information and advise has flowed freely. So it is that we have aquired a french motorway tag to ease our passage on the motorways of France. We have purchased our Swiss Vignette and made fablon cut outs for the headlights. Our new friend from Penn sevens (BIO) took a good look at our car and tightended up the odd loose nut !!! and gave me a better understanding of how the car is put together and what the various parts doo. I feel very confident in his understanding of my car but I am still not confident in my own. We gleaned information from Chitchat and the AA website that suggest we need to put two high vis vests in the car and carry a warning triangle (all behind drivers seat, not in the boot).

Last week I had a run out to some friends in Essex and on my way home I detected a rattle, on closer inspection this turned out to be a broken jubilee used to secure the heatsheild on the cat. Being a non mechnic I was filled with pride having purchased two clips from CC, removed both the old ones and replaced with new parts.

So apart from constantly checking fluid levels and filling her up with fuel and few essentials I just can't think that there is much else to doo. Oh apart from packing my AA card. Very much looking foward to this adventure.