Horizon Chasing
Thanks for dropping by. This is Sam Watson’s blog – sometimes writer for various magazines, traveller, writer, geographer, conservationist and itinerant scruff. Insta – samwatson4994 / X – SamWatson__ / Fb – Sam Watson
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Itchy feet
It’s driving me nuts, not yet having a vehicle here in the UAE. The sale of Stella the 110 in Cairo has gone through, an act of necessity rather than desire, and the cash has cleared (after a very laborious process and I have to say the buyer seemed pretty objectionable), so I’m now hunting…
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Project Discovery 2
I have always been more of a Defender person than a Discovery one. I’ve had three 110s and loved each one (still got one of them) but when non-overlanding life intervenes, a 110 is a bit of a brute for, say, giving a lift to aging parents, being genteel with girlfriend or doing large tarmac…
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Defender or Discovery?
Proud of my two girls – and aware of how lucky I am. Next trip with them is a loop round Eastern Europe in August, in Elsa the 110.
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In the UK for a fortnight
Back to the UK for a manic fortnight of vehicle outfitting and kit trials. Tried suspending the #Tentsile Stingray between a Defender and Discovery (and a tree!) – worked really well. Also almost-finished kitting out my Discovery with various bits and bobs including a #MyWay roof tent and various storage options including a rear drawer…
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Testing a cool new tent in the Sahara
. I recently got hold of a new type of tent – a Stingray, made by Tentsile. Tentsile make ‘tree tents’ – a design inspired by the Ewok villages of Star Wars – tents suspended like equilaterally-triangular hammocks between trees. The advantage of them is, of course, that you can pitch over any ground –…
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Sale of a friend – and new kit
(above) Testing the BoundaryTec water heater / expedition shower system (see below) The move to the UAE was originally intended to be accompanied by Stella, my rebuilt 110 living in Cairo. However UAE laws on import of older, modified vehicles plus time and finance constraints meant that I needed to sell Stella in Cairo. This is…
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