08/23/10 by Amy Harpin | Expedition Updates | 1 Comment »
Well we finally got out of that awful compound and crossed the border into Russia. I dare say that you are as surprised as I was to discover that I am now a large car – and we’ve got papers to prove it. It seems the Russians love their paperwork.
We had to hurry to get to Moscow because the stage 1 crew had to catch planes back home, I will be sad to see them go but the stage 2 crew would be eagerly anticipating our arrival. With Moscow about 400 miles away some hard overnight driving was called for.
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08/02/10 by Amy Harpin | Expedition Updates | 3 Comments »
Hello to everyone back home,
I’m sorry that it’s taken me so long to get in touch but I haven’t had a moment to myself since this trip started.
First of all a great, big, huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped to get me ready for this adventure (you know who you are). Then, a big thank you to everyone who turned up for my going away party. One of the boys had worked really hard polishing me and the girls had dressed me up in new flags and lots of balloons and I really did feel like the belle of the ball. Also big thanks to London fire Brigade for sending three of their big new engines to provide an escort; they really knew how to make a girl feel special! As we drove out of the square everyone was cheering and clapping and waving and it all got quite emotional.
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07/20/10 by Amy Harpin | Expedition Updates | 2 Comments »
The crew couldn’t have hoped for a better send off! The Grand Square in the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was the perfect location. We were surrounded by great English Architecture, with a backdrop of Canary Wharf across the river and Greenwich Observatory in the distance. The venue was significant because Greenwich was chosen, back in 1884, as the Prime Meridian of the world, Longitude Zero (0° 0’ 0”).
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