General Panda to Istanbul - Follow the Trip Here!

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General Panda to Istanbul - Follow the Trip Here!

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Any photos, messages, etc, that I get from Jim will be posted here. Hopefully I'll be able to keep you lot informed of there progress. I'm not sure how much they'll be online, but here's a few photos to start off with. Hopefully it won't be too eventful... :p

A scrub down for Sylvia before the off and the press photos.

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Alan D at the NI Hospice. He looks like he means business.

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Say cheese. Jim and Alan with Katie from the NI Hospice along with some of the kids the Hospice helps.

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Ready for the off with the police escort.

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The police blocked the roads to let the Pandas through the junctions!

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I've also started a thread over on the NIIMC forum as well. Like Steve, I've no idea how much will be posted through to me but I'll nick stuff from here as well.:devil:

One of the Traffic Branch PSNI officers Father used to own a Fiat Panda, so this may have accounted for them being really up for the trip through the traffic. They seemed to be having as much fun as our guys. (y)
 
Thanks for that, Just arrived back a few minutes ago traffic was quite heavy and had a very slight problem with Willie (see below) other than that it has been a brilliant day and the PSNI were real stars, Jim was buzzing having the traffic stopped to let sylvia & willie through (y) we also met the mayor of Carrickfergus for photo's & lunch which was really nice. On returning to Cumbria I had a brief moment of horror with Willie when leaving the petrol station about 40miles from carlisle, the gearstick went all sloppy, turned out to be a 13mm bolt had decided it didn't want to go to Istanbul and just hopped off. Luckilly a spare was in the parts kit so a couple of min and off we went again good as new.

Will be leaving for Carlisle airport at about 7.30am to meet the BBC and a supprise Cumbrian Guest....

A couple more pics....
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Laterz...
 
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Hello to the Orient-Express RACING TEAM :)

In the name of all german panda drivers we wish you a

good & save & healthy & successful trip (y)

We really adore this team, the idea of this project and its pandas.

Gook luck + we press our thumbs (means cross the fingers) (y)


Tom / Panda_Jagd
 
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Our little meet was cool, had a chat and it seemed both Jim and Alan were ready for a rest! When we set off again I was expecting them to go reasonably slowly, meaning my mate Ben could get some pics on the road. No such luck, as soon as we were out they went flying down the road and I thought for a minute I wasn't going to catch up! So with my foot to the floor we finally caught up and got some good pics before jumping off the motorway! :)

Oh and when Jim and Alan came back out from the services a man came up behind them and handed Alan his car keys. Hahaha.
 
I left the guys and girls about 30 minutes ago, they should be in deepest Kent by now on the final leg for the Ferry. After that they just have a quick run to Paris tonight :D
 
Paris tonight... !!

it seems like only yesterday they were in Northern Ireland.
 
Some random pics as we leave on the ferry.
 

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