The welcome parade.

On Sunday we went to the Safari Garden and emptied the car of our personal stuff and handed the car over to the organisers. They thought they could get the head fixed to put in the sale, as we had decided we had done enough and didn't fancy taking it apart again.

On Monday was the welcome parade. We were given the use of Stan and Phil's VW Polo, as they had flown home. We met at 2.30pm and went to the Independence Stadium. From there we paraded through Banjul town to the Mayor's Office, where we were formally greeted, then through the Presidential Arch 22 and back to the Independence Stadium. After more hilarity we headed back to the Safari Garden for a free meal given to all competitors. As quite a few teams had gone we blagged extra meals for Kath, Mark, Vic and Tim. We also heard that one of the other teams, who were staying on, would have a go at repairing our car using plastic metal to make good the gasket. We later heard that they had succeeded so the car could be auctioned as a runner.