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Steve Tong

One person who we must not forget is the final Trailblazer, Steve Tong. Goliath’s driver, Steve, has remained in Freetown to arrange the shipping of our support vehicle back to the UK. He’s helping out at AMNet and St. George were L200 No.4 ‘Hannah More’ has already been in service transporting a boy who was [...]

Day 29 Update 2

As the train to Hull arrived at Hull Station around 12.20pm, we were surprised to see a party of friends and family greet us. The Mayor of Hull, Mitch Upfold and Richard Skogg were there to congratulate us on our achievements. It was great to see some of the other Trailblazers and share some of [...]

Day 29 Update – November 23rd 2007

We’re sitting around in the customer lounge at King’s Cross Station waiting for our train to Hull. Something bizarre has happened though, it would appear the government has ordered a large freezing device to be situated over the whole of the city of Freetown. I’m fairly sure this must be the case because when I [...]

Day 28 Update (The Final Day) – 22nd November 2007

Freetown
Well, well, well, the final day! I’m sat in the reception of the hotel with a flakey internet connection sweating (literally) over this final post. I’m reciving texts from my wife saying that it might snow in Hull… bonkers! It’s around 30C already and it’s only 10.00am.
Today we pack, shop for gifts, deal with [...]

Day 27 Update – November 21st 2007

Grafton, Freetown
Today was the final day dedicated to filming for the documentary. We travelled to the St. George Foundation’s facilities in the Grafton region of Freetown. This is up in the mountain behind the city and necessitates negotiating yet another rough and rocky track. Our mission was to film some of the stories of the [...]