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| The A Team JD
McNeil, Graham Briggs, Simon Hall & Iain McNeil |
The Full touring
party. Back Row - Mike Goss, James Hamilton, Simon Hall, Paul Robinson, Greg Mann,
Dave Madigan. 3rd Row - Jonathan Crowe, Nik Gaukroger, Phil Steele, Graham Fordham.
2nd Row - JD McNeil, Iain McNeil, Mike Whittaker, Chris Ager, Stephen Finn. Front Row -
Dave Handley, David Fairhurst, Terry Shaw, Graham Briggs, Colin Betts |
The B Team Dave
Handley, Paul Robinson, Terry Shaw & Greg Mann |
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| The view from our veranda at the
Blue Waters Hotel, on Sunday morning before we went swimming |
The New Zealand Team - Ask
Dave Madigan about the sweepstake on the finishing position of the NZ Team and the scandal
of the "missing" sweepstake funds ! |
The Shopping Team - Lynne Briggs,
Madeleine Hill, Michelle Robinson & Alison Fordham |
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| Our Voortrekkers inspect the
scene at the Battle of Blood River. Snazzy Hats Guys. |
The Battlefield at Islawanda, and
our Line Regiment deploys, in full tropical kit |
The Fully air condition coach
provided by the SAWU drops the team off at Rorke's Drift |

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| Graham Fordham, Chris
Ager, Stephen Finn, Graham Briggs and Alison Fordham enjoy an evening drink at Fort
Mistake. This was before the owners went to bed and left us to the bar, at £2.50 for a
bottle of Pinotage, they could trust us :-)))) |
Zululand on the approaches to
Rorke's Drift, unchanged since the time of the battle. |

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| Some of the guys recreating the
stand out side the redoubt at Rorke's Drift, and standing just where the wall meets
the storeroom, in the top left hand corner of the next shot |
A huge diorama of the battle in the museum at
Rorke's Drift |
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| We have no trouble outflanking
this black Rhino, but he formed square and saw us off |
On Safari in Hluhluwe Game Reserve, we saw
Buffalo, Zebra, Giraffe, Monkeys, Wildebeest, Hyena, and Colin Webster, to name the wilder
of the beasts we met |
Phil Steele leads his patrol
behind enemy lines |

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| It was Iains birthday while we
were out there, and the Melissa Kupczyk is seen here
presenting him with his cake |
No good South African birthday
would be complete without a drink of Sorghum beer, believe me it was not at all like
Carlings. |
As part of the birthday
celebrations Colin laid on his own personal witch doctor, and full accompanying troop of
dancers. This one however was a tadge older than the rest, the significance at first
escaped us |

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| Iain gets a bit more than he
bargained for and we think that the ensuing ceremony was in fact a wedding. Meet Mrs
McNeil ! |
A shot of the main arena complete
with swimming pool. A bit ostentatious or what ?. |
Simon Hall ends up in the pool
after winning the championships, it was a cheap old watch anyway.......oooopps ! |
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| James Hamilton being served his
blow jobs by a handsome young South African waiter, he's soooooooooo lucky ! |
At first we thought that the
Australians had sent a spy, then we realised it was only Graham Fordham |
Mellissa looking quite demur,
after whooping Mike Goss |
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| The team arrive back
at Heathrow minus those that stayed on for another week. Durban was fantastic and will be
a darn hard act to follow, but we'll be there at New Orleans to play our part ;-) |
Colin Webster looking emotionally
drained after an exhausting week, and an intense discussion on the the evolvement of the
Attic Helmet. Ok well maybe not ! |