Mending complete, the landy now steers with ease and we have fixed the gear box on the way back from Landrover Experience in Yorkshire. Beginning to understand how the engine really works, perhaps I should teach motor mechanics next year!
Started to catalogue the contents of the landy, ready to translate into french, the first language of most of the countries we pass through until Ghana where english is spoken, phew.
Need to prepare home for both christmas and leaving my children to fend for themselves for a month, I shall miss them like crazy I know but will keep in contact as best I can.