At the end of one of the competitive stages coming out of the desert to an oasis, we discovered an oil leak due to a chafed oil line. Oil spraying over the exhaust & chassis. Fixed it on the main road (with military & tourist police watching the mad foreigners) in 30 minutes with the help of David Spurling whose Morgan (Plus 4) we had assisted repairs on earlier. Fortunately it happened where it did & we were able to limp in trailing blue smoke & locate a fuel station (with full police escort) for extra oil. Thought we might have to miss the control but the lightning fix saw us off on time with no penalties.

As we drove through a deserted stretch yesterday 2 men were standing in the middle of the road. They motioned for us to stop but with no sign of another vehicle or reason for them to be there we slowed but kept going. As we passed they lunged at us. Later many other competitors told of the same experience. Probably wanted to rob us. There were other Eqyptian vehicles coming & going along the road so happy to have swerved past them.