Food for thought
http://youtu.be/1VP1WnUw2T0 (http://youtu.be/1VP1WnUw2T0)
They'd get there quicker if they released handbrake first
Some things never change ;D
I love Mum & Dad wearing crash-hats but the little girl is fine without one - what, she's inn the side-car so can't get hurt?
Times have changed. :D
Pretty much all been done before, still drag way too much gear as in the first pic
Well we're probably better at carrying stuff more simply. My great grandfather was required to a 'Ulendo' or Bush Safari in Barotseland, visiting local chiefs in the 1920's. As DC he had to do 7 days per month (14 days when he was Assistant DC – Some might say it was a punishment for promotion perhaps?). Generally he'd do Mon-Sunday 1 week out of every 4. General Orders allowed him 22 carriers + 2 when in waterless areas. 6 of those were required just to carry the heavy canvas tents that were standard issue - double fly, verandah, bathroom apse, plus poles and pegs. The rest carried food, and luggage, including shotgun and ammunition, a Radio or gramophone for evenings in camp.
When my great grandmother was on Ulendo and pregnant she was carried in a Machila
In Tseste fly areas my toddler grandmother would be carried inside a modified meat safe to prevent being bitten.
Pics from the 1920's - showing setting up camp, my great grandmother being carried in a Machila and my grandmother
Awesome look back in time...
Thankyou