Updates

31 August 2022

Created “EO Memory Bank Project Page”

16 November 2020

Page: Promotional Material
– added map to the 1972 Latin America Brochure for the South and Central America Reconnaissance Expedition (thanks Peter Brodie) (in the ‘Encounter Overland 1970’s Brochures‘ section)
– added Dates and Prices for 1978 and 1979 in US$ (thanks Gary Fletcher)

Page: Documents / Pre-departure Information
– added Letter to potential Expedition Members San Francisco August (1978) (thanks Gary Fletcher)
– added Mailing Address List – London to Kathmandu September 1978 (thanks Gary Fletcher)

Page: Trip Photos and Tales / Leader/Driver and Expedition Member Films and Photograph Albums 
– added short film from Charles Norwood of crossing log bridge in Zaire December 1986 (thanks Charles)

Page: Memorabilia
– added “Where there’s a wheel there’s a way” T-shirt (thanks Gary Fletcher)

Page: Books and Media / Media Articles
– added Media Article from Jobs Weekly of 10 September 1980 about EO’s recruitment practices (thanks Neal Inwood)

26 July 2020

Page: Promotional Material
– added the 1972 Latin America Brochure for the South and Central America Reconnaissance Expedition (thanks Mary Sloan) (in the ‘Encounter Overland 1970’s Brochures‘ section)
– added South America Barranquilla to Buenos Aires Album (as kept in the office in Old Brompton Road) (thanks Rosemary and John Clark) (in the ‘Promotional Films, Slideshows and Photo Albums’ section)
– added mention of the planned Sundowners ‘Africa Live’ program which did not proceed to market (in the ‘Himalaya Overland and Sundowners Overland’ section)
– added Dates and Prices 1995 to 1996 (thanks John Budd)

Page: Staff / Staff Roll Call
– added Beth Baylay and Nicola Branch. Corrected Suzanna Triall’s surname and confirmed Rachel Murphy  (all mentioned on the Christmas card – 25 years in South America)
– added John McKerral who drove a return Asia in 1969 (thanks John)
– added Shane Boocock who did an Africa overland and a couple of East Africa safaris in  1979/1980 (thanks Shane)
– added Sundowners courier Robyn Spoor and Sundowners drivers Alan Chappin and Greg Paul (thanks Trish Burt)
– added Peter Brodie who drove in the early 1970s (thanks Peter)
– noted Anne Meagher has passed away (thanks for the advice Steve Nicholls)
– added Libby Sawyer (rafter) (thanks James Hogg)
– added Spike Langford and Angus Fraser from the late 1970’s/early 1980’s (thanks Bill Wallace and Clive Imrie)
– noted John Blinco has passed away (thanks for the advice Sarah Blinco)

Page: Staff / Staff Dossiers
– added dossiers for Barry Thorne (thanks Barry), James Alexander (with thanks to Moira Welikanna) and Tony Simmons (thanks Tony)
– added additional photo to Keith Miller‘s dossier (thanks Glyn Parry (not EO staff))

Page: Vehicles / Trucks, Coaches and other vehicles
– added three more photos of VXX207, one of the original South America RLs (thanks Bruce Davidson)
– added a photo of South America Dodge BVS968T on its second trip in South America (thanks Bryan Wallace)
– added photos of WBH648S (thanks Tony Simmons)

Page: Documents / Pre-departure Information – Asia
– added Mailing List London to Kathmandu September 1974 (thanks Peter Brodie)

Page: Documents / Driver Checklists and Trip Manuals – Trip Documentation
– added example Passenger List London to Kathmandu 1974, map to Pabitra’s workshop in Kathmandu and flyer for Zonobis Hotel and camping in Lahore (thanks Peter Brodie)

Page: Trip Photos and Tales / Leader/Driver and Expedition Member Films and Photograph Albums 
– added film of 1972 South and Central America Reconnaissance Expedition shot by Kraft von Aulock (thanks Mary Sloan)
– added two films of Peru and the Incas (November 1995) Brief Encounter. One by Andy Caston and the other by John Budd (thanks John Budd)

Page: Trip Photos and Tales / Trip Tales
– added Additional information and photos from Expedition Member Peter Lechte on the incident in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia as described by Barry Thorne in his dossier on this website and in a 1974 The Trailfinder article (thanks Peter Lechte)

Page: Books and Media / Media Articles
– added 1974 Trailfinder article by Barry Thorne ‘Encounter in South America‘ about crossing Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt lake and breaking through the hard crust (thanks Peter Lechte)  See also Barry Thorne’s dossier and additional information from Peter Lechte
– added Nepali Times article by Lisa Choegyal (New Zealand’s Honorary Consul to Nepal) ‘Hippie Trail nostalgia in Kathmandu‘ which mentions Encounter Overland and Tony Jones (thanks James Hogg and Trish Burt)

16 March 2020

Page: Promotional Material
Dates and Prices
– added Encounter Overland Dates Prices 1991 to 1992 (A$) and flyer for film evenings in Australia 1991/1992 (thanks Karen Sheiles)
Promotional Films, Slide Shows and Photo Albums
– added the Darien Gap Album (thanks Rosemary & John Clark); and a photo of the original EO team to trek across the Darien (Neal Inwood, Jerry Creamer and Tony Jones – thanks Tony Jones)
Himalaya Overland and Sundowners Overland brochures
– added Sundowners Asia Overland Brochures 1988/1989 and 1991 (thanks Karen Sheiles)
– addedSundowners ‘The A-Z of Overlanding in Asia 1990’(thanks Rosemary & John Clark)
– added Sundowners ‘The A-Z of Overlanding in Asia (1991-1992)’ (thanks Allan Ritz)
– added Sundowners South America 1991 brochure (thanks Lianne Wilson)
– added Sundowners ‘The A-Z of South America and Mexico (1991-1992)’ (thanks Allan Ritz)

Page: Staff / Staff Roll Call
– added Darryl Saunders (thanks Janine Thompson)

Page: Vehicles / Trucks, Coaches and other Vehicles
– added photo of three Austin K9s (JNM667F, JNM668F and YNK227F) taken at Wren Park in 1968 (thanks Tony Jones)
– added photo of Q124MPP with Carole Paish (thanks Carole)
– added photos of rafts used in Nepal for Trisuli and Sun Kosi Rivers Rafting Expeditions (thanks Mike Edwards for some of the photos)
– added an extra photo of yacht Gypsy with blue and white striped sail (thanks Tony Jones)
– added Sundowners Overland coach HGS540T (photo taken from the back of Sundowners Overland Trans-Asia 1991 brochure) (thanks Adam Floyd (bus/truck enthusiast) for advising of this coach)
– added photos of Mercedes coach Q902MPP (thanks Carole Paish)
– added registration of the Sundowners Africa Live truck – Q872NRO (thanks Mick Larkin)
– added the South Africa VW Kombi and photo with Alison Bennett taken in 1972 (thanks Tony Jones)
– added before and after photos of UHJ568V, a Fiat 500 owned by Martin Blackgrove and converted to a mini-Bedford by the lads at Wren Park workshop.

Page: Trip Photos and Tales / EM and L/D Photos and Films
– added photo album of Lynette and Mick Larkin of an Africa Southbound September 1995 – April 1996 (thanks Lynnette and Mick)
– added a short film showing how to rope start a truck with a flat battery (October 1994) (thanks Johnny Paterson)

Page: Trip Photos and Tales / Trip Tales
– added Memoirs of Africa 1980. A day by day recreation of this Africa Northbound which departed Johannesburg on 29 January 1980 and arrived London 30 May 1980. (Thanks to all the group members who contributed and to Toni Arnott for providing the final document.)

Page: More on Overlanding / Historical Overland Films
– added Through Africa by Motor-Cycle (1934-1935) A silent film of a journey from London to Cape Town by Theresa Wallach, an adventure motorcyclist, engineer, mechanic and author with another experienced motorcyclist named Florence Blenkiron using a 600 cc single-cylinder Panther motorcycle complete with sidecar and trailer
– added Crossing Africa by Truck (1959) and Last Across Africa (1959). Two accounts of a journey from London to Rhodesia and back in a 1940 Bedford QLR (thanks Collyn Rivers and Antony Fleming)
– added A Tramp in the Darien (1989) – a BBC film of a trek from Panama to Colombia across the Darien Gap (thanks Jane and Allardes Hoiting)

18 August 2019

Page: Home
– added a page About this website

Page: Promotional Material
– added Sundowners Overland 1989, Sundowners The Himalaya (Sept 1990 – Dec 1991) and Sundowners The Trans Siberian Railway 1991 brochures (thanks Simon Boon)

Page: Staff / Staff Roll Call
– added Rebecca Wallace (thanks Sarah Johnston), Richard Sasse (thanks Rob Rumball), Monica Wood, Terry O’Brien and Sid McKinley (thanks Dave Johnson), Fiona Powell (thanks Steve Mortimer) and Mike Lewis (thanks Tony Jones)

Page: Staff / Staff Dossiers
– added dossier for Dave (Cuddles) Johnson

Page: Vehicles / Trucks, Coaches and other Vehicles
– added photos of Land Rover KXE4D used to run the first Southeast Asia reconnaisance expedition in 1969 (thanks Peter Tillotson for the photos)
– added placeholder for KUV882D, the second of the Southeast Asia Land Rovers (thanks Martin Watkinson)
– added new photo of WBH648S (thanks Dave (Cuddles) Johnson) and before and after photos of rebuild in 1984 (thanks Chris Robinson)
– added photo of coach AHK110L (thanks Dave (Cuddles) Johnson)
– added coach RUT3R (thanks Paul Bilborough, Adam Floyd (bus enthusiast) and Peter McAlister (for the information) and Ian Johnstone (for the photo)
– added two photos of coach Q397NPP (originally a Swiss mountain coach) taken in Nepal in 1987 (thanks Martin Blackgrove)
– added coach Q440MPP (thanks Graham Burn (for advice about the coach) and Алексей (aka travelman) Moscow for the photo)
– added a placeholder for Q902MPP – also a Mercedes Swiss mountain coach (thanks Graham Burn)

Page: Premises
– added the addresses of Encounter Overland’s offices in San Francisco and Johannesburg in 1977 (just for the record) (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)

Page: Documents / Pre-departure Information
– added responses from EO Johannesburg to South Africans making inquiries about Africa expeditions in 1973/74 (thanks Ian Stevenson)

Page: Documents / Driver Checklists and Trip Manuals
– added Notes on Botswana transit August 1982, Notes on Malawi transit August 1982, Nepal, the Ganges & Rajasthan Brief Encounter Notes (around 1983) and Notes on Africa Southbound (29 March 1985) (thanks Simon Boon)

Page: Documents / ENFLASH and Newsletters
– added Newsletters April/May 1985, September/October/November 1985 and pages 2, 5 and 6 to Newsletter No. 6 June 1985 (thanks Simon Boon)
– added ENFLASH Christmas 1997 (thanks Ian Stevenson)

Page: Documents / Messages to Leader/Drivers
– added Note to Leader/Drivers on Malaria prophylaxis 31 October 1985, Note to Leader-Drivers on Communications, Costs and Equipment 26 June 1986 and Note from Tony Jones on attitudes, standards and values of Encounter Overland 27 June 1986 (thanks Simon Boon)

Page: Trip Photos & Tales / Leader/Driver and Expedition Member Films and Photograph Albums
– added photo album of 1974 Africa Southbound by Peter Stone
– added photo album of Rio to Cartagena 1977 Ro and Rob Porter

Page: Trip Photos & Tales / Trip Tales
– added personal log by Peter Tillotson of his London – Kathmandu expedition in 1969

Page: Memorabilia
– added late 1990s Christmas Card (Encounter’s twelve Days of Christmas) (thanks Ian Stevenson)
– added receipt for Gates of Tartary expedition July 1991 (thanks Wendy Lithgow)

Page: Books & Media / Media Articles
– added article about Encounter Overland from the May 1976 edition of the Bedford Transport Magazine (thanks Vauxhall)
– added article about Dave Johnson from the April 2016 edition of The Local, Glenlyon (thanks Donna Kelly, The Local, Glenlyon)

Page: More on Overlanding / Other Overland Companies
– added promotional films for Sundowners (pre-1982) Asia overland and European tours, and a link to a webpage for former Sundowners staff managed by Graham (Vicar) Preiss. (The films were uploaded to Youtube by Graham.)
– added the titles of books about Penn Overland, Top Deck, Capricorn Overland Tours and Contiki

30 May 2019

Page: Promotional Material
– page restructured slightly to create separate sections for Brochure Inserts, Dates & Prices pamphlets and Nomad Life

Page: Promotional Material (Encounter Overland Brochures)
– added following Encounter Overland brochures: 3 weeks in Sikkim and Assam 1975 (undated but probably late 1960s), Special Easter Vacation to the High Atlas & Sahara, 2nd Trans Africa Expedition 1970,  1977 (US market), 1979 Trans Africa Expedition with EO (by Trek Adventures, New York) and 1981 Brochure (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)

Page: Promotional Material (Brief Encounters)
– added Shorter Expeditions and Action Holidays (late 1970s) (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)

Page: Promotional Material (Brochure Inserts)
– added three Newsletters from 1994/1995: January 1994, 1994/1995 Winter and 1995 Summer (thanks Mick Larkin)

Page: Promotional Material (Dates and Prices)
– added many Dates & Prices pamphlets from the 1970s and 1980s (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)
– added Dates & Prices pamphlet for South China Sea to the Roof of the World 1996/1997 (thanks Melissa Disney)

Page: Promotional Material (Films and Slideshows / Flyers Promoting Film Evenings)
– added flyers for film evenings in Johannesburg and San Francisco (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)

Page: Promotional Material (Posters, Stickers, flyers etc)
– added Promotional flyer -three continents (1976) (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)

Page: Documents / Project Dossiers
– added Project Dossiers from 1994: The Classic Overland,  The Gates of Tartary, Trekking and Rafting in Nepal, Tibet, Cradles of Our Civilisation, Cape to Cairo, East of Suez, Borneo, The South China Sea to the Roof of the World, Alternative Adventures in South America, Amazon and Andes,  Trans Amazon to the Lost World, The Conquistador, South American Circle, Peru and Bolivia, Trans Andean Explorer, Central America  (thanks Melissa Disney)

Page: Documents /  Pre-departure Information
– added pre-departure information on Connecting Air travel to India (around 1969), Expedition Insurance for Brief Encounters (undated) and responses from EO Johannesburg and EO San Francisco to people making inquiries about expeditions (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)
– added General Information booklet which dates from around the late 1990s (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)

Page: Documents / Routing Updates (new page)
– added Routing Update notifications for Southern Africa (Rhodesia) and Iran. (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)

Page: Documents / Driver Checklists and Trip Manuals
– added a Recipe book (thanks Mick Larkin)

Page: Trip Photos & Tales /  Leader/Driver and Expedition Member Films and Photograph Albums
– added film of 1977 Rio to Cartagena led by Allan Townsing.  Film shot by Urs Schumacher. (Thanks Urs (sadly deceased) for shooting the film, Rob and Ro Porter for a copy of the film; and Barbara Ray for facilitating contact with the Porters.)

Page: Trip Photos & Tales / Trip Tales
– added the report of a trip to Morocco July – August 1980 by the London Union of Youth Clubs sponsored in part by Encounter Overland using the 6×4 Bedford GNM152F (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)

Page: Books and Media / Media Articles
– added two editions of Overland Travel Magazine Vol2 No2 and Vol2 No3 1975. No3 has an article by EO Leader/Driver Bob Sheldon of their route through southern Sudan due to Zaire closing its borders. Both magazines have lots of news about overlanding and the departure dates for many companies. (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)
– added what appears to be a draft article for Trailfinders Magazine in 1975 about preparation for an EO expedition – Behind the Scenes of Overland (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)
– added an undated article (probably 1977) Who’s Who in Overland about Tony Jones, founder of Encounter Overland (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)

25 April 2019

Page: Home Page
– added flyer ‘Ever thought of travelling with Encounter Overland?‘ written by Annette Lautert while in South Africa.  It is on the lower right-hand side of the Home Page. (thanks Annette Lautert (posted Facebook pax group February 2016))

Page: Promotional Material

Encounter Overland
– added three brochures for East Africa Safaris (thanks John & Rosemary Clark):
— 3 weeks in East Africa 1976
— East Africa ex-Nairobi 1976
— East Africa ex-Dar-es-Salaam 1977
– added brochure for All Africa 1981 which was a London to Nairobi via Sahara and central Africa; and return to London via the Nile
– added brochure for Trans Amazon Expedition 1981
– added three short films made during Tony Jones’ promotional visit to Australia in 1992 including a talk about Encounter Overland to travel agents, an interview of Tony by Australian travel journalist Derek Taylor and Tony’s guest appearance on the television talk show, the Steve Vizard Show.  (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)

Himalaya/Sundowners Overland
– added Himalaya Overland Christmas Moghul Tour 1984 Brochure and Sundowners Overland 1990 Brochure (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)

Page: Staff / Staff Roll Call
– added David Dallimore (rafter) (thanks Michael Donkin)
– added Norman Laselles (thanks Mick Larkin and Ian Wilkinson)

Page: Vehicles
– corrected information regarding the Land Rover sent to Africa in around 1987 (thanks Ian Wilkinson and Joy & Bobby Balcon)

Page: Documents / Pre-departure Information
– added Africa A – Z (thanks Mick Larkin)

Page: Documents / Project Dossiers
– added to the 1994 series: Africa A – Z  1994 (thanks Mick Larkin)
– added to the 1994 series: Southern Africa, The Great Overland Encounter, East Africa, Africa Coast to Coast, The Great Safari, Climbing Kilimanjaro, The Blue Nile and Beyond and  Egypt  (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)

Page: Documents / ENFLASH and Newsletters
– added ENFLASH for April, May, June, July, August, September 1975 (thanks Rosemary & John Clark)
– added ENFLASH for November 1975 and January 1976 (thanks Bruce Davidson)
– corrected June 1976 ENFLASH as some of its pages were actually from June 1977 (thanks David Hunter for picking up the error) (thanks Rosemary & John Clark for the full June 1976 edition)
– updated the following ENFLASH’s with material from John & Rosemary Clark: December 1975, September 1976, November 1976, December 1976, January 1977, February 1977, June 1977, July 1977, October 1977, November 1977, January 1978, April 1978, July 1978, May 1979
– added Jungle Drum Winter 1994/1995, Summer 1995, Winter 1995/1996 and ENFLASH July 1997 and April 1998 (thanks Mick Larkin)

Page: Memorabilia
– added a compilation of Mark Ram cartoons which was put together for the website by David Hunter (thanks David)

24 March 2019

Promotional Material
– added Dates and Prices Sept 1990 to 1992 (thanks Mick Larkin)
– added Dates and Prices 1994/95 (thanks Dave Lanaway)
– added Newsletter 1996 Volume 1 (thanks Dave Lanaway)
– added ENFLASH Autumn 1999 (thanks Mick Larkin) (This was promotional material using the title ENFLASH; and not a staff circular which was the traditional use of the name.)

Promotional Material
– added Flyer from 1994 (thanks Mick Larkin)

Staff / Staff Roll Call
– corrected Jerry Creamer’s name (previously listed as Gerry)
– added John Cadney, Geoff Cordwell, Bob Johnston (from ENFLASH December 1979)
– added Bill Johnson (thanks Marikka Hopkins)
– added James Chetwode, Suzanna Trail and Rachel (possibly Murphy) (thanks Johnny Paterson and Mark Spitzer)
– added Ghali Alaoui (Honourable Mention) – the guide we used in Fez, Morocco
– others whose names can’t be recalled in full have been included at the end of the staff list(thanks Brian Feltovich)

Vehicles / Trucks, Coaches and other Vehicles
– added second photo of Austin K9 JNM669F (thanks Mark Ram)
– added photos of BVS970T taken on a ‘shortcut’ in Zaire, March 1983. Graeme Kidd driving (thanks Paul Bilborough)
– added additional photos of trucks JNM600V, Q364MPP, Q397NPP, Q400NRO, Q540NPP, Q572NPP, Q617MPP, Q872NRO and Q873NRO(thanks Tom Mather)
– added Q702NVS, the last truck built by Encounter Overland (thanks Dave Lanaway andBill McMann)
– added Sundowners Africa Live truck (thanks Bill Preston)
– added photos of DRT680T taken in 1989/1990 including DRT up the Khyber Pass(thanks Craig Titheradge)
– added Sundowners coach VNS822R (thanks Tom Mather)
– added Sundowners South America coach ZK4407 (thanks Martin Blackgrove)

Documents / Pre-departure Information
– added Pre Departure Booklet for Central America May 1982 (thanks Adrian Barnes)
– added pre-departure information for Backroads of Asia 1999 (thanks Margie Carlson)
– added list of camping sites for Sundowners European Mediterranean Fever tour (undated) (thanks Liane Wilson)

Documents / Project Dossiers
– added new page for Project Dossiers
– added Project Dossiers from 1994 for Backroads of Asia, India and Africa Encompassed (thanks Dave Lanaway)

Documents / ENFLASH and Newsletters
– added ENFLASH for October 1976 and January, February and June 1977 (thanks Paul Cunnington)
– added ENFLASH for September 1998 (thanks Dave Lanaway)

Books and Media / Books
– added reference to Bitten by Africa written by John Mather who, with his wife Doreen, was on a London to Johannesburg overland in 1990 (thanks Mike Edwards (Facebook post in 2011))

More on Overlanding / Other Overland Companies
– added film of 1981 Top Deck Asian overland 1981 taken by Doug Foskett, Top Deck courier (no sound) (thanks Doug Foskett)

16 October 2018

Main Menu
– changed the Main Menu structure to show Staff, Vehicles, Premises and Documents as separate Menu items

Page : Promotional Material
– added 1983 Himalaya Overland Brochure and booking form (thanks Sandy Thorburn)

Page : Promotional Material
– added the Himalaya Overland logo

Page: Staff / Staff Dossiers 
– added an extract from Gerry Moffatt’s film The Tenth Step.  In the extract, Gerry tells about how he came to work for Encounter Overland. It also includes a short interview with Tony Jones, one of the founders of Encounter Overland. (Thanks Gerry for permission to include the extract.)  There is a link to the web page where the complete film can be purchased. (Thanks too to Lindi Wall for initial advice about the film.)

Page: Vehicles / Trucks, Coaches and other vehicles

Trucks
– YNK229F and YNK230F identified as the original two K9s. Photos in their military livery (thanks David Rumball)
– added JNM667F (thanks Clive Imrie and David Rumball)
– added JNM669F (thanks David Rumball)
– added photos of UPX85K (thanks Alison Bennett), Q124MPP and one more of JNM603V (thanks Ian Richards), BVS970T (thanks Neil Dovell), WBH645S (thanks Barry Johnson for additional photos at Bumba), WBH646S (thanks Anne-Michelle Bilborough), Q400NRO (thanks Fiona Hanks for the photo at Palmyra), Q93TM (thanks Ian Munro)
– added photos of Q620NTM, Q43MPP, JNM600V, Q93NTM, BS99HL taken from the large Album
– added photos of a refurbished SVC339H (thanks Dave Rumball)
– noted it may be Paul Matthews with Martin Blackgrove in the truck line up photo in Kathmandu (thanks Johnny Paterson)

Gypsy
– added photo of Tony Jones on Gypsy

Coaches
– added photos of CUT33T (thanks Anne-Michelle Bilborough), HEK919N (thanks Paul Bilborough), TEF73M (thanks Bridget Hogan)
– added photos of DRT680T, Q397NPP, XMA204M taken from the large Album

Support Vehicles
– added C909CNA (Sundowners support vehicle), GUR41? Bedford van,  and PRO132H (EO Staff Car)

Page: Vehicles / Truck Preparation
– added a set of photographs taken by Dave Rumball in 1968 at Wren Park (thanks Dave Rumball)

Page: Premises
– added photo of 280 Old Brompton Road and a picture of the telex machine!

Page: Documents / Driver Checklists and Trip Manuals
– added examples of Truck Authorities (thanks Andy Sutcliffe and Lance Thomas)
– added 1978 Asia and Africa Expedition Manuals (thanks Ian Johnstone)
– added 1998 Asia and Cradles of Civilisation Manuals/Itineraries (thanks Neil Donovan)
– added 1984 Himalaya Overland Pharaoh Itinerary (thanks Meiko Wallace-Gibb)

Page: Trip Photos and Tales / Trip Tales
– added accounts of two trips written by EM Ian Richards – one of an Africa Southbound in 1989 and the other of an East African Safari in 1994 (thanks Ian Richards)

Page: Memorabilia
– added 1997 Christmas Card (thanks Tim Coulston)

Page: Media Articles
– added the following articles
—– The Newcastle Evening Chronicle of 27 September 1969 ‘Live like a Lapp or catch a coach to Kathmandu’
—– The Birmingham Daily Post of 25 October 1973 ‘Midland Woman dies in Turkish crash’
—– The Newcastle Evening Chronicle (UK) of 25 February 1989 ‘African adventure for Helen’
—– The Advocate Weekender of  8 June 1991 ‘Couple’s Africa Trauma’
—– Sunday Tribune Natal of March 19, 1995 ‘WANTED Bundu-bashers to tackle the darkest of Africa’

Page: Reunions / Reunion 2016 Nepal
– added video shot by Graeme Kidd of the river rafting venture on the reunion (thanks Graeme)

22 August 2018

Page: Home
–  Homepage updated with a paragraph about the startup in 1983 of Himalaya Overland (later Sundowners Overland) and the acquisition of Encounter Overland assets and name by Dragoman in 2001. 

Page: Promotional Material
– made some corrections to sequence and dates of 1978 EO brochures

Page: Promotional Material
– added the four Encounter brochures produced by Dragoman (thanks Charlie Hopkinson of Dragoman)

Page: Promotional Material / Posters, Stickers, Flyers, Calendars etc
– added a small flyer from the late 1990s

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Staff Roll Call
– added Paul Forbes-Winslow (thanks Fiona Mclellan (EM) who was on a trip with Paul)
– added Carmela Bromhead Jones
– added Anthony (Tony) Williamson (advised by Tony himself)
– added Lucinda Lang and Jenny Levy (Sundowners Overland couriers) (thanks Andy Sutcliffe)
– added Peter Housego (aka Fingers)(RIP)(Sundowners Overland driver) (thanks Brian Hedley)
– added Bob Crawford (aka Haggis) (RIP) (Sundowners Overland driver) (thanks Brian Hedley and Chris Newton)
– added Dot Young (Sundowners courier) and Ivan Hutchinson (Sundowners driver)(thanks Christine Newton)

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Staff Dossiers
– added dossier for Geoffrey Roy

 Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Trucks and other vehicles
– added introductory paragraphs about the various vehicles, a new section for the coaches and some additional vehicles and photos as described below.

Asia and Africa

Austin K9s
– added photo of KBM346G with Tony Jones (thanks Alison Bennett)

Early Asia and Africa Land Rovers
– added mention of two Land Rovers, KXE4D (grey) and one other (green), shipped from Madras to Penang for the reconnaissance expeditions in Southeast Asia in late 1969 (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added image of Land Rover used in Africa as part of a three-vehicle Southbound

Bedford RLs
– added PMJ308J (from Alison Bennet)

Bedford M types
– added BVS970T (thanks Graeme Kidd)
– added two photos of HMG820K at Palmyra and Salzburg (thanks Graham Smith)
– added placeholder for Q124MPP (thanks for advice from Ian Richards (EM))

Bedford 4×4 TLs
– added Q93NTM (thanks Ian Munro (EM))
– added Q621NTM (thanks Bill McMann)

Ford Cargo (4×2)
– corrected registration of Q985NUR (previously listed as Q985NUP) (thanks Neil Donovan) and added two photos from Graham Robbins (EM)

Land Rover Series 3
– added mention of Land Rover Series 3 based at Kibo Hotel (thanks Shion Scudamore)

South America

– removed BVS965T as this was an error (actually BVS969T)
– added photo of JNM602V (thanks Grant Short)
– added Ford Cargo BITA E985 (thanks Simon Froggattand Geoff Spillett
– added photo of BS99HL (thanks Geoff Spillett)
– added Ford Cargo VD46NY (thanks Bill McMann, Geoff Spillett and Andy Sutcliffe)

Central America

– added registration and photo of Dodge van 573ZQT (thanks Rein Kamar)

Gypsy

– added photos of Gypsy being refitted (thanks Tom Colville)

Himalaya Overland / Sundowners Overland Odysseys Coaches

Asia
– added photos or placeholders for coaches operated by Himalaya Overland later called Sundowners Overland Odysseys. Advice and photos received as follows:
—LYS505Y (Mercedes L608D) (thanks Riff Ayers and Andy Sutcliffe for photo)
— Swiss mountain bus (thanks Shion Scudamore and Andy Sutcliffe for photo)
— DRT680T (thanks William Tremlett)
— DRT636K (Bedford 500) (thanks Phillip Dilley)
— CUT33T(thanks Peter Bajzelj)
— TEF72M (Ford Plaxton) (thanks Peter McAlister and Brian Hedley for photo)
— TEF73M (thanks Peter McAlister)
— VNS898S (thanks Peter McAlister)
— XMA 204M (thanks Peter McAlister)

South America
– added mention of Mercedes Coach intended to be used for a Sundowners program in South America (thanks Riff Ayers)

Support vehicles

– added photo of Blue Bedford van
– added YBA 16092 Isuzu pickup in South Africa (thanks Johnny Paterson; and Fiona Blake and Geoff Spillett for the photos)

Added new Page: Pre-departure / Truck Preparation
– added video of building Q815NTM made from photos supplied by Matt Hollingsworth

Page: Pre-departure / Driver Check-lists
– added Medical Notes (1994-1997) (thanks Andy Sutcliffe)

Page: Communiques / Messages to Leader / Drivers
– added letter from Tony Jones advising changes to leader/driver increment structure (thanks Matt Hollingsworth)

Page: Reunions
– added 2003 Reunion report by Alan Kiff and photos by David Hunter
– added 2006 Reunion photos by David Hunter

30 June 2018

Page: Home Page
– recognised Alison Muir Bennett as being part of the original EO team (along with Stuart Jenkins and Tony Jones)

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Staff Dossiers
– added dossiers for Keith Miller, Michael Donkin and Tony Jones

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Trucks and other vehicles
– added photos of 225BGF (thanks Gavin Robertson), additional photos of NAH814F (thanks Rod Jenkin), and photos of  LUR975P (later BVS967T)  (thanks Graeme Wykes) 

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Premises
– added additional photo of Kathmandu Guest House 1977 (thanks Rod Jenkin) 

Page: Reunions / Reunion November 2017, Perth
– added photos from a mini-reunion in Perth, Western Australia, November 2017 

Page: Reunions / Reunion 2018 Morocco
– added photos from Morocco 2018 reunion

Page: Reunions / Reunion 2018 Wales
– added photos from Wales 2018 reunion

Page: More on Overlanding / Other Overland Companies
– added Penn Overland’s 1972 promotional film African Adventure  (found at Dragoman’s workshop)

Page: More on Overlanding / Historical Overland Films
– added Crossing Africa and the Sahara by truck 1959

30 March 2018

Page: Trip Photos and Tales / Trip Tales
– added the diary written by Harry Marsh on the first Encounter Overland expedition from London to Nepal in 1964 (thanks Harry Marsh)

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Trucks and other vehicles
– added photos of Land Rover 2191NX – the vehicle used on the first Encounter Overland expedition in 1964

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Staff Dossiers
– added dossier for Sarah Hollingsworth

21 March 2018

Page: Promotional Material
– added Newsletter Edition 2 1997 celebrating 25 years in South and Central America  (thanks Martin Watkinson)

Page: Promotional Material
– added (slightly) better quality version of South and Central America Reconnaissance Expedition film (thanks Martin Watkinson)

Page: Promotional Material
– added two Gypsy Gay flyers from 1977 and 1980-81 (thanks Martin Watkinson)

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Staff Dossiers
– added dossiers for Martin Hayes and Tom Colville

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Trucks and other vehicles
– noted LUR965P was re-registered as BVS967T (thanks Tom Colville)
– added VXX205 and VXX207 – the two Bedford RLs used on the South and Central America Reconnaissance Expedition (thanks Martin Watkinson)
– corrected the names of the people in the brochure photo of Dodge WBH648S (thanks Tom Colville, Derek Biddle, David Hunter and Laurence Jones)
– added photo of Kathmandu Kombi YYH834T (thanks Wendy Robinson Waters EM 1982)

Page: Trip Photos and Tales /  Leader/Driver and Expedition Member Films and Photograph Albums
– added film of Pygmies near Epulu, Zaire (thanks Terry Williams (EM) London to Dar es Salaam 1993)

Page: Books and Media / Media Articles
– added media article ‘Africa – or Bust’ by Allan Townsing published in the Australasian Post 2 March 1978 (thanks Linda Drysdale (Allan’s sister) and Allan’s mum)

Page: Reunions / Reunion 2016 Nepal
– added video shot by Graeme Kidd at the 2016 Reunion in Nepal

14 January 2018

Main Menu
– Added Menu item for the 2018 Reunion in Wales

Page: Home Page
– added reference to the WhatsApp group for former staff at the end of the page

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Staff Roll Call
– added Phil Colbert (thanks Christine Roberts), Jim Whittaker (RIP) (thanks Shena Maskell), Antonio Rusciano (thanks Jane and Allardes Hoiting),Kev Burn (thanks Neil Featherstone and Clive Umbers)
– added Mark Ram (honourable mention – brochure and ENFLASH artist)

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Staff Dossiers
– added dossiers for Bob St Aubin and Mark Fittall

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Trucks and Other Vehicles
Bedford RLs
– added photo of 226BGF (a previously unidentified sepia photo of an RL on a central Africa ferry was identified by Shanan Miller as being of 226BGF)
– added RXP586 (thanks Christine Roberts (EM))
Bedford M types
– added placeholder for LUR975P
– added photo of NRB956J photo (thanks Brian Feltovich)
South America trucks
– added photo collage of BS99HL (thanks Mariett de Groot (EM))
– added photos of BVS969T (thanks Diane Kemp and Dena Jordan (EMs))

Page: Communiques / ENFLASH and Newsletters
– added ENFLASHes as follows (thanks Sarah Ewing and David Hunter):
::    ::1975 – October
::    ::1976 – March, April, May, June, July, August, September, November, December
::    ::1977 – March, April, May, August, September, October, November, December
– added ENFLASH for October 1976 (but some pages are missing) (thanks Christine Roberts (EM))

Page: Communiques / Messages to Leader/Drivers
– added memo from Tony Jones about trip costs, leadership and the company’s future (undated but likely to be from around August or September 1978)

Page: Trip Photos and Tales /  Leader/Driver and Expedition Member Films and Photograph Albums
– added film of The Great Safari – Cairo to Morocco in 1985 led by Simon Boon (film is in two parts)
– added Michael Lane’s photo book titled ‘Far away places with strange sounding names’ – which is a photobook about his travels in the early 1970s – Asia and Africa overlands with Penn Overland; and South America with Encounter Overland led by Ian Way in RHS301M
– added Christine Roberts’ diary of her Kathmandu to London Asia overland (departed 24 August 1976) and led by Phil Colbert

Page: Trip Photos and Tales / Trip Tales
– added memos sent from EO London to Annie Bradshaw on her Great Overland Encounter (departed Kathmandu 15 March 1985); and a media article written by Annie in 1992.Annie had an accident with a tractor in Pakistan caused by a stoned tractor driver; the truck broke down in western Sudan on the way to the Central African Republic in August 1985; and to add to her challenges, a seven-year drought broke just before she arrived in Sudan making tracks impassable. 

Page: Media Articles
– added media article ‘Travels with Annie’ published in the Listener and TV Times, New Zealand 3 February 1992. This article was written by Annie Bradshaw. (See also entry under Page: Trip Photos and Tales / Trip Tales)

Page: Reunions / Reunion 2018 Wales
– added a page for the 2018 Reunion in Wales

Page: More on Overlanding / Historical Overland Films
– added ’Destination Cape Town 1952’ – a film of a record-breaking dash from London to Cape Town in a Humber Super Snipe

14 December 2017

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Staff Dossiers
– added a page for Staff Dossiers

October 2017

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Trucks and Other Vehicles
– added photo of Austin K9 with EO’s trade plates 213TM
– added placeholder for Bedford RL registration 225BGF (no photos available)
– added photo of South America Ford BS99HL (thanks Sandy Moring)
– added photos of South America Bedford D418MPP taken on a Peru and the Incas Brief Encounter around 1987/88 (thanks Collin Penny (EM))
– added  photo of yacht Gypsy Gay extracted from the Encounter Overland Scrapbook (mentioned below under Memorabilia)

Page: Pre-departure / Pre-departure Information
– added pre-departure information for Brief Encounters Nepal, Ganges, Rajasthan (1995) and Cradles of our Civilisation (1992) (thanks Gary Ions EM)

Page: Trip Photos and Tales /  Leader/Driver and Expedition Member Films and Photograph Albums
– added film of Kathmandu to London expedition departed April 1974 (thanks Peter Strehle EM)
WARNING:  This film contains footage of the remains of EO truck 225BGF involved in an accident in Turkey in 1973 resulting in the death of five expedition members.

Page: Memorabilia
– added the Encounter Overland Scrapbook put together by Aroha Uea.  It includes photos dating from the late 1960s to 2000 taken at various events including trip departures, birthday parties, Christmas parties, staff farewells, travel shows, brochure launches and a couple of weddings.  Thanks Aroha! And thanks to Alison Muir Bennett who has kept it safe all these years.
Note: As it is a rather large scrapbook there is a small and a large PDF file available: a small PDF file that will give reasonable quality on-screen but load faster than the larger PDF file version which has better resolution.

– added (under Miscellanea) copies of receipts for a deposit of £18 and then a further £160 for a London to Calcutta overland departing 7 October 1969 issued to Nigel Tattersfield (thanks Nigel)

Page: Media Articles 
– added October 1981 article from the North Herts Gazette of an interview with Gary Strand (thanks Gary)
– added May 1990 article from The Boston Sunday Globe about a London to Nairobi expedition led by Annie Bradshaw

Page: Reunions / Mini Reunion 2017 Scotland
– added a new page with photos from the August 2017 reunion hosted by Ellen and Tom Colville at their croft on the west coast of Scotland (via Facebook – thanks Mike Edwards )

29 July 2017

Main Menu
– Added ‘Recruiting’ under Staff, Trucks and Premises
– Changed Pre-departure sub-menu heading ‘Pre-departure EM booklets’ to ‘Pre-departure Information’
– Changed ‘Trip Photos and Films’ to ‘Trip Photos and Tales’ and added link to ‘Trip Tales’
– Changed ‘Other Interesting stuff’ to ‘More on Overlanding’

Page: Home Page
– Updated narrative to correct commencement date of EO to be 1964, not 1963.
– Updated Sidebar widget to change 1963 to 1964

Page: Promotional Material

Newspaper Advertisements
– updated to include sample Newspaper Advertisements for trips

Encounter Overland Brochures
– added Encounter Overland Brochure 1991-1992 (thanks Terry Williams)
– added Encounter Overland Brochure 2000-2001 (thanks Alison Bennett)

Posters/Stickers etc
– added ‘Established 1964’ logo

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Recruiting
– added recruiting advertisements found in UK newspapers
– added sample letters for selection week-end and offers of employment (Riff Ayers and Lance Thomas)

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Staff Roll Call
– noted passing of Steve Tester
– added Josephine Newey (thanks Annie Bradshaw) (via Messenger) worked on coaches
– added June Barnett (office) (mentioned in The Times, Monday, June 22, 1987 as POC for office staff advertisement
– added Andre van der Most and Calum McColgan (thanks Donna Fletcher’ (EM))
– added Mark Neilson (aka Kiwi) (thanks Clive Imrie)
– added Chris Mitchell (thanks David Hunter)

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Trucks and Other vehicles
– added photos of more trucks 224BGF and SDD513G (thanks Derek Biddle); and UPX85K (thanks Michael Hunt (EM))
– added additional photos of RXP957, JNM602V, GLP203J, GNM152F, GLW919J, WBH648S and SVC993H (thanks Derek Biddle)
– added additional photos of TMJ151K (thanks Michael Hunt (EM))
– deleted JNW502V as the photos were actually of JNM602V

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Premises
– added additional photos of Wren Park (thanks Derek Biddle)

Page: Pre-departure/Pre-departure Information
– ‘Further Information’ Booklet (thanks Terry Williams)
– added Project Dossiers to the page (thanks Alison Bennett)

Page: Communiques / ENFLASH and Newsletters
– added ENFLASH January 2000 (thanks Alison Bennett)

Page: Trip Photos and Tales / Trip Photos
– added short movie clips by Terry Williams (EM) from London to Dar es Salaam 1993

Page: Trip Photos and Tales / Trip Tales (New menu)
– moved the interview of Peggy Gregory-Jenkins to this page (from Memorabilia page)
– added Michael Hunt’s account of his September 1973 Africa Northbound

Page: Media Articles
– corrected date on article Africa the Hard Way article to 27 November 1977
– added 58 media articles which are either about Encounter Overland or mention it as part of the article.

5 June 2017

Main Menu
– changed ‘Preparing for Departure’ to ‘Pre-departure’ with sub-menus Driver Checklists and Pre-departure EM booklets.
– changed ’On the Road’ to ‘Communiqués’ with sub-menus ENFLASH and Newsletters, Messages to Leader/Drivers and Miscellaneous Communiqués
– deleted ‘Comments and Questions’

Page: Promotional Material
Encounter Overland Brochures
– added Booking Form for 1968 London to Calcutta (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added Encounter Overland Brochure 1968 – High Atlas and Sahara(thanks Rob Rumball)
– added Trans-Sahara Expedition to Gulf of Guinea Brochure 1969 (These expeditions did not eventuate) (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added Booking Form for 1969 expeditions (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added South East Asia Reconnaissance Expeditions Brochure 1970 (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added Encounter Overland Brochure 1971 (thanks Jonathan Rohan Kickham and Rob Rumball)
– added Encounter Overland Brochure 1972 (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added South America Reconnaissance Mission 1972 Booking Form (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added Overlanders Guide to Connecting Travel 1972 (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added Encounter Overland Brochure 1974-75 (thanks Bruce Davidson)
– added Encounter Overland Brochure (Asia) 1976 and Dates and Prices (thanks Rob Rumball)

Brief Encounters
– added Brief Encounters Brochure 1978/1979 (thanks Rob Rumball)

Posters, Stickers, Flyers, Calendars
– added Asia and South America routes posters (thanks David Hunter via Facebook)

Page:  Staff, Trucks and Premises / Staff Roll Call
– added Adrian Mortimer (thanks Tony Jones)
– added Ken Haslam and Steve Kelly (listed in Ruth Lathlean’s photobook)
– added Martin Hayes (identified in Vaculug’s International Review magazine)
– added Chris Marks and Jim Montgomery (first skipper of Gypsy) (thanks Martin Watkinson)
– added Martin Hyles and Chris Neil (thanks Rob Rumball)

Page: Staff, Trucks and Premises / Trucks and other vehicles
Austin K9s
– added film showing the preparation of newly acquired Austin K9s at Wren Park (and a following expedition to India) (thanks Rob Rumball)
– separated images for YNK229F taken on a selection/training trip to Iran, Spring 1969 and added explanatory comments (thanks Martin Watkinson)
– added photo of Austin K9 KBM345G with Martin Hayes applying final touches
– added photo of Austin K9 KBM346G (On wheel brace is Peter Hobbs, Manager of Briggs National Tyre Service, Bedford)

Bedford RLs
– correctly located two photos of 223BGF
– correctly located photo of NMJ259
– additional information included in caption for PMJ311J (thanks Martin Watkinson)
– resolved that RXP597 was indeed the correct registration
– added TMJ151K to the gallery with photos provided by David Hardham
– flipped the Early Africa photo of the RL on the ferry to give the right orientation

Bedford M types
– added Q43MPP
– added a photo of WBH645S being lifted from the Congo River at Bumba in Zaire after it was dropped into the river by the crane operator, probably deliberately. Ian Stevenson got the truck out of the river, onto the ferry and into a drivable state while on the trip up the river to Kisangani. EO London was impressed!.
– added a photo of a line-up of M-types in Kathmandu

South America Dodges, GMC
– added photo of Dodge BVS968T South America (thanks Steve Mortimer)
– added photos of BVS969T and BVS504X (thanks Steve Mortimer)
– added photo of JNW502V (by Paul E Murphy)
– added BVS968T stuck (and finally destroyed) in a South American riverbed (thanks Steve Mortimer)
– added WBH648S – photo taken from brochures
– identified registration number for South America GMC as Y39839

Page: Pre-departure Information
– added Pre-departure booklet London-Joburg November 1980 (thanks Rien Walrave)
– added routeing update Sudan and Nigeria/Chad early 1985
– added pre-departure information Amazon to Andes 26 May 1988 (thanks Paul E Murphy)

Page:  Communiqués / ENFLASH and Newsletters
– added ENFLASH No. 24, 20 May 1973 (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added ENFLASH December 1975 (thanks Bruce Davidson)
– added ENFLASH February 1976 (thanks Bruce Davidson)
– added Newsletters January and February 1985 (thanks Bruce Watkins)

Page: Communiqués / Messages to Leader/Drivers
– added EO Safety Award Scheme booklet (thanks Bruce Davidson)
– added messages about wage structures (1982), malaria prophylaxis (1982 and 1985), differentials (1982), company update (1986) and some hard words from Tony Jones (1986) (thanks Simon Boon for the last two)

Page: Communiqués / Miscellaneous Communiqués
– added South America Reconnaissance Report 8 February 1973 (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added proposed Encounter Overland (Freight) operation letter (thanks Rob Rumball)

Page: Leader/Driver and Expedition Member Films and Photos
– added film showing preparation of newly acquired Austin K9s at Wren Park (and a following expedition to India)
– added Ken Brown’s Backroads of Asia May to September 1996
– added a link to Ruth Lathlean’s Photobook of Africa Southbound November 1974
– added Stephen Stewart photos of Africa northbound 1972 and Asia 1971 (taken as a Leader/Driver)
– added Stephen Stewart photos of Egypt 2000 (taken as an Expedition Member)

Page: Books and Media / Media Articles
– added article from the Biggleswade Chronicle Friday 8 November 1968 (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added VacuLug’s International Review – Autumn 1969 with article India return on Duramolds (tyres) for Austin K9s (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added Newspaper article regarding the first Trans-Africa Reconnaissance “Off on a trip that can’t be done” (undated, possibly January 1970) (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added article ‘Into the Desert’ by Tom Stoppard from the Geographical Magazine, August 1970.  (The 1972 EO Brochure referred to the article which recommended the Bedford RL for desert trips.Also included is the advertisements page as it has an advert for The Grand Indiaman Expedition operated by Paddy Garrow-Fisher who was one of the Asian Overland pioneers. A few other adverts for India and Africa overland trips as well.)
– added The Trailfinder Edition 1 of 14 May 1971 with an article on Trans-Africa by Tony Jones (page 3) (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added Newspaper article “Local man conducts tourists on11,000 mile South American safari” The Highland Echo, East Vancouver, BC 11 September 1975 (thanks Bruce Davidson)
– added Newspaper article featuring Gerry Creamer and LLK183K (Biggleswade Chronicle 26 February 1982) (thanks Rob Rumball)
– added articles on the kidnapping and murder of six Expedition Members in Zimbabwe on 23 July 1982
– added a BBC TV report of the PIA Flight 268 disaster of 28 September 1982 in which two EO rafting/trek leaders were killed
– added article ‘One adventure too far‘ The Sunday Times (UK) 9 July 1989 reporting on the death of EM Dennis Regensburg in Pakistan
– added article ‘Why risk comes with the territory‘ The Sunday Times (UK) 6 August 1989 (thanks Paul E Murphy) – follow up to previous article
– added an article from the Telegraph newspaper (UK), 7 April 2001 which refers to the collapse of Encounter Overland
– added an article ‘The Overlanders‘ mentioning EO, The Age newspaper (Australia), 2002 
– added link to article ‘The end of the Road for overland adventures’ Financial Times, 3 May 2017
– added link to ‘Overlanding then and now’ Financial Times 8 December 2009

6 May 2017

Page: Promotional Material – Brochures
– added 1975 ‘To the Roof of the World Brochure’ provided by Juergen Meixner
– added Encounter Overland Brochure 1993/1994 provided by George Kukos
– added Encounter Overland Brochure Autumn 1995 to Autumn 1997 provided by George Kukos
– added Encounter Overland Brochure 1998/1999 provided by George Kukos
– added better quality version of Borneo Reconnaissance  brochure provided by George Kukos
– added Dates and Prices March 1992 to 1993 (UK£) provided by George Kukos
– added Dates and Prices May 1993 to 1994 (UK£) provided by George Kukos

Page Promotional Material – Films and Slide Shows
– added reference to the film ’To the Roof of the World’

Page: Staff Roll Call
– added names to Staff Roll Call: Ken Roulston and Ray Wolfe (thanks Johno Wells). Stephen Stewart,  Charles Wright and Roger Lancaster (thanks Rob Rumball). Tony Barnes (thanks Juergen Meixner) and John Blinco (Honourable mention)

Page: Truck Gallery and Other vehicles
– added photo of GNM152F in flooded river as advised by Paul Cunnington
– added photos of Q356NVS taken by Stephen Stewart who was a driver 1971/72. He did an “Egyptian Encounter” in February 2000. (http://www.xor.org.uk/travel/egypt/)
– added photo of JNM600V taken by Glynn (Chennai 1989)
– added photo of BVS967T stuck at ferry at Bangui, Zaire January 1984 by Jeremy Cattell

Page: Pre-departure information
– added Kathmandu to London 1975 pre-departure information provided by Juergen Meixner
– added London to Joburg 25 September 1971 pre-departure information provided by David Hardham

Page: Premises
– added photo of Kathmandu Guest House provided by George Kukos
– added photo of Crew House at Hitchin by Murray Kirk
– added Old Brompton Road office photo by David Hunter

Page: L/D and EM Films
– Added London to Kathmandu 1974 by Bart Eyekams

Page: Reunion 2018
– Added contact details for Darren Nicolson to get on WhatsApp

Page: Memorabilia
– added 1985 Christmas Card provided by Jeremy Cattell
– added Christmas Card (early 1990s?) (thanks Bruce Watkins)
– added Christmas Card 1997 (thanks Riff Ayers)
– added Ngorongoro Crater Lodge Menu (March 1985) provided by Jeremy Cattell

23 April 2017

Page: Staff Roll Call
– Added Peter Ogden to staff list (thanks David Hardham)
Page: Books
– Added a link to David Hardham’s book Africa Overland.  David was on the September 1971 Southbound Africa.
Page: Media Articles
– Added a link to the Kenyan Daily Nation newspaper article about September 1971 Southbound Africa (thanks David Hardham)——