As the weeks sped by, the date for the Calais trip was
announced - 9th to 10th October.
We had a few more weeks to get in as many donations as possible for the convoy to take them on the 9th and there was an urgency for getting all the sorting done and a deadline was set to cease taking more donations. This, in theory, would give us time to sort the remaining items without more arriving ... deadlines were made to be broken!!
We had a few more weeks to get in as many donations as possible for the convoy to take them on the 9th and there was an urgency for getting all the sorting done and a deadline was set to cease taking more donations. This, in theory, would give us time to sort the remaining items without more arriving ... deadlines were made to be broken!!
Then an incredible thing happened, word came in that we had been offered a 40 foot lorry, organised by Tiger Taxis in Wycombe, to transport all the donations
to Calais. How amazing is that? This kind gesture was gratefully accepted immediately!
It now appeared that the convoy would consist of one 10 tonne lorry (just WOW!), three transit vans and
several cars all going over to Calais on the 9th October – a proper convoy of
aid. It was just phenomenal.
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