'If we'd known what we were in for we'd never attempted it. I guess it was a little foolish especially with our 7 year old little grandson Tristan Kingsley Holgate on board. Ross is the navigator, his is the biggest responsibility - eyes fixed to his Garmin GPS above the Land Rover dashboard trying to follow endless wadis (dry river beds) in the hope they will lead us through the rugged moonscape and steep razor back mountains that run in formidable ridges across the dunes and gravel plains of a desert seldom travelled'