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	<title>Tartan Eagles Go North</title>
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	<description>Driving a Clunker from Glasgow to Tallinn</description>
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		<title>Back to Glasgow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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We are now safe and sound, back in Glasgow.  In the end we spent 11 days driving 3700 miles to Tallinn (which was awesome) and 19hrs, 5 countries, 3 buses, 2 planes, 1 lost rucksack and a sprint through downtown Manchester getting back (which sucked).
Thanks again to all of our sponsors for making this trip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of the Road</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tartan Eagles have made it to Tallinn!  We had to run a few red lights through Helsinki to get to the ferry, but we made it.

3700 road miles after leaving Glasgow we arrived at the Hotell Athena on the coast of Estonia (just east of Tallinn).  It was a sad moment, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exhaust Fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We knew today&#8217;s drive was going to be a long one.  Rovaniemi is 600 miles from Helsinki and it is 2 lane roads most of the way.
Around a hour into the drive, the shit hit the fan, or more specifically, the exhaust pipe hit the ground!

We obviously couldn&#8217;t drive with it scraping along the highway [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heading South into Finland</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reaching the most northern point of mainland Europe, there was nowhere to go but south.  So that&#8217;s what we did (much to the relief of our wallets).  We headed for Rovaniemi, Finland &#8211; the capital of Lapland.  For those non-British out there, Lapland is the traditional home of Santa Claus.

The Finish landscape is very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Top of Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tartan Eagles have made it to the northernmost point of mainland Europe: Nordkapp, Norway.

I must say the journey to the top has been breathtaking. Beautiful, towering, snow covered mountains line the clear roads on which we have driven for the past 4 days. Fields of deep snow seem to go on for miles and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gateway to the Arctic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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Tonight the Tartan Eagles are in Tromsø (home of Lene Marlin and Röyksopp) after yet another beautiful drive northward!  At 70° N latitude, Tromsø is often referred to as &#8220;The Gateway to the Arctic.&#8221; Similar to the last couple of days, there are mountains of snow surrounding us but the roads are still completely clear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Arctic Circle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we reached the Arctic Circle!
The drive from Trondheim to Fauske was another absolutely gorgeous one&#8230;I can&#8217;t believe how beautiful it is up here&#8230;there are constant woooow&#8217;s and look-at-that&#8217;s coming from the car at every turn. So far the roads have been completely clear but the surroundings are covered in foot upon foot of crisp [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Best Road Trip in the World&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waking up in Oslo we had a choice of routes to take to Trondheim. One was a direct route of 320 miles and the other was a far longer, round about route of over 500 miles. The later would involve 2 ferry crossings and numerous bridges but would also allow us to drive through some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Trip to Oslo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We woke up in Copenhagen ready for another day on the road but first decided to make a quick stop at The Little Mermaid statue in Hans Christian Andersen&#8217;s home town. Unfortunately, and quite comically, it turns out that she is no longer gracing the shores of Denmark but is in fact currently at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amsterdam to Copenhagen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tartan Eagles have arrived in Copenhagen! This morning we woke up in Amsterdam and a little over 10 hours later we made it to the Danish capital.
There were no mishaps to speak of today and Maxi was on top form, getting up to over 90 miles an hour on the crazy German highways.
Today was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amsterdam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After yesterday&#8217;s antics with trying to make it onto the ferry, The Tartan Eagles have made it to Amsterdam safe and sound&#8230;despite travelling by boat on the 98th anniversary of Titanic&#8217;s maiden and only voyage. We found our petrol cans waiting for us beside Maxi in the morning and no more petrol appeared to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Ferry to Holland</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tartan Eagles have made it the first 151 miles from Glasgow to Newcastle and are now on the Norwegian Princess bound for Amsterdam!! The drive south was easy enough, however getting Maxi onto the ferry was not quite as simple as we had expected!
Whilst we waited in line to drive onto the ferry, petrol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And We&#8217;re Off!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<title>Final Preparations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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Here are some photos of the sponsor logos getting added to Maxi.  In the end it took about 4 hours and a whole roll of contact paper to affix all 39 sponsors.  Special thanks to Haids for the help.
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		<title>A Savage Attack!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, some horrible savage smashed in one of Maxi&#8217;s quarter windows!  If they had looked in the window before they smashed it they would have seen that the car was totally empty.  Thank you, west-end thugs.
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		<title>Sticker Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laura &#38; I have thought a lot about how we were going to &#8220;put&#8221; sponsor names on the car.  The right solution had to be economical and efficient.  You can see an example of what we&#8217;ve come up with in the photo above.  It is a custom printed sticker with clear contact paper (a.k.a. &#8220;sticky-back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tartan Eagles&#8230;Unite!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, the road team is together at last!  On Easter Monday, Laura &#38; I drove out to Wishaw to pick up Maxi Jazz.  The photo doesn&#8217;t show it, but it was raining buckets.
We cannot thank Maxi&#8217;s former owners, Adrian &#38; Tracey, enough for everything they&#8217;ve done to get Maxi ready for the great white north.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maxi&#8217;s Almost Ready</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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We just got word from our EXTREMELY helpful new friend, Adrian, that Maxi (the car) is almost ready.  The photo above is of the mechanics installing a Fiesta RS Turbo gearbox and a new clutch!
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		<title>Meeting Maxi (The Car)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday night we went out to Wishaw to take a look at the third member of the Tartan Eagles road team: an &#8216;88 Ford Escort who goes by the name of Maxi Jazz.

For added entertainment, here is a video of Laura psyching up her current car (The Nugget) to meet Maxi.

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		<title>First Week Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the Tartan Eagles Banger Racing Team has grown a lot this week with the addition of our first dozen team sponsors!  Thanks to everyone who has gotten on board with the Tartan Eagles.  And if you haven&#8217;t become a sponsor yet, what are you waiting for?  You can donate via PayPal on the homepage. [...]]]></description>
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