Big point from Manny, must remember food and drink. Especially if your coming to Wales after. The driving is surprisingly tyring mentally. Lots of fluids, plenty of grub, not junk (well ok a fair amount) stuff that you can nibble as well as butties for breaks.
A good trade learnt from others is a tub of muffins or whatever the supermarket throws out cheap. If someones stuck, or in a fix. Stop, get the grub out, everyone stops, eats, talks, thinks. Then you dont rush into a mess.
A good look around your car is a must, your doing a few miles plus some off roading in the middle.
Knowing where is a good recovery point helps, were all pretty good with Frontera's even the green oval boys, but its good experience to check your own. Even us regulars, check nobody nicked your shackle, that stuff is free, not seized etc.
Maps are good, road maps. You may have a blonde moment going right when everyone else goes left. Nice to be able to get home if your lost.
Then Mobile phones, a list of contacts numbers, AA or the like if you have one.
Oh and a full tank, we would laugh, all of us
last, most important, humour. We all gotta have fun or its pointless.
ok make it 3 "nuts" and 2 bolts left to do
its not long now i have been talking to my mates that are comming along and we have decided to go stright to the services on the m54 i will be there about 8 ish see you all soon 
