Dusty boots to Boardroom; Follow your dreams

Dusty boots to boardroom: follow your dreams is a travelogue following one couples dream, as they endure the snakes and ladders of African travel. In 2002, they drove a Land Rover from the most southern toe to the northern tip of Africa; navigating the road less travelled. Simply visiting or taking a safari is one thing, but living, travelling and exploring is quite another - it will test you. The question being is the dream or lure sufficiently strong when things go wrong? Many do not realise or pursue their dream vocation, so perhaps we were doubly blessed, for both Catherine and I followed and excelled at our chosen post university professions. But 20 years on, we were in danger of drifting apart, as a couple? However, our shared love for Africa, its wildlife, the people and adventure drew us in to the continent's charms. In the book we explore what it means to travel; what is it about the human spirit that yearns to break the shackles of convention and push boundaries? How do you execute an expedition, or sustain it when things go wrong? Things go wrong, even for the best prepared, even whilst doing the right things at the right time and place. We 'broke' Catherine! I was able to engineer my final military posting to South Africa that offered both a wonderful job and the opportunity to pursue a long-held dream, pulled from the dark recesses of the mind; to drive home through Africa. Maybe it wasn't the best career transition plan, for I was leaving one vocation to look for another, but it was our plan. Our dream - people should follow their dreams. The book describes our preparation, sourcing our vehicle (that we called Daphne - a long story!) and our testing - the gear and ourselves, so others could emulate our footsteps. Many have followed, as we copied and review other adventurers' books on overlanding. We describe our travels through the medium of others, for a central chord of our journey describes the wonderful people we (unexpectedly) came across en-route