The excuse is apparently to re-create the famous film, ‘The Iraqi Job’. As film buffs know this is based on the famous 2003 robbery from Iraq’s National Museum in Baghdad, when a daylight raid led by a renegade band of soldiers took priceless historic artifacts from under the nose of the world’s media (some of whom later turned out to be ‘on the take’).

The exciting climax to this film is when the stretched Humvee used in the robbery quickly runs out of petrol on the road to Basra and is left hanging over a cliff. As the Humvee see-saws up and down, a collection of 5,000 year old Mesopotamian tablets bearing some of the earliest known writing, slides across the floor threatening to pull the vehicle and occupants to their death. The Cockney hero of the film quick wittedly operates the electric tailgate and allows the priceless items to leave the vehicle safely and smash to bits on the rocks below.

The raiders then thumb down a lift on a passing gunship which agrees to take them onto Geneva with the remaining loot. Best line is - “I knew we shouldn’t have taken these bloody tablets - that’s when it all started going wrong!”

Being socially responsible Anthony decided to scale down the event and save petrol by driving to Italy instead, in a vehicle a tenth of the size!

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STOP PRESS Correction! The film was called ‘The Italian Job’ - See www.campfreddie.org.uk

STOP STOP PRESS They’ve already raised money for the NCH Children’s Charity - a very worthwhile cause that deserves your support. www.nch.org.uk

STOP STOP STOP PRESS Anthony may consider offsetting the carbon cost of his 4000 mile drive at www.carbonfootprint.com Or not drive at all for the next two years!