I’m kicking my heels in N’Djamena, the Harmattan-hazed capital of the Republic of Chad with expedition member Brad Hansen, as we wait to board a small plane for a three-hour flight to Zakouma National Park in the east of the country, close to the border with Sudan.  So it feels quite apt to share an extract from our upcoming book ‘Africa – a Love Affair with a Continent’ on how things were when we were last in Chad seven years ago, whilst on a Land Rover expedition called ‘All Afrika’ during which we adventured through Ghana, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad,

Like expectant hyenas around a lion kill, the expedition members gather hungrily around the ‘Tailgate Café’.  We’ve travelled for years together and it’s become an important tradition.   Simply put – anything that can fit onto the tailgate of a Landy is LUNCH.  Ross carefully slices the last of the bully beef, whilst Bruce peels open a few cheese slices and cuts some rather mouldy bread and over-ripe tomatoes into chunks.  There’s a near-empty tub of Blue Band margarine and a big tin of baked beans.  ‘Shova Mike’ Nixon, our mountain biking veteran of many adventures, pulls open three small tins