In January 2007 Sean Heighton from Brislington White Watch and his friend Simon Vann Jones completed a 3,700 mile expedition through Europe and Africa in a 1992 Landrover.

The pair, known as The Desert Cowboys, spent three weeks driving through varied terrain for the challenge, helping to raise over £2,000 for GAFSIP. During a ceremony the day after their arrival in Banjul, Sean and Simon handed over the vehicle to the Gambian Fire and Ambulance Service