What to pack!?

Ah, packing for the Dumball – where practicality meets utter nonsense. Let’s balance the essentials with the absurd. Here’s what you should take:

Essentials (because you do need to survive):

1. Passport: Unless you fancy sweet-talking border guards in multiple languages, this is non-negotiable.
2. Vehicle Documents: V5C, insurance details, and that fancy International Driving Permit (IDP) – the thrill of bureaucracy!
3. Your Car: Preferably a banger that’s barely held together with duct tape and dreams.
4. Euros (and lots of them): For tolls, fuel, and bribing mechanics when the inevitable breakdown happens.
5. Walkie Talkie + Spare Batteries: So you can listen to your convoy’s banter while stranded on the side of the road.
6. Sat-Nav: Even though maps are cooler (and useless), a Sat-Nav will stop you driving into a river.
7. Headlight Converters and GB Sticker: Make it look like you care about the law.
8. Reflective Jacket + Triangle: For those glamorous roadside selfies.
9. First Aid Kit & Fire Extinguisher: Because you will need both.
10. Snacks: Enough to feed a small army – or your convoy.
11. A fully charged phone: For directions, selfies, and calling for a tow truck (again).

Dumball Spirit Items (the real essentials):

1. Fancy Dress: The more ridiculous, the better. If you’re not wearing a onesie shaped like a banana, you’re doing it wrong.
2. Car Decorations: Tinsel, glitter, flags – make your car look like it’s just escaped from a Mardi Gras parade.
3. Confetti Cannons: For those “triumphant arrival” moments (and to annoy your co-driver).
4. A Disco Ball: Because every car needs a little sparkle.
5. Fake Mustaches: You never know when a spontaneous disguise will be required.
6. Inflatable Flamingo: Useful for pool parties and scaring off wild monkeys in Gibraltar.
7. Flags/Banners: So when you break down, people know who to avoid.
8. Silly Challenges Props: Balloons, hats, and possibly a fake parrot.

Personal Comfort (because why suffer?):

1. Neck Pillow: For the uncomfortable sleeps on French motorways.
2. Wet Wipes: Your shower substitute.
3. Sunglasses: So you can look cool while squinting through cracked windshields.
4. Spare Underwear: Trust me.

That’s it! Anything else is just dead weight – like common sense.