This is the true story of an epic family expedition across Africa.

To cross the Sahara in the early seventies presented many problems in connection with the supply of fuel and water, apart from some security issues; to do so alone without joining a convoy as recommended and without modern navigation aids was an added risk; to do so with three young children, some of the Press regarded as plain foolhardy.

The family, consisting of Doctor Maureen Mc Mullan, her husband David and three children; Peter 12, Sean 10 and Sarah Jane 8 as well as a friend of Maureen's, Doctor Susan Cole who...