To Timbuktu, (and back again)

A drive Timbuktu was discussed as we watched sport TV. We bantered about the city of gold in light hearted fashion. Was this pub talk? Another friend, Gus Alusi, was trying to raise funds for FragileX. Gus was the driving force behind this scary venture.Something in the air revealed this was no idle chitter- chatter. Mike and I then said that we'd team up and drive together to Timbuktu - and fly hack again. Liam said he'd drive along with his twinner, Eamon, and their brother Seamus. Matthew bought us a round of drinks and teased us that we were as nuts as the salted ones he generously gave away in saucers on his successful bar. We were all in jokey mood, but we also knew that many a truth was said in jest.