Archive for July, 2011

the Romanian job..

Our convoy name changed from the ‘Hungarian job’ to the ‘Romanian job’ losing The Expats, and gaining the Villebillies (and a couple of walky talkies to keep the banter going)… made it across the border into the Romanian wilderness to be welcomed by some local hillbillies in the thriving backwaters of Tahant. We were shown [...]

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

The Hungarian Job

Exciting times – the tracking system has worked, and as im sure you’ve noticed, our exact route that we’ve driven so far is shown above via google maps! Have a play with it, you can zoom right in the every street and dirt track we’ve driven, and will continue to update almost every day. This [...]

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Check out the czechout

Hello from czechout! Little Lucy lui has had no trouble at all getting to the Czech republic, over 1000 miles now through Europe to the second launch event to those that couldnt make the goodwood launch. Our 2 days on the wrong side of the road has taken us through france, belgium (camping at the [...]

Monday, July 25th, 2011

And I would drive 10 000 miles, and I would drive 10 000 more…

To those that doubted us, we’re on our way, 20 miles into the journey after a fantastic ‘festival of slow’ – a chance to show off the cars and say farewell to friends. The adventure started yesterday however, the drive down to Chichester for the pre-rally camping and merriment. Even the extra hours journey stuck [...]

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

let the adventure begin!

Ok, time to smash out a quick blog update (my first!) from the dusty tarmac of Abu Dhabi, en route to London! What a whirlwind lead up it has been to this big adventure… between work, socialising, and rally preparations, the last few months have flown by, and next thing I find myself on a [...]

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Genghis Signage!

Feast your eyes on the Teams Decals, applied just in time for the photographer from the Evening Star, now its beginning to look more like a rally car and less like a GrannyMobile.

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

‘The Mongol Rally is dangerous, it can threaten your life.’ – best not tell the parents

Wow Where did June go? And a vast chunk of July for that matter? We’re now officially in what’s known as the ‘last minute’ stage of planning, and completely unlike me things are actually almost prepared – and hopefully not to fail. 10 Days to go… Pete will be touching down on Tuesday after a [...]

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011