Welcome from Glorius Nation Kazakhstan, home of Borat and cheap vodka. I’ve had enough of heat and sunshine, give me some English cloud and drizzle! I can now accurately predict the weather also. Today will be a cloudless sunny day with highs of 45degrees, the same as tomorrow and probably all week, with a fine [...]

Were a little bit behind here due to the fact there was no internet in turkmenistan but now we’re in uzbekistan, so heres our iran update! Firstly, i’d like to point out that neither of us has piles. When changing a relatively small amount of US dollars to Rials you find yourself with a pile [...]

It wouldnt have seemed a bad idea (Going cold turkey) if you’d asked us after our night with the 2 moped teams on a rooftop terrace bar in istanbul – heat and hangovers dont mix. The clever little blog title (Pete came up with it) marks our quick journey through Turkey and our impending few [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]