Friday 30 March 2012

Fund raising for the Mercy Corps begins

We've supported the Mercy Corps through fund raising on all of our previous rallies, we continue to support the Mercy Corps because we really believe in the work they do around the world and it is a cause we hold close to our hearts.

The Mercy Corps have always been fantastic in helping us fund raise. Today we received our fund raising pack, which includes some new Mercy Corps stickers for our car, as well as fund raising leaflets and information that will really help us with our fund raising efforts.



If you haven't yet had an opportunity to go to the Mercy Corps web site, go to the Mercy Corps Programs page which has some really touching and positive stories.

Please try to donate whatever you can afford using our donation widget on our website. Thank you.


Adam & Alex

Tuesday 27 March 2012

We're taking the ferry

We often wonder whether we should take the Eurotunnel or the ferry to France. The Eurotunnel is certainly a bit faster and we used in on our first rally in 2007. However, since 2007, all of our rallies have involved us racing heading towards Dover in the early hours of the morning hoping we're not going to miss our ferry. It has become somewhat of a rally tradition now to take the ferry, not to mention that it is also usually a bit cheaper than the Eurotunnel!

So we're booked! On the 23rd of June 2012, in the early hours of the morning, you'll spot us navigating our way towards Dover in our Land Rover.



In the Saharan Rally 2009, Red, our Land Rover, wasted no time in breaking down and decided to grind to a halt in the northern section of the M25 in greater London.

It was a very cold January morning and after trying to start the car a few times, we decided the best course of action was to wait 10 minutes. A repair technique that has worked on many an occasion. Sure enough after 10 minutes, Red fired up and we made our ferry with not much time to spare!

Our departure on the Moroccan Road Trip 2010 was somewhat smoother, we didn't experience any breakdowns, however we left a bit later than planned! We made our ferry with literally seconds to spare, we were the last car permitted onto the ferry as it prepared to depart from Dover.

With less than 3 months to our departure, we look forward to our next ferry to France, a journey that always marks the start of an incredible adventure.

Wednesday 21 March 2012

Cooking up a 4th instalment of adventure

It is coming up to two years since our last rally and we felt that wild adventure, charity fund raising and heading into the unknown was a habit we shouldn't stop any time soon.



"The Rusty Rhinos somewhere near Tiznit on the Moroccan Road Trip 2010"


Our 4th event, the Moroccan Rally 2012 will see us head back to Morocco for a second time in our now 49 year old Land Rover.
We'll be exploring a new route that will see us take on some of our previous route where we snapped our Land Rover chassis and buried the car in flamingo poo as well heading into new territory where we will enter the disputed territory of the Western Sahara. Our entry to the Western Sahara will be along the off road route from Assa in Morocco heading south and then west to Samara in the Western Sahara.

The Mercy Corps will continue to be supported by us for their incredible work all around the world. The Mercy Corps do so much that it would be impossible to summarise here, visit the Mercy Corps program web page if you are interested in finding out more about their work.

The vehicle tracker will be set-up once again so you can follow our progress in real-time, you'll be able to observe our location, direction, speed and current temperature. The vehicle tracking capability is only made possible by Chris and Kai at PebbleTrack.

We are very excited about our 4th trip and hope you'll be able to donate whatever you can to support the Mercy Corps.

Adam & Alex