Minor Detour

[Blunt]

As a Morris Minor van owner, I have found The Morris Minor Owners Club forum an invaluable source of common-sense advice and practical help...

It's an online community, a bit like us...

There's a guy who posts on there who's going to drive a (sort of) restored Moggy all the way from Plymouth to Dakar :blink:

He's doing it for 2 charities,  WaterAid & Tearfund

he's funding his own expenses as he doesn't feel it's right to do it with the sponsorship monies

If you feel like giving this Xmas, or just finding out how mad this bloke is (my van's pretty up together and I worry about going 50 miles...this car was/is a wreck & he's going to try 4200 miles), click here

Yes! Ray Whinray + team mate are the brave guys (lunatics) driving a dodgy 51 year old Morris Minor across Europe and through Africa. The route includes disputed territory, no-mans-land with a live minefield and a fair stretch of sand.

Our quest (Departing 17th Dec 05):
To take a sub £100 'banger' from England through Europe, onwards beyond the place where roads stop, down the Western coast of Africa to Banjul in the Gambia....
A Minor Detour of ~ 4200 miles!

12/12/05 - The car is running and is fully left hand drive! Only 4 days to go, but we might make it!

[PLEASE DONT FORGET TO VISIT OUR CHARITY PAGES... EVERY PENNY DONATED ONLINE IS FOR CHARITY!]

[Benny]

I've got a couple of mates in that rally as well.....jealous? moi?

[Thulsa Doom]

Something Auto Express would be interested in!

[delanvital]

Quite an adventure!

[Doorman]

Cor! Brings it all back to me. I had a 1960 in pale green. I had to rebuild the suspension which was truly blacksmith stylee. Marvelous!  

[Blunt]

update

Wed 28th Dec. Safe in Dakhla. Mobile phone masts don't appear to have reached the Sahara, so we wont be hearing anything from the team in a little while..

Quote: "Dakhla...This town was a Spanish outpost in colonial days. Today it doesn’t have a lot to attract visitors except for the possibility of crossing the Mauritanian border. This is where you get your paperwork done and say hello to real adventure: fear of land-mines make traveling down the coast a unique experience. The atmosphere is military here, so don’t be surprised if you find yourself in the company of soldiers and have to explain your presence a couple of times".



I'm starting to feel jealous