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This has been a busy week for PR and fundraising; last weekend we’d sent out many emails to local newspapers and magazines to see if they would like to help share the fundraising challenge. We had a great response, with articles in the Ely Standard, Fenland Citizen, Cambridge Independent, and an appearance on That’s TVContinue reading “Hot off the press”

Last week was nerve-wracking, the Porsche was booked in for a new MOT test. This is the roadworthiness test that all cars need to have to drive on the roads; without this our trip and fundraising efforts would be seriously at risk! Thankfully, the awesome team at Midway Garage Ltd could get the car bookedContinue reading “Back on the road!”

So the plan for accommodation over the rally consists of a few different things. We’ll be taking overnight ferries to and from the Netherlands, which means we can sleep on the journey. We’ll need to sort some hotels for staying in Hamburg, if you have any recommendations let me know! For the rest if theContinue reading “Unusual camper”

When I think about how far we’ll need to travel during the rally I often wonder how far it is, and when I speak about it to others it’d be great to have some comparison. So I’ve taken a look on Google Maps and come up with some distances! If you’re reading this in theContinue reading “How far is 6000 miles exactly?”

We’ve been thinking a lot about food over the Christmas period! And more specifically the requirements for feeding two people for the 16 day rally, plus the days getting to and from Hamburg! In the space of three weeks an average human will consume over 60 meals, and we thought we’d need to carry someContinue reading “Food for thought”

There are just 200 days to go until we need to pack and begin the journey across Europe! 200 days to get ourselves ready, prepared and equipped. There are still many milestones to get through. The Porsche still needs a little welding to repair the rusty bodywork. Following that it’ll be ready to get it’sContinue reading “200 days to go!”

It’s been a long project to get this car back on the road! I started working on the car as a way to improve my mental health, and give myself a way to focus my mind while trying to process my own grief. That was in April/May 2020, and now 16 months down the road,Continue reading “Update on the Porsche”

One thing I wanted to do is make sure that the huge journey in a 1980s icon was not going to cause a huge impact to the environment. We all need to watch our carbon footprint, we only get one planet Earth after all. The cost on the environment of making new cars is huge,Continue reading “Climate positive journey”

So I figured I needed a website and a blog to help promote the fundraising challenge and help get donations! It’ll also act as a diary for what I’m doing to the car and all this things we need to do to prepare for the journey in 2022. As it stands I’ve got over £1,880Continue reading “Welcome to the website!”