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Day 42 Friday, 24 August 2012
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After 36 days of incredible driving we made it to Ulaanbaatar last Friday. Met some incredible people on the way and have some incredible stories to tell. After trawling through the 1500 photos we took enroute, I thought I'd put a blog up with a small assortment:Us leaving Goodwood on the first day! The team after three incredible laps at the Nuburgring in Germany. Looking sharp before the Czechout party in Klenova Castle. Some in car photos Read more ... |
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Day 41 Thursday, 23 August 2012
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Drove 8998 miles from Aberdeen to Mongolia in 36 days. Should make it home again in under 24 hours on a plane... the driving was significantly more fun if somewhat inefficient! ... Read more ... |
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Day 22 Saturday, 4 August 2012
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Made it to Almaty yesterday - Kazakh roads have been a mixture between god awful and absolutely pristine. Convoying with Genghis Khan'ny Skate and Mongol Madness - great guys. Several bribes to the police have been paid and a couple of fines - no paperwork though, cash was definitely pocketed! Pippa hasn't missed a beat yet although she is taking a battering on these roads. Only one puncture/damaged rim so far - handled the terrible roads (we use this term loosely, they are actually dirt tracks with mountainous bumps and abyss like potholes) no problem and we manage to hit... Read more ... |
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Day 15 Saturday, 28 July 2012
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Made it to Kazakhstan. Roads are terrible, temperature is hot (40 degrees) but spirits are high.Jut stocked up on food before we head out into the desert. Camped out on a dried up salt lake last night, the camels left us alone. ... Read more ... |
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Day 14 Friday, 27 July 2012
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Leaving Astrakhanthis morning - off to the Khazakstan border! ... Read more ... |
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Day 13 Thursday, 26 July 2012
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Day 14 - From Russia with love. 11 hours to enter, almost caused a riot, aquired some soviet army rations and made some Russian friends, but made it deep into the heart of the motherland. So many police but avoided all bribes so far. Intrigued to see how the Kazakhstan border goes on Friday! ... Read more ... |
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Day 8 Saturday, 21 July 2012
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made it across the border to Chisinau in Moldova. ... Read more ... |
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Day 7 Friday, 20 July 2012
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Day 9 - made it to a small town called Bran deep in the Romanian mountains. We drove the Transfaragasan and over some incredibly beautiful mountainous roads. Tomorrow we are aiming for Moldova. Pippa's turning out to be more than just a looker. Other news, we made the Goodwood launch party video. Check us out at 2:56...famous yet?www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGSLXvw0f9IThe video also shows many teams that we have spoken to and bumped into en route so far. Read more ... |
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Day 9 - Last night we made it to a bizarre little town in Romania called Deva. We met quite a few teams leaving Hungary into Romania, all of us heading towards the Transfaragasan in Romania. Romanian roads are crazy and the drivers are even crazier! Overtaking on a blind bend seems common practice here! We have gone from persistent rain for the first week of our trip to blistering sunshine. It is a consistent 36 degrees so being in the car with no A/C is interesting. Here are a couple of shots of the town of the town we are... Read more ... |
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Day 5 Wednesday, 18 July 2012
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Day 7 - We have made it to Budapest, Hungary. Everything is going well so far and the roads through Europe have been brilliant, however I expect them to get worse very soon!We have passed through France, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary (although we did think we were in Slovakia for a while but we were not...) Highlights so far have been the Nurburg Ring in Germany where we managed to complete a Lap each of the racing circuit and the Czechout party meeting up with other teams in an abandoned castle near Klatavoy for a... Read more ... |
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Day 1 Saturday, 14 July 2012
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 at 15:00 on MeKhanical Engineers said Just left Goodwood race circuit, on route to Dover. Festival of Slow was amazing! |
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1 day before launch Friday, 13 July 2012
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| at 00:04 on MeKhanical Engineers said Staying in Birmingham tonight. Already passed one other team on the road and met a canadian from a different team in the hostel who is fitting a new petrol tank to hos Daewoo Matiz tomorrow! Wild! |
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4 days before launch Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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| at 11:27 on MeKhanical Engineers said Leaving for London in 2 days, just checking the live tracking is working! |
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169 days before launch Friday, 27 January 2012
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