The plan is to take this poor mini, all the way through Europe, across the Med and into north Africa, through Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, and end up in the Gambia.
Taking a mini fully across the Sahara might not be the best plan in the world but we will get it through some how!
Pat Ford and David Kirkpatrick are the two drivers on this crazy trip, which includes negotiating a minefield on the Mauritanian border (i'm told we are fine as long as there are vehicle tracks in the sand to follow, if there has been a sand storm then its described as -interesting), we'll be camping in the sahara for 5 days, pushing, digging out, towing the cars along. then where the road runs out in senegal we drive along the beach at low tide for 30 miles, it gets fun if you judge the tides wrong I'm told.
The whole trip should take around 3 weeks and there are 50 cars going with us (although the Mini is by far the least appropriate car to go in!)
full details of the challenge can be found here plymouth-dakar we are also trying to raise as much money as possible for the infamous hamster rescuers the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, so anything you can give will be much appreciated.
Taking a mini fully across the Sahara might not be the best plan in the world but we will get it through some how!
Pat Ford and David Kirkpatrick are the two drivers on this crazy trip, which includes negotiating a minefield on the Mauritanian border (i'm told we are fine as long as there are vehicle tracks in the sand to follow, if there has been a sand storm then its described as -interesting), we'll be camping in the sahara for 5 days, pushing, digging out, towing the cars along. then where the road runs out in senegal we drive along the beach at low tide for 30 miles, it gets fun if you judge the tides wrong I'm told.
The whole trip should take around 3 weeks and there are 50 cars going with us (although the Mini is by far the least appropriate car to go in!)
full details of the challenge can be found here plymouth-dakar we are also trying to raise as much money as possible for the infamous hamster rescuers the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, so anything you can give will be much appreciated.
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