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On the road to nowhere in the world's wackiest race |
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By admin on
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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Article from ther Birmingham Post, Saturday July 19, 2008. "Richard McComb talks to Zoe Hillyard about driving to Mongoloa in a car called Greg, nomad and yaks"...
Most people like to get away from it all for the summer break, putting as much land and sea as possible between their holiday bolthole and home.
However, driving 10,000 miles due east into the middle of absolutely nowhere, in a tarted up Austin Maestro, may be t ...
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Yesterday's news from Mike Hillyard... |
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By admin on
Monday, July 28, 2008
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I telephoned Paul & Zoe yesterday and they were all camping near Saratov, which is some 200 miles NNW from Volgograd, alongside the Volga which is "lake width" along this section. They were erecting the tent and preparing a tomato and tuna dish of some kind. All was well with the cars thought the roads are pretty poor and, as it has been very hot the crew are all pretty tired. They had gone off-road to find their camping place and there was some sump-guard clatter, but that's what they are there for....
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Team leave Vinnitsa and Hyde Park departure photos published |
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By admin on
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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The team are leaving Vinnitsa today after matching the locals shot for shot (not).
An email from Paul Hillyard provided a tremendous insight into the team's progress, spirit and commitment...
..."All good so far".
Gripping stuff, thanks for that Paul!
Photos of the team preparing the cars and the Hyde Park departure can now be seen in Pictures & Videos.
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Team arrive in the Ukraine |
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By admin on
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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We received a brief message from the team today giving us a reasonable clue as to the progress: -
"The Vodka starts! Great to be this far!"
Reading between the lines we can only assume they have arrived safely at Jonathan ...
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The team depart from Hyde Park |
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By admin on
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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On Saturday hundreds of Mongol Rally cars lined up at Hyde Park as their drivers and passengers prepared to depart on their grueling journey. Family and friends joined Team Austin Powered as they made their last preparations and said their fairwells.
The cars were packed to the rafters with all the essential survival gear you'd expect namely a portable folding toilet (patent pending), iPods and CB r ...
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