Well well well, how busy we've been...with photo shoots and buying the van, I haven't had a chance to update you fine folks...
So, the van; a fine Suzuki Carry, with a rather nervous 1.3 under the hood. Photo's have been taken by Sam King, a noble character- www.sam-king.co.uk.
Next on the agenda, getting the van sign printed by J D Creative Digital Print Solutions with the British Leisure Show graphics and getting prepared for the Motor Festival.
10,000 miles of adventuring bliss through deserts, mountains and steppe tackled in a car your Granny would use for shopping. The Mongol Rally is hurling yourself at 1/3 of the Earth's surface in woefully unsuitable vehicles to see what happens. With all the odds stacked against us, we can only hope we make it to the finish line, Ulaanbaatar!
Click here to visit the official Mongol Rally website.
We like the world a lot, so one of the main goals of the rally is to raise vast bundles of cash for some awesome charities. So far the Mongol Rally alone has raised over £1.5 million pounds for charity. No mean feat we like to think.
As a team on the Mongol Rally we aim you to raise over a £1000 for charity at least £500 of which goes to the official Rally charity. Money which makes a massive difference to the lives of some of the poorest people in Mongolia.
The current official Charity is the Christina Noble Children's Foundation who do awesome work looking after orphans and street children in the capital Ulaanbaatar. The second charity is Cancer Research UK who are dedicated to saving lives through their ground breaking research.
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09/03/11
Van signs printed from JD Creative digital Design. Thank you! Everything is warming up for the British leisure show. Looking forward to it all!
01/03/11
BrokeYak Mountain
Up front we have the handyman, Josh. Followed closely by long term travelling buddy and fellow handyman Rory. The two Ollie's aka Hester and Burston will be keep us company with photography and acoustics. Finally, keeping us classy, the wine connoisseur, Dan.
Josh Aburrow-Newman
D.O.B: 02-05-1990
Place of Birth: Ashford
Current Location: Brighton
Education: Uni' of Brighton - Business Management
Hobbies: Rugby, Squash, Rowing, Classic car Restoration
Travel: Dublin to Cork 08, SE Asia, Europe, Mexico
Personal message: I'm a greenhorn at Brighton uni, working nice and hard. When I heard about the rally that was it, I just had to do it, it's going to be incredible!!
Oli Hester
D.O.B: 18-02-1990
Place of Birth: Oxford
Education: Uni' of Brighton - Architecture
Hobbies: Rugby, Rowing, Running, Photography, Music, Pubbing
Travel: America, Canada, South America, Europe, Tanzania, South Africa, India
Personal message: Im in the second year at Brighton University, itching to explore some crazy places and have a good laugh.
Dan Evans
D.O.B: 22-06-1991
Place of Birth: Basildon
Education: Uni' of Brighton - Economics and Finance
Hobbies: Football, Cricket, Socialising
Travel: Thailand, America, Carribbean, France, Spain
Personal message: I'm currently in my second year at Brighton, absolutely love it but can't wait for the summer to get to see the world!!
Ollie Burston
Rory Scott-Douglas
D.O.B: 22-02-1990
Place of Birth: Guildford
Education: Uni' of Brighton - Arboriculture
Hobbies: Bmx, Guitar, piano, singing in the shower!
Travel: North America, South America, Canada, Carribean, all over Europe
Personal message: Im a second year at brighton uni, training to be a tree surgeon! I can't wait to get on the road in an utterly inapropriate vehicle and see where we end up, fingers crossed it'll be mongolia!
D.O.B: 18/05/1990
Place of Birth: Leytonstone
Current Location: Leeds
Education: Uni' of Leeds - Sport and Exercise Science
Hobbies: Rugby Union, Drumming, Kayaking, Jumped out a couple planes..
Travel: Dublin to Cork 08! SE Asia, Canada, America, bits of Europe.
Personal message: Tagging along with some friends from Brighton uni. It should be a great trip and i'm fully behind the charities we're fundraising for! What better way to spend a summer!
Donate to Cancer Research UK.
Target: £500
The Christina Noble Children's Foundation
We aim to raise at least £500 for the CNCF.
The Christina Noble Children's Foundation is an International Partnership of people dedicated to serving underprivileged children with the hope of helping each child maximize their life potential. Our programmes in Vietnam and Mongolia seek to protect children at risk of economic and sexual exploitation, while ensuring these and other children in need have access to basic care and educational opportunities. The programmes include: emergency and long-term medical care, nutritional rehabilitation, educational and vocational training and job placement. This is accomplished within the context of the family and the community whenever possible, and always with love and respect for the dignity of each child as an individual.
Click here to find out more...
Cancer Research UK
We also aim to raise at least £500 for Cancer Research UK.
Cancer Research UK support the work of more than 4,800 researchers, doctors and nurses throughout the UK, fighting cancer on all fronts. Every day, our researchers make cutting-edge discoveries in our labs, and our doctors and nurses pioneer new treatments with patients in hospitals.
Cancer Research UK run high-profile health awareness campaigns and provide clear information to help people understand more about cancer and the steps everyone can take to reduce their risk of developing the disease. We also lobby the government to make sure cancer stays at the top of the political agenda.
Sponsorship
As with all charity events, any donations are greatly appreciated, no matter how small they might be!
If you want to donate to either of the fantastic charities we are supporting just click here.
Alternatively, if you feel like making a donation to us as a group, or feel you could help with equipment or anything else that would help us on our epic adventure to Ulaanbaatar, just pop us an email by clicking here. Once we reach the capital all equipment, including the vehicle will be donated to help local communities and public services.
Any companies that are interested in sponsoring our team’s adventure, we able to offer an array of different advertising opportunities.
Firstly; this website, it is linked to the official Mongol Rally site and any articles that are published about the team, this website along with all sponsors will be mentioned.
Secondly, our vehicle, any company that sponsors the team will have the opportunity to advertise on the vehicle as much as they want. The Mongol Rally receives huge amounts of publicity from both T.V and newspapers. Along with this, as a team we will also endeavour to advertise our adventure as much as possible, this will naturally include photos of ourselves and the van, potentially, with your companies name across the side.
JD creative digital
http://www.jdcreativedigital.co.uk/
TELEPHONE 01323 736262
FACSIMILE 01323 737767
email: info_jdcreativedigital.co.uk
Hester Architects
http://www.hesterarchitects.co.uk/
mail_hesterarchitects.co.uk
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Company Contact Details
For further information regarding the show, please feel welcome to contact the organisers:
http://www.britishleisureshow.com/
New Street Events
New Court House, New Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9BQ
Head Office:01590 679 338
Email:Press & Media: media_britishleisureshow.com
Exhibitor Enquiries: sales_britishleisureshow.com
Visitor Enquiries: enquiries_britishleisureshow.com
General Enquiries: enquiries_britishleisureshow.com
The Vehicle
With five of us going were not to keen on the idea of a Perodua or even the luxurious Mitiz.
Were looking to travel the 10,000 miles in a van. A Suzuki Carry!!
With a 1.3 under the bonnet were breaking all the rules, and with the 5 of us going is going into the workshop for a few modifications. At 1.4m wide its going to be a squeeze the whole way but exiting to say the least.
The Route
The route is over 9,000 miles it will take us from the biggest city in the UK, London to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. We will be going from the more developed parts of western Europe like France and Germany, through parts of the eastern block, stopping in Prague for the czechout and to meet other teams starting there own journeys, after going through Austria we hit Hungary, then heading for Bulgaria, we will stop off in Bucuresti, Romania. After visiting friends in Greece, we will head in Turkey, then, crossing the Black Sea by ferry we arrive in Russia. After exploring Russia the Kazakhstan dust covered roads will lead us briefly into Russia again, before reaching our destination nation, Mongolia. Then all that's left is a few hundred miles of virtually non existent roads that will hopefully take us to the holy grail, Ulaanbaatar.
Its a massive journey, with a lot of scope for breakdowns, mishaps and bad luck. But we think we can do it. And so should you. All in all it should take us 6-8 weeks, with us donating the vehicle and all our equipment to the Mongolian Government to be used for transport or emergency service. Its a great cause and it would be amazing if you could get behind us.
The Team and The Rally
Dan
Josh
Burston
Hester
Rory
The BrokeYak Mountain Email
If you would like to contact a member of the team, for what ever reason, just send us an email and we'll do our best to help...
