In 2009 Dad and I completed 'Touareg Trail, The Hardcore Edition' and were crowned 'Most Hardcore Team at the finish! Check out ore 2009 blog: http://www.norfolk2benin.blogspot.com/


This year we will return!!!

The routes are mainly off road and in 2 parts...

Part 1: The Dakar Challenge: Starts in France and meanders across the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and the deserts of Mauritania to the legendary capital of Senegal: Dakar.

Part 2: Raid Afrique: From Senegal we travel via savanna and jungle routes of Mali, on to Burkina Faso and Togo to the white sandy beaches of the tropics in Benin. Twenty 2cvs are due to participate with only the minimum of support.

"Amazingly behind the steering wheels of these cars are not professional rally drivers, not Paris-Dakar drivers nor racing fanatics but ordinary people with one thing in common, an absolute passion for adventure in its purest form."

You can read more about the adventure(s) on the organisations official website: www.touareg-trail.be


Last time we raised £1,500 for the charity Unicef, this time we want to do it again but for Parkinsons UK. So we need your support, please dig deep and sponsor us to help this fantastic charity. Simply visit or webpage: http://www.justgiving.com/2cvAfrica

Friday 19 October 2012

Assilah – Boujad Forest (Bivouac) 403km

Tuesday 16th
Mileage 66792
We set off from camp at approx 7.30am and after about 30km we stopped to try and get our CB working and decided to have a quick check under the bonnet....good job we did as we found a massive (potentially catastrophic) oil leak! Upon investigation we discovered a crack in the 2nd oil cooler....phew! No major problem, we disconnected it and set off again. Its a shame as now we have no 2nd oil cooler which would have been nice to have, especially on the 2nd part when it really heats up.
The max temp so far has been 30 degrees c
We stopped at a small village and bought chicken and chips which 4 of us shared under the nice shade of a tree then later we had further problems when we realised that we cannot charge our GPS via USB and our inverter is fixed at the rear of the car! But we found a temporary solution and just had to put up with a cable running over the passengers shoulder.
We drove a fun off road track and arrived at the forest camp just as the sun was setting and it was beautiful. (we are 2 hours behind English time – sunset is at 5.45pm Africa time) We spent our evening at camp helping out a team mate who's exhaust manifold had come loose and burnt out the gasket. The parts truck was not at camp as he had gone to find a 'lost' vespa driver so Dad and I worked with Erik to fashion some gaskets from an aluminium tray which we acquired from the catering truck! (4 layers on the one side of the manifold which had burnt out) We got to sleep at about 1.30am with a long day ahead of us tomorrow





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