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

Saturday 20 October 2012

Todra – Algeria Camp (Bivouac) 338km

Thursday 18th
Mileage 67219
Today we meet the sand! The road book says to make good progress, travel in groups of 3 and take enough food and water as there is a big chance you wont make it to camp!! (we drove this track in 2009 and didn't make it!)
First we have 120km of tarmac, on this part we (Dad and I, Erik and Dave , Fitz and Stan) stopped for a pee break I dropped Dad off and drove a few meters further and got stuck! But not badly, I had my private pee then shouted for the muscles to come and push me! Haha, no-one was bothered though, we treated it as a practice run for what we have to come today!
I drove all day today, and I am very pleased to say I only got stuck twice. The sand was really deep but once I got back into the technique I really really really enjoyed myself! I even helped drive another teams car out when they got stuck!
The carb flooding issue from the previous day was a bit of a worry when we first set off but Laura performed better than we could have hoped and we had no problems all day. I really love this holiday!!
Camp was really nice in a fort looking building in the middle of the dunes, we made it!!!!








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