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

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Lac Rose – Baobab Camp (Bivouac) 64km

Friday 2nd
Mileage 69750
I hate goodbyes so this today was hard. Our fellow adventurers left at 1pm to catch their plane home :(
The group now feels very small, we lazed around the pool until 4.30pm when we set off to our camp which was under the biggest tree I have ever seen! Its a baobab tree which was so beautiful I was in awe of it! On the way to camp we stopped with some other teams (Edwin & Peter, Fitz and Stan, Erik & Francine, Sacha & Frits and Robin & Jari) at a hotel to eat, the owner was a French man who spent a long time in England and has lived in Senegal for 12 years. He arranged for his chef to make us a buffet of chicken, pork, fish, chips, rice, and crepes and fruit for dessert which was all really yummy!
At camp we were joined by 2 new teams (driving in 2 of the cars from participants who have gone home) an Israeli and a Flemish Team and a few of the organisation were replaced by new faces for part 2 of our adventure. We had a lovely big camp fire and a few drinks and I tired to adjust to how small the group feels. (there are now 10 cars for part 2)
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