Spanners On Tour
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Has anyone else here participated in the Plymouth - Dakar Challenge? It was later called the Banjul Challenge as the cars in this bangers rally weren't allowed to be auctioned off in Senegal and so the rally went all the way to Banjul in The Gambia.
I went on the 2007 rally and we drove a Peugeot 205 from Plymouth in England to Banjul in The Gambia in 3 weeks. There were lots of participants from all over Europe but also a couple od Aussies and Americans.
It was such an amazing adventure with lots of good spirited and fun people. Of course there were breakdowns, some cars were fixed on the spot by someone in the group, other cars were taken to a local Bob The Fixer, and one Caddilac driven by two Aussies living in Scotland was left behind in France, but they guys made it all the way to Banjul.
A personal highlight of the trip was collecting donations for the SOS Children Village in Banjul and going to see them and handing over the check and other gifts.
I went on the 2007 rally and we drove a Peugeot 205 from Plymouth in England to Banjul in The Gambia in 3 weeks. There were lots of participants from all over Europe but also a couple od Aussies and Americans.
It was such an amazing adventure with lots of good spirited and fun people. Of course there were breakdowns, some cars were fixed on the spot by someone in the group, other cars were taken to a local Bob The Fixer, and one Caddilac driven by two Aussies living in Scotland was left behind in France, but they guys made it all the way to Banjul.
A personal highlight of the trip was collecting donations for the SOS Children Village in Banjul and going to see them and handing over the check and other gifts.
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