SORRY for the delay

hi everyone, sorry for the delay in photos but i've just been sent out to iraq, puts a bit of a damper on things. i hope you'll hang around untill feb when i should be able to get some on.
Untill then i'll be living the dream in basra.

WE DID IT!!!! 1ST!!!!!

Hi all. This is my first chance to get on the internet and put up a new post since we left. What an experience, to say the least. Not only did we complete this monumental task we were also the first ralliers to reach UB. It's not a race but we won, ha ha ha!!!
We saw so many amazing things to list them all would take forever. I will however put up some photos that show some of the wonderful things we saw along with some entertaining stories.
I have to thank everybody for their support and donations. This has cost me, personally, so much money if i had to fork out for the sponsorship money as well i probably wouldn't have been able to go.

Wildlife CRU

The mission of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (known as the WildCRU) is to achieve practical solutions to conservation problems. They do this through original scientific research of the highest calibre. Vitally, they also train committed conservation scientists to conduct research, and to put scientific knowledge into practice. They participate in the implementation of many conservation projects and embrace the need to educate and involve a wider public to achieve lasting solutions.

To sponsor Wildlife CRU Click on the link below

http://www.justgiving.co.uk/mongolwildlife

To Visit the Wildlife CRU Website use the following link

http://www.wildcru.org

Army Benevolent Fund

The Army Benevolent Fund (ABF) is the Army’s national charity. For over sixty years the charity has worked tirelessly to provide financial and practical support to soldiers, former soldiers and their families in times of need.
The people they support include those with disabilities or mental illness, people experiencing homelessness or unemployment, and older people.

To Sponsor the Army Benevolent Fund Please use the following link:
http://www.justgiving.co.uk/mongolarmy
To visit the Army benevolent Fund website please use the following link:
http:///www.armybenfund.org

CAMDA

C A M D A

Cambridge Mongolian Disaster Appeal

CAMDA provides grass-roots aid to poorer nomadic herding communities that lost millions of herd animals to wintry extremes. It also targets three essential resources: hay-making, reliable wells, healthy horses. Its aid helps prevent families on the verge of poverty giving up herding for the almost certain poverty of alien city life.

To Sponsor CAMDA pleaes use the following link:

http://www.justgiving.co.uk/mongolcmda

Or to visit the CAMDA website please use the following link:

http://www.camda.org.uk

Send A Cow

Send a Cow gives direct, practical help to poor farmers in Africa, by providing, cows and other livestock, training in livestock rearing and organic farming, and low-cost veterinary and advice services.

To Sponsor Send A Cow please use the following link:

http://www.justgiving.co.uk/mongolmary

To see the send A Cow website please use the following link:

http://www.sendacow.org.uk

Cheers Boss!!

Having spoken to the 2nd in command of our workshop, we have discovered that to travel through loads of different countries we have to have special permission because we are in the Army. Being the hardworking professional officer that he is, Captain Steptoe was quick to help us and immediately jumped on the phone (not literally). He has been ringing round all manner of people and has found the answer and is getting it all sorted for us. So this is just a quick message to say thanks for all his efforts.

MARY!!!!!

Having had the Panda of love for a week or so we decided that she needed a real name, although Panda of love was quickly catching on! At first we were thinking about Poppy the Panda until someone pointed out that that stickers for the Lynx saying ARMY could be rearranged to spell MARY, and so she was named. Mary has already undergone some serious modifying work, during which Si brutally attacked her with a rivet gun. Never the less she still looks good and is ready for her next modifying session.

££££ Sponsorship ££££

As you might have gathered, we desperately need sponsorship money. As yet we haven't started begging and scrounging from friends and relatives but it's definately coming soon. Gonna wait till we are back at work before we can properly start out collecting. But should you feel like giving us lots of money, don't hold back.

Our Beast

After browsing eBay for a few days we finally bought ourselves a spanking gorgeous Fiat Panda, already nick named the Panda of Love. We have set to it with spanners a plenty and "ripped" out the back seats already with a few more slight modifications to come, our favourite is our plan to mount a wheel on the bonnet for that ultimate off road look.

Who could imagine this thing being driven to Mongolia, probably only us then!

Mongol Rally

Please have a look at the Mongol Rally website to see what we're going to be getting up to. This site will tell you about the charities involved aswell as the route taken. Have fun

Biggy


http://www.mongolrally.co.uk

In Search of cars

Obviously if we are to drive from here to Mongolia we are going to need a car! Easier said than done when you need a reliable vehicle less than 1000cc for around £100. After viewingeBay for some time we have come up with a few options. These are either a:
Fiat Panda
Citroenn 2CV
Nissan Micra or
Old Mini.
We could maybe lower ourselves to a metro or meastro but we will be trying to avoid them. Any one with and ideas or cars for sale feel free to let me know.
Cheers

Biggy.

Me and SI

Myself and Si are both 21 Year old Aircraft technicians from Taunton in Somerset. I know what you're thinking, Farmer Boys!! You couldn't be further from the truth. We're both "normal" 21 year olds. We've decided to take up this challenge cos we never normally do anything for charity and thought this would a good laugh. All encouragement and support will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading this nonsense.

Biggy.