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London to Cape Town: Day 15

January 16, 2012

Pics by Gerard Brown I’m just back from three blurry days in Ireland on my little brother’s stag do. Hayden sent me a quick text on Friday by way of update, but this is the first chance I’ve had to blog it. Not heard much since, no doubt due to communication network availability. As soon [...]

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London Cape Town 2012: Day 11 from Hayden

January 12, 2012

Photos by John Bayliss from Car 37: Volvo 144 The organisers say Day 9 of the 2012 London to CapeTown was the most physically demanding day so far, after so many crews became stuck in the soft sand of the first desert section in Egypt. The ferry that night took them into Duba, to be [...]

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Day 9 London Cape Town 2012: It’s in the SAND

January 9, 2012

Photos by Gerard Brown I’ve been ploughing through a ton of work all weekend while the 2012 London to Capetown Rally was at sea. Today was their first day racing and they moved from paved European roads to sand, with the inevitable consequences of folks getting stuck and quite a few changes in the running [...]

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London to Cape Town: Porsches Claim More Scalps

January 7, 2012

Pics by Gerard Brown Day 6 of the London CapeTown was always going to be tough. Here’s Hayden’s first text of the day: Brilliant morning. “Digger” the goat 912 clambered through the mud of the first World Cup section of the morning. Lots of cars were stuck and collected a lot of time penalties. In [...]

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London to Cape Town Rally 2012: End of Day 5

January 5, 2012

Pics by Gerard Brown Day 4 of the 2012 London to Cape Town World Cup Rally took the competitors from Florence to Ancona for the ferry to Greece: 300 kilometres, including stages. Day 5 brings the rally from the port of Igoumenitsa to Kamena Vourla in central Greece: a total day’s drive of just under [...]

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London to Cape Town Rally start

January 2, 2012

While many people spent New Years Day sitting at home in front of the TV or taking down their Christmas decorations, I spent it amongst the men and women about to embark on a great adventure: the London to Cape Town Rally 2012. I arrived at Brooklands Museum at midday, where the drivers were having [...]

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