Here is a report on the event written by Jo Grant
The Scally Rally
14 to 18 September 2006
Well, we made it! We completed the Scally Rally – the ultimate driving challenge, 1600 miles across 5 countries in 4 days - and in a car costing less than £100!
Of the 85 cars that started out on the Rally, 77 managed to cross the finish line in Madrid and we came in a very respectable 13th place – lucky for some. I should add though that this was not a race but won on points which were collected according to the difficulty of the route chosen and by completing tasks along the way, which were great fun. For example, on the day we passed through Monte Carlo (taking in a few circuits of the Grand Prix track of course), our challenge was to take a photograph of the most expensive car we could find with more points given if our team and/or car were in the shot.
There was a great atmosphere amongst all the teams and lots of get-togethers over much needed cold beers at the end each day, sometimes after 12 hours or more of driving and some nail biting moments on the hairpin bends of some of the finest mountains the Alps has to offer.
The Spirit of the Rally award was quite rightly given to the team who picked up another team whose car had broken down before even leaving Dover – and took them all the way to Madrid.
A lot of money was raised along the way. The registration fees alone raised £2500 for Barnardo’s. We raised £250 for the Miriam Hyman Memorial Fund (in conjunction with ORBIS UK).
Thank you to everyone who has supported us, especially to John who did all the car stickers for us.
With love,
Nine Stone Cowboy – Mark Willis, Andy Cousin & Jo Grant x x x
