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A QUARTET from Marlow have set off on a 1,800-mile drive in a souped up “old banger”.
The 'Wacky Racers' will try to drive from High Wycombe to Zurich and back within 72 hours as part of the Urban All Star Rally.
Jodie Hall, 21, was joined by 22-year-olds Gregg Feely, Andy Roy and Evan Howells in a 1993 BMW with a lightning bolt on the bonnet.
Miss Hall, an instructor at Marlow Sea Cadets, said: “We paid £200 for the car and I just hope it doesn't give up on us.
"We've spray painted it with a lightning bolt to make it go faster.
“Two of the guys have backed out of sleeping in the car overnight but I'm still going to.”
The team are dressed as Wacky Racers cartoon characters during the rally - including Penelope Pitstop, Dick Dastardly and Muttley.
They set off yesterday morning and to drive down through Belgium, Germany and across the Alps before reaching Zurich.
They have raised around £1,000 so far for their chosen charities - Marlow Sea Cadets, The Jennifer Trust for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Marlow Opportunity Playgroup and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
There are nine teams from around south Buckinghamshire taking part, which is organised by the High Wycombe-based company UrbanMedia.
This artical was taken from The Bucks Free Press Marlow
A WOMAN is hoping her old banger will survive a 1,500-mile journey in aid of charity.
Ellie Hughes, 22, of Howe Hill, Watlington, begins the three-day trip across Europe today (Friday) in an L-registered Vauxhall Corsa Merit nicknamed Beryl the Peril.
She will be accompanied by her brother Iain, 24, a mechanical engineer, and their father Richard, 61, a company director. Iain will wear a sumo wrestling suit throughout the journey.
Miss Hughes is fund-raising administrator at the Child Bereavement Charity, for which the trio are raising money.
The family and Beryl will join 10 other old bangers, each worth no more than £200, for the Urban Allstar Rally from High Wycombe to Zurich via France, Belgium and Germany and back again.
Miss Hughes said: “Although I help to raise lots of money through my job, it is rare that I have the opportunity to take part in the sort of exciting challenges that people do to raise money for us.
“I realised it would be a perfect challenge for my dad and brother, who are both good mechanically and could be extremely helpful if we break down in the Alps.” Miss Hughes, who attended Watlington primary and Gillotts School in Henley with her brother, bought the car after passing her driving test when she was 18. Since then, it has only broken down once.
“Despite a few bumps, she’s lasted well and I think she’s ready for a new challenge,” she said. “If she gets me there and back I’ll keep her for another year. If she fails, I’ll have to move on — but very reluctantly.”
To sponsor Miss Hughes, go to www.justgiving.com/beryltheperil
This artical was taken from The Henley Standard
