Chester team enter Ramshackle Rally for charity

Aug 20 2009 by Allison Dickinson, Chester Chronicle

A GROUP of intrepid explorers are taking an old banger on a 1,450-mile charity trek.

Ian Kendrick, 28, from Ince, Nigel Johnson, 28, from Huxley, Lee Williams, 25, from Blacon, Rob Weatherhead, 30, from Great Sutton, and Matt Francis, 28, from Portsmouth, are leaving today (Thursday) for the Ramshackle Rally from Calais to Valencia.

The aim of the rally is to buy a car for less than £150, decorate it with a theme of your choice then attempt the journey to Valencia over four days, stopping over in Annecy, San Remo and Perpignan on the way.

Ian said: “Our theme is The Bandwagon, an attempt at a band tour bus!

“We plan to dress up as a different bands like Guns ’n’ Roses and the Spice Girls, for each day of the rally, making ourselves look ridiculous while hopefully raising as much money as we can for the British Lung Foundation.”

The car, a two-litre Subaru Legacy, has been painted black and the team has even installed a fridge in the boot.

The team will be starting out from Huxley this morning and will end the rally with the La Tomatina tomato- throwing festival.

To donate, visit www.justgiving.com/ leroyandkendo.