Sanddodgers 07

Plymouth - Banjul Challenge, 2006/2007

Over the Christmas and new year period of 2006/2007, myself and two good friends embarked on a challenge of a lifetime… the Plymouth-Banjul Banger Rally in fact.

Simply put, its the poor man’s Paris-Dakar. Cheap cars, lots of sand, breakdowns galore and a serious amount of fun.

No support teams, plenty of gaffer tape and a few tins of beans are the general supplies taken by each team as they do their utmost to nurse their banger of choice all the way from Plymouth in the UK to Banjul in The Gambia.

We choose a Saab, a 1979 Saab 99 Turbo in fact. One of only 900 ever made, the old girl was a really classic, but also a heap of rust! Given only £100 to find a car, we blew our budget at £161. That said, no one would question its banger nature.

Anyways, much more information can be found at www.sanddodgers.co.uk.

Leaving London, 26th December 06

Team names in the sunrise over Spain

View from the Atlas Mountains

Signs

The sights in Marrakech

Essentials repairs before the Sahara

A bit of golf in the worlds largest bunker

Diving along the coast

Local wildlife

Sand

More sand

Getting up some speed on the flats

Whale bones

Relaxing on the home straight

In Banjul