It's A Rally Long Way To Kazakhstan

Driving holidays are great. The freedom, the adventure, the independence of the open road, they’re a complete break from the daily grind but you have to wonder whether Will Browne has gone a little bit too far in planning his trip. Will, who works as an aftersales technician at Lifestyle Tunbridge Wells, is off to Kazakhstan as a participant in the Tashkent Rally.

Not content with subjecting himself to a three-week, 5,000-mile road trip across Europe and Asia, Will has chosen to complete the journey in a Mazda 121 saloon that he purchased for a Pound. The rules of the Tashkent Rally require participating cars to have cost no more than £100 but in picking up his noble steed for a solitary quid, Will has managed to swell his food budget by £99. That should go a long way in a Ukrainian Little Chef.

Will admits that that the Mazda 121 will need “a bit of work” before the mammoth journey that will take him across Germany, the Czech Republic, the Ukraine and Russia before ending in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It’s also likely to need more tinkering during the event as the distance must be completed without technical back-up. It means Will’s mechanical skills will to be tested to the full.

At the end of the rally, all participating vehicles are auctioned off to raise money for a local orphanage and Will is also collecting sponsorship money to hand over to this extremely worthy cause. The rally starts on May 7^th and anyone wishing to support Will can e-mail him at billbrowne86@hotmail.com

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