It is with deep regret that the some of the Rally teams now have to reroute due to Iranian visa issues that time cannot fix....
So here is Plan B
Much as Plan A its a guide the blanks will be filled in along the way.
Fiona and Rica are going Route one.
The remainder have had to reroute as follows.
We are all very disappointed that this has had to happen........
Route B
1st July-Day 1-Depart UK - Dutch/German Border
2nd July-Day 2-Dutch/German Border
3rd July-Day 3 -Germany
4th July-Day 4-Salzburg, Austria
5thJuly-Day 5-Austria
6th July-Day 6-Split, Croatia
7th July-Day 7-Croatia
8th July-Day 8-Montenegro
9th July-Day 9-Rest day, Montenegro
10th July-Day 10-Albania
11th July-Day 11-Macedonia
12th July-Day 12-Greece
13th July-Day 13-Greece
14th July-Day 14-Istanbul, Turkey
15th July-Day 15-Istanbul, Turkey
16th July-Day 16-Sinop, Turkey
17th July-Day 17-Trabson, Turkey
18th July-Day 18-Trabson, Turkey
19th July-Day 19-Trabson, Turkey (ferry)
20th July-Day 20-Sochi, Russia
21st July-Day 21-Sochi, Russia
22nd July-Day 22-Svetlograd, Russia
23rd July-Day 23-Astrakhan - Kaz Border
24th July-Day 24-Karasu, Kaz
25th July-Day 25-Akespe, Kaz
26th July-Day 26-Aral'sk, Kaz
27th July-Day 27-Rest day- Aral'sk, Kaz
28th July-Day 28-Rest day- Aral'sk, Kaz
29th July-Day 29-Kzyl-orda, Kaz
30th July-Day 30-Kazakhstan, Kaz
31st July-Day 31-Kazakhstan, Kaz
1st Aug-Day 32-Karaganda, Kaz
3rd Aug-Day 33-Koryk, Kaz
4th Aug-Day 34-Bakhty / Chinese border
5th Aug-Day 35-Bakhty / Chinese border
6th Aug-Day 36-China 1
7th Aug-Day 37-China 2
8th Aug-Day 38-China 3
9th Aug-Day 39-China 4
10th Aug-Day 40-China 5
11th Aug-Day 41-China 6
12th Aug-Day 42-China 7
13th Aug-Day 43-China 8
14th Aug-Day 44-China 9
15th Aug-Day 45-China 10
16th Aug-Day 46-China 11
17th Aug-Day 47-China 12
18th Aug-Day 48-China 13
19th Aug-Day 49-China 14
20th Aug-Day 50-Kunming, China
21st Aug-Day 51-Jianshui, China
22nd Aug-Day 52-Lao Border crossing onto Luang Prabang
23rd Aug-Day 53-Plain of Jars,Laos
24th Aug-Day 54-Vientianne,Laos
25th Aug-Day 55-Cope Laos, mine victim rehabiliataion centre
26th Aug-Day 56-Pakse,Laos
27th Aug-Day 57-Laos/Cambodia Border
28th Aug-Day 58-Direction Angkor Watt,Cambodia
29th Aug-Day 59-Angkor Watt,Cambodia
30th Aug-Day 60-Angkor Watt,Cambodia (rest)
31st Aug-Day 61-Cambodia/Thai Border/Bangkok
1st Sept-Day 62-Chumphon,Thailand
2nd Sept-Day 63-Ban pa bon nua, Thailand
3rd Sept-Day 64-Thai/Malay border/Kuala Selangorr, Malaysia
4th Sept-Day 65-Kuala Lumpar,Malaysia (rest)
5th Sept-Day 66-Ferry crossing to Indonesia
6th Sept-Day 67-Sumatra
7th Sept-Day 68-Sumatra
8th Sept-Day 69-Sumatra
9th Sept-Day 70-Java
10th Sept-Day 71-Java
11th Sept-Day 72-Java
12th Sept-Day 73-Bali
13th Sept-Day 74-Bali
14th Sept-Day 75-Mataram
15th Sept-Day 76-Alas
16th Sept-Day 77-Bajo
17th Sept-Day 78-Flores
18th Sept-Day 79-Flores
19th Sept-Day 80-Timor
20th Sept-Day 81-Timor
21st Sept-Day 82-Timor
22nd Sept-Day 83-Timor
23rd Sept-Day 84-Timor
24th Sept-Day 85-Darwin
25th Sept-Day 86-Kakadu
26th Sept-Day 87-Newcastle Waters
27th Sept-Day 88-Alice
28th Sept-Day 89-Ayers Rock
29th Sept-Day 90-Coober Pedy
30th Sept-Day 91-Port Augusta
1st Oct-Day 92-Adelaide
2nd Oct-Day 93-Adelaide
3rd Oct-Day 94-Melbourne
4th Oct-Day 95-Melbourne
5th Oct-Day 96-Eden
6th Oct-Day 97-Sydney
7th Oct-Day 98-Sydney
8th Oct-Day 99-Sydney
Monday, June 1, 2009
Front Page News - Text extract
Front Page News- Sixth Sense-30 th May 2009
An Elmpt-based couple are emigrating to Australia the rough way – by taking part in a London to Sydney rally.
Pat and Simon Marsh have purchased a one-way ticket down under as they prepare for the epic journey on July 3.
Dubbed the world’s toughest overland rally, the Oz Rally will see the intrepid couple driving unsupported for more than four months and covering more than 30,000kms.
The event, which comprises only four teams and promotes the No More Landmines Trust charity, will be filmed for UK TV.Simon, 44, a former military chef, quit his job with NAAFI last December to spend several months preparing his team – ‘myescape’ – for the big adventure.
He said: “For many years Pat and I considered emigrating to Australia, as her son and his family live in Melbourne.
“We originally planned to do this journey on our own before we spotted a small group chatting on the internet about planning the rally, led by Fiona Easterby who works for Sky.”
The duo from Elmpt will be using a converted Land Rover Defender 130 TD5 camper, which is currently undergoing a major technical and mechanical overhaul, with the help of experts in Bavaria.
Moreover, local artist Chris Morrell donated a week of his time to custom paint the journey around the Defender.“While its initial appearance may look different, it actually has a serious purpose and beneath its multi-coloured skin is a state-of the-art Defender with a list of off-road trickery that makes the mind boggle,” said Simon, who left the Army in 1993 after serving 12 years.
After a year’s planning, the rally’s route has recently been confirmed. The teams will drive through Europe, exiting Turkey into Iran through Pakistan, followed by India and Nepal, continuing east through China before shifting south through Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia.
Next, the teams will do some island- hopping through Indonesia beforetaking a slow boat to Darwin. Then it’s on to Adelaide, through Melbourne then finally looping back up to Sydney.
Pat, 62 and from Blackpool, has recently left her job as assistant station auditor at Javelin Barracks in readiness for the trip.
She and Simon have been in Germany for more than 20 years and while sad to be leaving the BFG community, they are looking forward to their new life in Australia, where they will celebrate 25 years’ marriage next year.
The pair are keen travellers. In 2001 they back-packed around the world, visiting 12 countries before buying a camper and driving 27,000km around Australia.
Winchester born Simon, who last worked in Rhine Garrison as a part of the PAYD implementation team, said: “Travel and discovery are for us the be-all and end- all. There is nothing more satisfying than travelling a path that few have taken before and taking the odd risk. ‘Can’t do that’ is not exactly in our vocabulary.”
The rally has charitable status and supports the No More Landmines Trust, a non-political charity that concentrates on land-mine clearance and rehabilitation of those injured by mines, particularly children.“Fiona, the rally organiser, who is a professional camera operator for Sky, will be filming the whole journey for a UK TV documentary,” said Simon.
The Sergeants’ Mess at Elmpt has adopted the Oz Rally as its preferred charity alongside the ABF, and NAAFI has put out some 20 coin collection boxes throughout the station.
Readers can follow the journey by logging onto oz-rally.blogspot.com or if you wish to donate to the fund raising for No More Landmines, visit
www.justgiving.com/myescape
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