Day 3 - Wednesday

It's 11am and 32 degress and rising literally by the minute. On a beautiful motorway running up the coast towards Milan. Todays challenge is to photograph number plates and apply a 6 step fixed maths equation to the number. The sum = your score. After yesterdays complete fail at the challenge due to break down will make effort today! Nearly everyone now having issues so truely is a banger rally!

Day 2 Update

Well both our car and our team mates cars are in trouble. Our hand brake has seized on rear drivers side so spent last few hours at side of road. Gave up on break down turning up so freed it off and now making our way to Monaco. Should be there for 10.30pm and may have missed the beach BBQ.... :-(

Day 2 - Tuesday

Nearly 7pm. Drove via the second largest gorge in the world. Absoutely amazing and wind windy Top Gear style corners which has led to the down fall of our co team Pizza Di Action. They are leaking gear box fluid and oil so we are having to stop every half hour to top up levels. Still 80 miles to get to Monte Carlo but there is a beach b...oh dear. Our brakes have stuck on. We have stopped again :(

End of Day 1

Drove for 12 hours so absolutely exhausted! Todays challenge was car snooker which involved taking photos of cars in colour order and points allocated for the order and colour. Saw a few teams break down and drop out so just hope we make it!

Day 1 - Monday

With slightly hazy heads from the induction night out the start of the rally has begun with a chorus of home made air horns and comedy outfits. The pirate ship was amazing as were Battle Cat and He-Man! We have had a LOT of comments and the Probe is a clear favourite. Pizza Di Action - dressed as pizza sliced and pit stop babes have walkie talki's with us. Lots of fun! Over!

Day 0!

Sat at the port waiting to board. Two hours early! Some crazy people are feeding sea gulls in the car next to us. Very unimpressed and hoping they wont make a mess on the car. The sea gulls that is! Glorious weather - hope it stays this way!

PHEW

Oh thank you thank you thank you !!! The Probe is working!!

The juddering and generally not working was down to plugs and cracked leads (apparently) which have now been gaffer taped together......ONLY JOKING!!! We have new leads on order ready for tomorrow but in truth they were gaffer taped together to check that it was the problem. Luckily the car is now purring, even with the gaffer tape so the problem has definitely been found (thanks Stu and Bob)

All being well the car will be running like a dream in time to go. Talk about cutting it fine!!