OVERLAND TRAVEL

EDITORIAL

Well, some delightful lowlife, claiming to be something to do with the Albanian anti-Serbs hacked into our cycling-enthusiast e-mag and subsequently took out the original hosting company for this and many other websites. We are now hosted by 1 and 1 internet and, hopefully we won't be disturbed again, as this is the third time I've had to start from scratch uploading Overland Travel.

Tony

LAST UPDATED: 20th MAY 2012

(Russia, Siberia & possibly Kazakhstan) 2013
 
We are undertaking this overland eco-aidventure in Summer 2013 and am looking for a crew of fundraisers to join me. There’s two available seats in my current 4×4 (pictured above) –  unless some kind manufacturer/company/person wants to donate/loan us a newer 4×4 or 4x4 minibus!

We’ll be doing this event to raise funds for the registered charity – The Foundation for Endangered Species (http://www.ffes.org.uk/) and we’ll also be undertaking some research/photography at the same time.

Please note that we will be ‘rough camping’, staying with local families, etc.,  not staying in 5 star hotels, so expect life not to be luxurious!  So, ideally we are looking for ‘outdoor types.’  We may go via Scandinavia, or through the Baltic States, we’ll discuss routes when we have the crews in place. Expect stopovers in St Petersburg and Moscow. We’ll be crossing the Urals, into Siberia, before heading for Kazakhstan and possibly carrying on into Kyrgystan, depending on the time available. It is expected that the trip will take one month (or thereabouts).

We now have a six berth tent, (that you can stand up in!) we can use, with a cooking area and we’ll be looking for decent campsites with washing/toilet facilities.

There are no charges for the expedition, you’ll just have to raise as much money as you can – which should be fairly easy, as it’s a registered charity - through pub quizzes, coffee mornings, local paper features, and any other (legal) methods you can think of!

You can also join us in your own vehicle (preferably a 4×4 as the roads where we are going are not the best (even worse than in the UK!)). Again, no charge for joining us, just the need to raise lots of money (and I mean lots!) for the charity.  We are only taking a maximum of six vehicles in our convoy.

UPDATE

There are now six crews “signed up”, so we are looking to increase the expedition to two separate convoys, possibly going to different sites and one convoy staying longer - something we can discuss at the show we're attending (see below).

I am still looking for another crew member...

If you’re interested and want to join us or know more TXT me on 07855 462591.

Don’t ring and leave a message as that system doesn’t work, just txt 'Siberia' and I’ll phone you back as soon as I can.

ADVENTURE OVERLAND Show   6th-7th October 2012

We have a stand at the Adventure Overland show, Whilton Mill Karting Centre, Whilton Locks, nr Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 2NH  (near Watford Gap services, M1)    (www.adventureoverlandshow.com) on 6th-7th October 2012, so why not pop along and have a chat?   There will be plenty to see at the show, anyhow!

 Tony