| Are you looking to for a different kind of travel | | | | £1,350 based on two people, and includes ferry |
| experience? Still want to see a variety of different | | | | transfers, accommodation at the end of each race |
| countries and feel up to a bit of a challenge? Then | | | | day (and champagne!), personal sign writing on |
| read on, as I have the perfect solution right | | | | entrance vehicles, and the black-tie party on the final |
| here.More... | | | | evening. For more details visit |
| I'm talking motor racing with, of course, a travel | | | | The Italian Job. Venice - Brighton |
| twist. | | | | Cheaper still, this 3000 mile, 10 day charity event will |
| Unfortunately, the main drawback with the majority | | | | set you back £500 to enter. Competitors must |
| of these automotive extravaganzas is the prohibitive | | | | be over 21, and be comfortable behind the wheel of |
| entry costs. The prestigious Gumball 3000, for | | | | a Mini. Micheal Caine look-alikes are also heartily |
| instance, will set you back a cool £28,000 to get | | | | encouraged to join in the fun. Visit to find out how |
| among the action - not to mention the need for | | | | you can get involved and help raise more money for |
| Ferrari or Lamborghini or other such machine to | | | | NCH - The Children's Charity, and other worthy |
| actually become any kind of real player. | | | | causes. |
| It's much the same story for the ROARR classic car | | | | The Plymouth - Banjul Rally |
| race across the Himalayas and the Lisbon-Dakar Rally, | | | | The Plymouth-Dakar Challenge, as it is now known, |
| coming in only slightly cheaper at £20,000 and | | | | has been encouraging hundreds of the world's lunatics |
| £8,700 respectively. Sigh. | | | | cash-strapped explorers to head into the wilds of the |
| If, like me, you are starting to feel a little | | | | Sahara Desert since its inauguration in 2003. If the |
| downhearted at these prohibitive registration levies, | | | | Cannonball Run is the backpacker, then this must be |
| worry not. There are other options for the more | | | | the hardcore vagrant. Forget the Gumball 3000, and |
| budget conscious. | | | | enter the Oddball 3000. |
| Let us focus on a triplet of races that are less Club | | | | The 3000 mile fundraising 'race' from the South of |
| Class and Caviar, and more Skateboards and | | | | England to the West Coast of Africa is mere snip at |
| Sandwiches. In contrast, the following challenges are | | | | £300 to enter and, now here's the kicker, you |
| infinitely more affordable yet still offer fun and | | | | must have a cheap car to enter. It has to cost less |
| adventure by the trunk load. | | | | that £100, to be precise. Now for an insider tip: |
| The Cannonball Run. London - Puerto Banus | | | | Russian built Ladas seem to be the vehicle of choice |
| If the Lisbon-Dakar is luxury travel, the Cannonball | | | | as none of them have failed to complete the |
| Run is definitely backpacking. Essentially, it's a 2,400 | | | | challenge…yet. You heard it here first. |
| mile, 4 day event for pre 1991 vehicles. The cost is | | | | |