Sponsor Your Queen and Country

BABE Rally 2007 - From BA (Big Apple) to BE (Big Easy), a total drive of 1500 miles in four days on the east coast of the USA, in a banger yank tank that has to cost less than $250.

In a moment of madness, Martini and Gausie have entered a team - "Queen and Country", the entry has been accepted, and so long as we can get all of the prelims in place, at the end of May we'll be setting off from New York with "New Orleans or bust" ringing loudly in our ears.

In case you're wondering, we'll start with Martini as Queen (Gausie will be Cunt-ry) and we'll swap over every now and again.

We'll be raising money for Save The Children, and hopefully, in due course, some of you guys will dig deep.

We're planning on getting a car in late April and flying out a week early to prepare it for the journey - which is at the end of May.

We'll be looking for a car with acres and acres of metal and rust, a decent set of brakes, an engine and gearbox that stands a chance of getting us 1500 miles, and a very loud stereo. We've decided that an open top is mandatory - even if we have to take a cutter to a saloon. A custom paintjob is planned, given sufficient time.

Dil - you'll be pleased to hear we have Men of Harlech and cwm rhondda already loaded up. We need something to play for when the car breaks down.

Still, I find myself loading up the iPod with all of these suggestions, plus a few military marches and an awful lot of Gilbert & Sullivan.

We havent even started looking for a car yet.

I cant help feeling that we may be putting the D'oyly Carte before the horse.

Gausie that is truely aweful - but I like it

Well I'm standing by a river
But the water doesn't flow
It boils with every poison you can think of
And I'm underneath the streetlight
But the light of joy I know
Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows
And the perverted fear of violence
Chokes the smile on every face
And common sense is ringing out the bell
This ain't no technological breakdown
Oh no, this is the road to hell
And all the roads jam up with credit
And there's nothing you can do
It's all just bits of paper flying away from you
Oh look out world, take a good look
What comes down here
You must learn this lesson fast and learn it well
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway
Oh no, this is the road
Said this is the road

This is the road to hell

Thats just about sums up the Severn crossing travelling east.

yes. Monmouthshire is on the wrong side of that river.

Martini - there's a few things here we're going to need.

Latest 'Must Have' auto accessories

Love it must have kit.

I have been doing some practicing for the big one. This Island I am on has no cars so its a moped or walk.

Well rented one for 2 pound sterling a day and its ok in the day time but trying to get back to the beach hut at night, after a lemonade or two and on sand tracks to boot - well I keep falling off.

Nothing serious a sort of veer to the right, wobble and flop on the side. I am losing skin off my forearms and knees and I think they put out a warning on the island now when they see me heading off to bed.

BABE will be a doddle if I can survive this.

M Somewhere in the Anderman Sea.

I see it has all mod cons.

M

Love the returns policy on the flux capacitor: 'May be returned up to 30 days prior to purchase'

hi Martin & Bernie, or may I call you Mike and Bernie - what a great idea this is. Put me down for 100.00. Where should I send it?

Good luck on the trip

J

Just working out how to get to New York for the start of the rally - so I went to google maps to ask for directions.

Google directions for London to NY

To tell you the truth, step 37 on the route makes me a teensy bit nervous.

Gausie,

Better pack your water wings :)

Ian

DCB - Thank you - thats very kind of you. I'll drop you a mail under separate cover.

Love to family

G

Get yourselves one of these..i see Dil is part of the package, he's the one in front with his GEO coat on doing the pulling. :-)

Yeah ... i was the ucking smart arse in the jellycopter taking the pic

:-)

I suggest you two get "booted and suited"!! ;-))

Elwood: It's a 1500 miles to New Orleans. We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it!

Phil

Thank you!

Martini and I are continuing to hatch plans, although for some strange reason they seem at the moment to focus on music selection, the rules of croquet, the correct angle to wear a straw boater, and whether American Tea will be of requisite quality.

I guess at some stage we'll have to start looking for a car!

G

good luck with this. we looked at staples to naples a few years ago but never did anything about it.

some cars here

certain other services here ;)

Many thanks Phil.

Gausie I see Andy Moore came good for us as well!

Not much use getting a car yet what the heck would we do with it?

Remember "Ne'er cast a car when May so far"

Martini - lol - I see Andy Moore also sponsored kajman on his London marathon. Nice of him to spunk up.