Brighton arrival details

We will not have a police escort into Brighton as planned, but we will be travelling in convoy to the finish line at Madeira Drive Brighton.

We are meeting up and then leaving the Brighton Marina Village at 3.30pm on Saturday and then head westbound along the coast road to Madeira Drive by Brighton Pier.

Please feel free to come and see the return of all the Minis from this year's run. We will find out our final placing and score at the evening reception on Saturday night - we are hoping for a top half finish!

Thanks for following our progress

We hope that you have enjoyed following our participation in the rally.

This has all be in aid of fundraising for charity, so if you have not yet made a donation and wish to do so, then please see our justgiving site which has a link on this blog. Every penny will help and the site accepts credit cards from all countries!

We will confirm the final amount received when we have tallied up the various items. The justgiving site closes on 21st November 2008.

Thank you!

Safe and sound in Lyon

We are now (Thursday evening) in Lyon, having completed over 300 motorway miles today. In the morning it's back on the motorway to Paris, where we hope to spend some time in the city centre.

Given that it will be Friday night tomorrow and our Paris trip plans, we do not expect to post any more items now until we get back to England, either Saturday or Sunday.

An apology (sort of)

We apologise for not posting any items last night, but we were too busy out and about in Monte Carlo having a good time!

On arrival at the hotel a lot of Jobbers descended on the bar and then a group of nine of us decided to head for the marina and spot the multi millionnaire yachts and find somewhere to eat. After days of pasta, we headed for a sports bar on the marina quayside (the famous "Stars N Bars") and each and every one of us had a burger and fries!

On the way back, we spotted the sleek, black, 33 metre Sunseeker Predator super yacht belonging to F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen. Pictured with the yacht here is David Baker, the managing director of KidsOut, who is driving a Union Jack covered Mini in the rally this year.

You know you are in Monte Carlo when....

...the hotel car park contains two super cars...

Monte Carlo or bust - Monte Carlo it is!

After leaving Turin at lunchtime on Wednesday, we took the motorway down to the Mediterranean coast and then headed along the Italian Riviera. The photo shows the car next to the beach with the Med in the background (note that the rally number has been crossed to avoid issues with the police in France!)

We then headed back to the motorway to get to Monaco before the light faded and navigating the roads to find the hotel would become impossible. We made it to our Monte Carlo hotel having joined up with four BMW minis on the outskirts of town who had ventured over the Alps.

On the Lingotto roof

PS - the car on the ramp is not us!!