This section covers all the Ws: who, where, why, what, when, and, erm, how. 
A daily record of the plans made and the decisions taken. 
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I found the perfect car for Carl last night. It was the right colour, well below our guesstimated budget, had one owner from new, and...

We have a Fiat 500 Sport as our daily driver, an Abarth look-a-like, but it doesn’t have the bigger engine or the turbo. We get all the...

Looking at images of the mighty Lancia Delta rally car, I noticed that it sports magnificent red mud flaps…I will definitely be getting a...

We were discussing the rally with Richie and Rachel the other day; she is still very much up for buying a little Abarth, customising it...

If you have been paying attention, you will have noticed that the Bust Rally is predominantly for old cars. The website says the...

Everton FC has one of the largest sporting charities in Britain, Everton In The Community (EitC). We are doing something for charity,...

We went to the Yawn Again Festival at Future Yard in Birkenhead in July - basically, Bill Ryder-Jones (formally of The Coral) putting on...

The original reason for attempting this trip was to make some memories. No one knows what is around the corner; why wait to do...

If Dave and Jacky go for a Ferrari look on their Abarth, I think I’ve come up with a boss name. Little fake Ferrari, yeah? How about...

Carl was also invited to the birthday party at Dave and Jacky’s and decided to wear some of his ‘rally wear’. Having decided to go full...

While at the birthday party (in July), we eventually got around to swapping Christmas presents we had bought each other for the previous year - look, we have been busy, right? Sometimes, the universe gives you signs, and the gift I received from Dave and Jacky was definitely a sign! They bought me some organic London gin produced by an Italian company called Engine, which came in a little oil can! Tell me that isn't a sign! So, what does the gin taste like? I don't know

While at my Goddaughter's 30th birthday party (I'm so old), I chatted to Dave and Jacky about the rally. Dave was instantly in, but...

We caught up with our other good friends, Tony and Julie, and asked them if they were interested in a jaunt to Monaco in a tiny city...

As we are keeping the cars, we need to bring them home, so we will have to make another trek back up France to the UK. Google Maps tells...

So now we have the official route from the organisers. It works out to about 750 miles to complete the journey, roughly 4 hours driving...

So, what are we signing up for? The official blurb goes, "Monte Carlo or Bust is Europe's ultimate banger rally adventure, and you would...

It was official: We were doing a mad trek from Liverpool to Monaco in tiny, uncomfortable, but really cool cars. Excitedly, I started looking at key parts of the route, most notably the Gotthard Pass in Switzerland. This thin ribbon of tarmac snakes its way up a mountain, littered with hairpin bends, sheer drops, and stunning views. I found some pictures and showed them to Rachel, who immediately declared that she was in! We watched a couple of videos showing cars gingerly

Remember I mentioned that Carl wanted gold wheels for his car? Yeah, well, I want white ones so it looks authentic. The issue is that...

As our car will be decked out in Martini Racing livery, I have decided our team will be called ‘Dirty Martini’ for no other reason than...

With Carl settling on a black Abarth with beautiful gold stripes and logos to ape the JPS race cars of the 70s and 80s, and everything...