Side Show Rally Team, Mongol Rally

05/11/2018

hey folks.. Selkie lass here... just checking in. Wanted to let you know I have raised half my charity entry amount. about 1200GBP left to go!

We are a bunch of Side Show crazies raising money for charity so we can participate in the epic adventure that is The Mongol Rally in 2019!

02/10/2018

I gingerly got into the car that I had only ever done a five minute test drive in. I now needed to do some very fancy reversing to get past a midlife crisis car and a wall, it was cozy to put it mildly. It took me three attempts, Malc was no help weaving his slightly squiffy arms about in the air. [ 539 more words ]

I gingerly got into the car that I had only ever done a five minute test drive in. I now needed to do some very fancy reversing to get past a midlife crisis car and a wall, it was cozy to put it mi…

02/10/2018

I had always planned on getting my rally car at the end of the year as Catherine, my old car, would have struggled with rust in her MOT if I'm honest. What I was not expecting was to have to do some research and pick a car against a ticking clock while I was injured. I needed a car asap as I only had my insurance supplied hire car for five days after my valuation was accepted. [ 538 more words ]

I had always planned on getting my rally car at the end of the year as Catherine, my old car, would have struggled with rust in her MOT if I’m honest. What I was not expecting was to have to …

02/10/2018

There are things in life that no one teaches you. Dealing with bills for the first time, how to do a tax return, how to purchase a house, how to deal with a funeral / estate and what to do if you are in a car crash. These are basic life skills that most of us will need at some point, and it is therefore slightly beyond me that while I can tell you in detail about how native Americans utilised every part of the bison that was slaughtered (the tongue was used as a hairbrush don't you know) yet I was never taught any of the above far more useful skills during my formal education. [ 266 more words ]

There are things in life that no one teaches you. Dealing with bills for the first time, how to do a tax return, how to purchase a house, how to deal with a funeral / estate and what to do if you a…

02/10/2018

I guess in the true nature of the Rally, nothing is going to plan. My trusty steed Catherine (the great) and I got into a little scrape a few days ago. I drive a fair amount for work, all over Yorkshire and consider myself quite a confident driver. It was wet as it so often is in the UK in spring, and I was approaching a relatively fast interchange where the lights were Amber. [ 401 more words ]

I guess in the true nature of the Rally, nothing is going to plan. My trusty steed Catherine (the great) and I got into a little scrape a few days ago. I drive a fair amount for work, all over York…

02/10/2018

The common connection between most of us is the burning man community, which means we are mostly outspoken 'doers' of various kinds with many different skill sets. As a bonus, we are also all quite practical by nature and used to calling the dustiest and most inhospitable corners of the world home. However, the thing that binds us together is a bloody mindedness to get s**t done, usually in adverse conditions and all for our own amusements. [ 782 more words ]

The common connection between most of us is the burning man community, which means we are mostly outspoken ‘doers’ of various kinds with many different skill sets. As a bonus, we are al…

02/10/2018

Let's go way back when... The Mongol Rally has been on my radar since forever, even before I could drive (I started late). At one point there was even talk of doing the rally in a bus or an ambulance, and me being the admin / organisation bitch. Then the rules changed, the idea got forgotten about and I moved to the other side of the world... [ 278 more words ]

Let’s go way back when… The Mongol Rally has been on my radar since forever, even before I could drive (I started late). At one point there was even talk of doing the rally in a bus or …

03/09/2018

here are our current teams for the 2019 Mongol Rally