COMPETITION

Our trip is going to be featured in Octobers issue of Landrover Owner International. As part of this, we are running a competition for one lucky winner to join us for the trip of a life-time on our 2010 trip for 4 weeks (all costs paid for). If you would like to be in with a chance of winning this great prize, all you need to do is buy a ticket for just £2. You can either enter via the magazine, buy a ticket from us at one of our upcoming shows or contact Glen on 07980 743691. The winner will be drawn at Goodyears Ploughing Match 11th October at 4pm and needs to be ready to leave with us early January. Don't miss out on this amazing chance!

meet our team

Hi, I’m Glen Mckeith and I’m organising this event. I am a 4x4 driving instructor at Land Rover Experience in North Yorkshire. Find out more about me and our team here. click here

the charities

Find out more about the charities, what needs to be done, and how we are helping to make Mali a better country for its children to grow up in. click here

the vehicles

Check out our Land Rovers and see how we will be preparing and modifying them, ready for the journey. click here

about us

Welcome to our site!

Tyrefort to Timbuktu trip. What started as a ‘little run’ in 2009 to support communities in Mali, Western Africa rather snowballed into donating vehicles and spare parts alongside medical equipment, educational support materials and comfort equipment for schools, orphanages and medical clinics to a range of charities in Gambia, Ghana and Mali.

On the 2nd January 2009 we set off from Goodyear's Tyrefort in Birmingham and over the next 4 weeks travelled down through Europe and West Africa, finishing our journey in Ghana.

Our crew members included mechanics, photographers and medics, and between us all there was plenty of 4x4 driving experience!

We raised over £150,000 in equipment, cars, and medical supplies all of which got to their recipients sucessfully. We left all 8 cars behind as, thankfully, they all completed the journey.

The charities we have helped are overwhelmed by our success, so much so that we have been asked to arrange a second outing in 2010.

Departing January 2010

We already have 1 Discovery and have started to fit out a Land Rover 130 as a mobile Kitchen and support vehicle ready for the next trip which we are planning.

Sightsavers International charity have been so impressed with our efforts that they have invited us to their conference in Brighton to receive a special thanks from them.

We are also continuing to work with Sabre Charitable Trust, and are frequently sending things out to help them with their cause. A special thanks to our crew member Carol Warnock and the students of Weydon School for their contributions.

In Burkina Faso we plan to make a stop at a disabled cooperative at Sabou, near the capital Ouagadougou to deliver a donation of hand tools and other supplies to a group of talented and dedicated individuals who so impressed us on our unscheduled visit in January 2009.

2 of the Vehicles we left behind

During 2009 we will be attending the following shows where you can come along, see some of our vehicles and equipment and also find out more about us and what we have planned for our next trip. Come meet us at:

Gaydon Heritage Run - Done
Drifield 4x4 Show - Done
The Royal Highland Show - 25th-28th June
Garforth, Leeds - 5th July
Billing LRO Show - 17th-19th July
The Royal Welsh Show - 20th-24th July
Peterborough Land Rover Show - 12th-13thSeptember
Bakewell Show, Derbyshire.(with Goodyear) - 5th-6th August
Ploughing Match, at Soham, Norfolk, sponsored by Goodyear - 10th-11th October

We hope to see you there!