GOING THE EXTRA MILE
with PENNY & GEOFF RAWLINGS

DRIVING THE WORLD
in their 1934 TALBOT

               

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Hello and thank you for viewing our site. We finished the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge way back in July 2007. We then competed in the Wolslely Club of Ireland's 1,000 mile Trial in September that year. This took us around the whole island in mostly horrendous weather. There was some pretty sharp competition at the front of the field but we managed to win our class!

During 2008 we entered the Celtic Malts Classic Reliability Trial. This began locally in Belfast and took us along the north of Ireland then around Scotland. Some very intense competition but unfortunately we broke the differential in our little MG TC so had to retire.

After considering a break from long distance rallies for a while, we eventually decided to have a go at the Icelandic Odyssey. It's not every day that a chance comes along to drive and compete in a pre-war car in the Land of Ice and Fire. This was super event so click the button on the left to read about it.

For 2009we had planned to do an event in S. America starting in Lima, Peru and taking us to Machu Pichu, Lake Titticaca, the Nasca Lines, over the Andes and finishing in Rio De Janiero. Unfortunately it was not to be because of 'crunchy credit'. The organisers unfortunately couldn't get enough entries,

Instead we decided to support our local club events a bit more during 2009. But, we did dothe"Grand Tour". We entered a gentle lttle rally around the Swiss and Italian lakes and based in Lugano. From there, we toured across France for about a week and intended to finish off with the Wolseley Club of Ireland's annual rally and shindig in County Clare. Click the button on the left. Things didn't quite go to plan!

Looking forward, we are going up to the Orkneys and Shetland Isles this summer and really haven't yet planned any big forays further afield. However, we are seriously considering shipping ourTalbot to the United States in 2012 for another marathon from New York to Anchorage. Sounds pretty easy but we'll be going the long way around, down the Appalachians, across the sourthern states, up the Rockies to Canada and only then to Alaska.