One Ball Rally Movie

Just as we edge a grand over the meter reading in donations, we are pleased to present a 4 minute movie of our epic 2,667 mile trip! We hope you enjoy watching and thank you to everyone who made our journey possible.

We are still counting money and think we're going to break the £7,000 barrier so why not aim for £10,000 by September eh?

Mission Accomplished!!

We have smashed our meter reading of £5,334!!! Thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way from all the companies who sponsored us, to Shaun who sold us the taxi, to Tariq who helped us get rid of it! And of course to all of you who have been checking our blog and donating so generously.

But it doesn't stop here! Money is continuing to come in and if any of you have been meaning to donate but haven't got round to it click on the link below - and if you have donated you can check how the total is increasing over the coming weeks.

http://www.justgiving.com/oneballrally

Thanks again,

Dave, Ad, Paul and Pilky

End of the road for Betty

Today we sorted out how we could fly out of Turkey without Betty (we're not allowed to sell a car in Turkey so had to find an alternative to driving all the way back). Thanks to Tariq, who works at the hostel in Istanbul, we were able to wade through the masses of paperwork and give Betty as a gift to the Turkish state.

We're gonna miss the old girl but it's quite fitting that she's always going to be in Istanbul.

Don't forget you can help us beat the meter reading of £5,334 by donating at: http://www.justgiving.com/oneballrally

Day 11

We set off from the Bulgarian coast and head for Istanbul knowing this is the last leg of the journey, after over 2,000 miles we were literally on the road to Istanbul! We knew getting past the Turkish border was going to be interesting bearing in mind the Turk's love of paperwork and Betty wasn't exactly in great condition.

We cautiously approached the first checkpoint as the customs officers came out of the building looking in disbelief at the taxi. After being ordered to get out of the taxi and a few tense moments of the border police circulating we realised that they were more interested in posing for photos at the wheel wearing Dave's sunglasses!! We thought we'd made it through but it took another hour to proceed through two more checkpoints after buying additional insurance and visas but we'd made it!!

We weaved out way through the Turkish countryside and arrived in the bright lights of Istanbul and parked up near the famous blue mosque. Through the Salzburg snow, getting jump started in Germany and the nightmare of Romania we've finally done it and reached Istanbul! We had a beer in the hostel and stared at eachother in disbelief at the journey we've had. Thank you for all your support and now it's time to try and beat the meter reading...

Mileage: 2,667
Meter Cost: £5,334