Car Salvage

Breathing a huge sigh of relief on leaving Turkmenistan and getting into Uzbekistan I made my way as quickly as possible to Bukhara to meet up with Andy and relay my tales of the road over a cold beer. Having met up and had that beer we spent several days exploring Bukhara and Samarkhand, both [...]

Mongol Rally – 24th August
The Bluecycle salvage van continues on its way to Mongolia
Sorry for the temporary absence, Yahoo and similar internet sites just dont exist in Iran or Turkmenistan. Batumi seems a lomg time ago now, which is where I left it last time. From there we drove through rural Georgia to Svameti, a [...]

10 August 2010  
Following our late departure from the UK due to some visa problems Andy was having with the Iranian Embassy, we had a bit of catching up to do, and the first evening and night were spent racing across France, Belgium and Germany in the dark.
The German autobahns seemed to have two speeds [...]

Last Saturday saw the launch of Team Silk Road Traders, Andy Ginns and Guy Cockin, on their intrepid journey from Goodwood to Ulan Bator in Mongolia as part of the Mongol Rally. Guy and Andy found their perfect sponsor partner in the form of online salvage auction site Bluecycle, who provided the Team with a [...]

Good luck to everyone taking part in the Mongol Rally, which starts from Goodwood tomorrow.  Bluecycle and Hills Motors have sponsored a team called Silk Rogue Traders  who are Andy and Guy, two archaeologists who spontaneously decided to drive a one litre engined vehicle (well 1.2 litre) on a 12,000 mile journey from Goodwood, England to Ulan Bator in [...]