Day 0 – London – Walsall – Bridgnorth – Bristol

On Day 0 the plan was simple enough. Ravi goes from London to Birmingham, meets Harv, they both pick up the T shirts, grab Ben from Bristol and the three of us head down to Glorious Goodwood to camp up and start our Rally experience. Well, the best laid plans, it turns out, are ambitious but rubbish.

Putting the Decals on the Car

Our Logo designed by the lovely Crystal Lee

Problems with putting the roof rack on, as well as a last minute crack in the windscreen, meant Friday was an even more stressful day than we’d expected! Harvey and Ravi met up at midday with the roof rack being secured to the car for the first time just a few minutes earlier. With the wind in our sails, we set off for Bridgnorth to pick up the T shirts, before heading to Bristol…arriving three hours later than expected! A good sign, yeah?

Once we’d finally all met up, we made the first of what will be many executive decisions which went along the lines of:

“Goodwood’s is still three hours away. And it’s rainy. And we have to load up the car. I don’t fancy camping in the rain tonight. Ben, can we stay here and go out for dinner?”

And so, instead of camping in Goodwood, we dined in Bristol, eating an awesome pub dinner in front of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. After dinner, we loaded up the car with Ben’s stuff, learnt how to use the ratchet straps for the roof rack and went to bed, tired, excited and anxious about what was to come. The next morning started at 6am, with the unbeatable smell of bacon sarnies in the air. Crashing out in a Georgian flat in Bristol and having bacon sandwiches for breakfast…we’re totally cut out for this Rally thing!