The Team is currently made up of four members.. many hands should help when we get stuck in the desert..
Name:
Chris Mugshot Roberts
Role:
Team medic. No formal medical training. Specialism Chainsaw injuries and bodypaint application.
Background:
Electrical Engineer. Has never worked on cars, never wants to.
Location:
Bangor, North Wales
Rally Experience:
None. Can hopefully read a map. Has walked up Snowdon and holds a 50M breaststroke badge.
Favourite Food:
Bombay Badboy Pot Noodle.
Top Tip:
Always apply hair gel before leaving the house to prevent windblown locks.
Name:
Neil pretty boy Jones
Role:
Team Chef. Formally trained but lost without a kitchen. Also official team taster, will be the first to try rancid salty tea and testicle soup.
Background:
Chef and Hospitality Manager. Has had adventurous commutes for years in a series of unreliable old VWs.
Location:
Cheshire/Anglesey
Rally Experience:
None. Handy with a compass, when he has it the right way up. Once left a broken-down bug outside the house for six months before fixing it. Hope he pulls his thumb out when we breakdown in the desert!
Favourite Food:
Nutroast.
Top Tip:
Errr.
Name:
Kay Godfrey
Role:
Team Negotiator and Russian Speaker. Has no experience of Negotiation and her Russian is limited to counting to ten. Ideal for the job.
Background:
Ceramic Artist and Trainee Teacher.
Location:
Swindon/Anglesey
Rally Experience:
None. Has lived in a caravan for 18 months, so a tent will hopefully come naturally. Has driven as far as Wiltshire.
Favourite Food:
Strawberries and Champagne.
Top Tip:
Dont get mixed up with obsessive rally minded lads.
Name:
Dan Bamford
Role:
Team Mechanic and Optimist. Lack of mechanical knowledge is overridden by the belief that all will turn out well in the end. This theory will be tested to the full. Some experience of rusty VWs, none of roadside repairs.
Background:
Design Engineer and CAD Monkey
Location:
Anglesey, North Wales
Rally Experience:
None. After living on a building site for 18 months a Beetle will feel like luxury.
Favourite Food:
Mutton Stew? Rancid tea? More Mutton Stew? Time will tell.
Top Tip:
Wash at least once a week to remain on talking terms with your team mates.