John Webb

John Webb

Wednesday 25 May 2011

Scally Rally Europe 2011 Sept 15th – 20th Nottm-Italy


We’re taking part in the Scally Rally to raise funds for the Falcon House site of Sutherland House School, run by autism charity NORSACA, for looking after Dereks son Danial for the last 4years.
The School have been excellent , fully supportive and deserve all the praise that OFSTED and most important the praise that the students and familys give.
Dan has been at the School since he was 15 years old he is now 19 and sadly in his final year he has progressed well the staff have boosted his confidence, he can access education he can access activities thanks to NORSACA thanks to SUTHERLAND HOUSE . We are hoping to raise funds for the School ,the School have asked for various equiptment including trampolines .
               A special thank you from
Daniel Howarth to all the staff at Sutherland House

The rules are simple; the car you use should have cost no more than £100. You are not limited to the amount of money you spend on fixing up the car,making it road worthy and getting through it's MOT. The Rally starts at Calais 15th Sep to register. Day1 Calais to Basel (Switzerland ),  Day2 Basel to Como (Italy),   Day3 Como to Cortinta (Italy),   Day4  Cartina to Rimi ( Rimi is the jewal of Italy). About 1,300 mile. This is not a race' But  endurance for the car and the drivers and on the way we get tasks to do that day and each task we complete we are assigned points, at the end of the rally if you and the car make it. there is award party for best car and highest point collected.

So here's the car we brought has a non-runner for £50 it had been sitting on a drive for the past 18 months while the owner was away in china and needed to get rid so they could sell up and didnt want this old car on there drive anymore. So we had it towed to Ashfield recovery for a quick once over to see if it could be saved.

Thanks to Phil Wade of Paddle Art (http://www.paddleart.co.uk/) we now have our car ready for the
 Scally rally