by John Glynn – pics by Gerard Brown Day 6 of the London CapeTown was always going to be tough. Here’s Hayden’s first text: Brilliant morning. “Digger” the goat 912 clambered through the mud of the first World Cup section of the morning. Lots of cars were stuck and collected a lot of time penalties. [...]

by John Glynn – pics by Gerard Brown Day 4 of the 2012 London to Cape Town World Cup Rally took the competitors from Florence to Ancona for the ferry to Greece: 300 kilometres, including stages. Day 5 brings the rally from the port of Igoumenitsa to Kamena Vourla in central Greece: a total day’s [...]

Words and Pictures by John Glynn Exciting day yesterday as, following months of preparation, the rally of the year finally got under way. I arrived at Brooklands Museum just after noon to find Hayden and Alastair in the rally car parking, about to head to the drivers briefing. Before that there was the Yellowbrick to [...]

by John Glynn Well! I’m back and you are right to look worried. Prepare for the tone to slide rapidly downhill, as I tell the story of Hayden and Alastair’s ride through Africa on the London to Cape Town Rally 2012. Hayden (in background, above) recently shared a few details on WEVO’s preparation of the [...]

There is a history of World Cup Rally events and my car owner and driver Alastair Caldwell has won two World Cup events in the past and finished well on several others. Alastair’s win on the 2005 London – Dakar is still one of his favorites. Alastair bested a field of modern 4WD machinery day after day in [...]