Our adventure starts on Monday morning with a meet up for breakfast at The Teesside Hospice carpark. Aim to be at the start line for 9am (especially if you want a hot coffee and bacon butty!) At the start line you’ll have the chance to meet up with other ralliers Read more…
La Belle France On previous rallies we have driven through multiple countries and had to attempt multiple languages. This year however, (unless you get lost of course, we do come quite close to the Swiss border) our journey will only take us through la belle France!To help you on your Read more…
Just a short post today, this time from a young lady that joined us on a trip to Lake Como with her boss. Lets just say she had a bit of a rough time and has asked that I share the follow advice! As you all prepare to leave the Read more…
There’s a lot to remember when it comes to getting organised for an event as epic as the Teesside Rallye du Soleil. Even if you are an experienced European driver, things do change. Firstly, here are some useful websites to have a look at: DVLA Driver Records Some time ago Read more…
One of the things that makes taking part in the Rallye du Soleil both fun and a challenge is camping along the route. We’ll be staying at two campsites on the route down to St Tropez, firstly at a lovely site overlooking the beautiful Lac de la Liez and then Read more…
Over the next few blogs, we are going to be taking a look at various sections of the route. It’s worth saying that the routes we plan are intended to give you a great driving experience and where ever practical we will avoid motorways and main routes. We have covered Read more…
The Teesside Hospice Rally less than 3 weeks away, here’s a checklist of all the documentation and important things you MUST take with you. PassportDriving licence A copy of your DVLA Driver Record. You can get this from: https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence A licence check code. You can get this from: https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence Vehicle registration document (V5C Read more…
At the start of September, we were lucky enough to run our only event of 2020. We had a great time and judging by the comments in the below film, so did everyone else that took part! Check out our previous blog posts for all the details: Part 1 – Read more…
And so to the last official day of the tour and the end of our NC500 drive. We set off early (well compared to other mornings) in the pouring rain. Whilst checking our car in the hotel car park we noticed a group of cyclists getting ready for the day. Read more…
The day started with a full Scottish breakfast at our hotel and a civilised start time of around 10 am…which was rather nice! The first part of the drive was along the A836, through Thurso and Tongue before taking the A838 for our first stop of the day, Smoo Cave. Read more…