'Hello The NoMad Rush team,

I just wanted to wish you good luck, all the best and race safe...'

Jacques Villeneuve

The Challenge

Though neither starting in London nor ending in Tashkent, the London-Tashkent Challenge has had two previous outings in 2005 and 2006 and is back for a third instalment.

The fun and in-no-way-daunting challenge is to buy a motor for around £100 and drive through France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and into Kyrgyzstan.

At the end of the journey, what’s left is auctioned for local orphanages in Kyrgyzstan and then we fly home, our good deed done. Its called the redistribution of wealth and Marx would have been proud...

To find out more about the challenge, see the Tashkent Website.