Ridge鈥檚 Mat Kier on the Mongolian Rally Challenge sends an update from Uzebekistan
11 August
Russia: So I may have got the car a tad stuck in the mud on the way back from following our maps app to bridge that washed away years ago. We had to enlist help from an angry Russian. Although he towed us out so can鈥檛 have been that annoyed with us.
12 August
Lunch of pot noodles on the side of the main road in Russia on way to ulan ude. Whilst lending some tools to some people that had broken down Going the other way.
13 August
My favourite road sign. Not that I had one before this trip. Some would think that it means lumpy road. What it actually means is 鈥榯he road is fucked but we can鈥檛 be bothered to fix it, so here鈥檚 a sign鈥� excuse my french. It鈥檚 such a good sign! Especially when it鈥檚 got 10km under it!
14 August
Us at the finish today! However it turns out that you only need to give over your life savings at one border so we鈥檙e going to try and enter and exit through the north border next to Uan Ude the way we were planning on leaving. So there may be finsh round two! In about a week鈥�
Why do (such a crazy) the trip?
We鈥檙e raising money for two charities as part of Ridge鈥檚 initiative to raise 拢70,000 for charity this year - in celebration of its 70th anniversary. Ourchosen charities are Parkinson鈥檚 UK and Cool Earth. If you鈥檇 like to donate please visit:
We鈥檝e raised 拢2,000 so far but would love to raise more 鈥� thank you for any donations. And I鈥檒l keep you posted on our progress.
Mat Kier is a technician for Ridge & Partners
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