Barcelona Bangers

On the 8th September 2006, three men will drive from the green, idyllic English coast to the Spanish city of Barcelona.

Oh, you sigh, another dull blog about "my holiday last summer..." YAWN YE NOT! For this journey has a touch of the epic about it. This is no weekend cruise in the family Volvo to see a load of churches. Oh no, this is the BARCELONA BANGER RALLY!

Faced with a series of fearsome challenges, these arduous adventurers will be attempting to drive through some of the most feared and revolting areas known to English men. Thats right, France. And to make matters even more torturous, the steed of choice must have a retail value of two hundred British Pounds Sterling or less.

Thus, in the manner of great British adventurers of yore, such as Sir Walter Raleigh, Dr Livingstone and that bloke what climbed Everest, Team Gremlin will venture forth over 1000 miles of Europe in little more than a nastily-painted 1992 E2000 Mazda minibus