an amazing fund raising event as six men and two Seat Marbellas attempt to drive all the way from Marbella to the Arctic Circle in just six days!
They set off on Monday from Marbella, complete with a Police escort, for their first overnight stop in Valencia, stopping briefly outside Torrevieja for a quick coffee, chat, stretch of the legs and fuel.They may have left in bright Costa del Sol sunshine but already they have faced a lightning storm, golf stone sized hailstones, a Porsche Cyanne ‘S’ driver out to prove that his car could indeed drive faster than a ‘Panda’ plus a couple of small but not insurmountable problems regarding air conditioning and wipers. And that was before they even reached me in Torrevieja! Just another six and a half thousand odd miles to go!
It’s all for an excellent cause, raising money awareness of EB across the whole continent, for the DebRA charity who help suffers of Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a very rare genetic condition in which the skin and internal body linings blister at the slightest knock or rub, causing painful, open wounds.
From Valencia it was hard slog through the mountains to Monaco; very much ‘Monte Carlo or Bust’ for the little cars to be followed by a long stretch though Italy and Switzerland, into Germany on route to Biedenkopf, home of DebRA Germany, where they have a civic reception arranged with their Lord Mayor. From Biedenkopf, the plan is to head to Denmark then Sweden to the vicinity of Stockholm, to be greeted by Torrevieja’s own, Steve Hall. They hope to arrive at the Arctic Circle in Norway by the 25th / 26th September with two fully functioning, if slightly tired, SEAT Marbella Cars! Not to mention the drivers and crew!
To follow their trials and tribulations or to make a donation, please visithttp://arcticmarbellas.webs.com. They’d love to raise a pound for every one of the 6,703 miles of the trip! Good luck to them from all of us.
