Expedition News
12th Oct 2009  17th Oct 2009Sir Stirling Moss congratulates team Sir Stirling Moss invited the Max Adventure team to join him at his hotel in southern Portugal to chat about their recent drive around Europe which recreated his run of 1952. |  16th Oct 2009They've made it! The Max Adventure team have finally reached the finish point after recreating the drive that their patron Stirling Moss undertook back in 1952. |
 14th Oct 2009Forgetting Austria The Max Adventure team were doing so well, but now it has gone wrong. |  12th Oct 2009They’re off !! The team busied themselves repacking the vehicles, giving them a final check over, sequencing the maps and starting the filming. |
 11th Oct 2009Arrival in Oslo The weather was clear as Mac and Jim awoke, parked on the edge of an automated fuel station in northern Denmark. |  10th Oct 2009Oslo to Lisbon Expedition Begins The Max Adventure team’s practice drive around Europe as part of their training for the London to Cape Town record attempt is finally on its way |
 10th Oct 2009Passage to Holland Mac and Jim arrive is Oslo and begin preparations for the "Moss Marathon" trip to Lisbon. |  21st Sep 20091952 Operation Europe Video Film of Stirling Moss' 1952 challenge to visit 15 countries in less than 5 days. |
 28th Jul 2009Max Adventure to recreate Stirling Moss' record drive of 1952 The Max Adventure team are to recreate a historic drive by Stirling Moss as part of their ‘warm-up’ training to the London to Cape Town run. |
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20th Oct 2009 
Jim AllenGoing home courtesy of P&O
On the P&O ferry on the way home – Bilbao to Portsmouth.
19th Oct 2009 Mac MackenneyThe final leg of the 'Moss Marathon' is underway.
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At precisely 12:30 the P&O ferry 'Pride of Bilbao' smoothly steamed out of Bilbao port on its way to Portsmouth
18th Oct 2009 Mac MackenneyAm I dead?!
I come to. As I prise my weary eyes open I can see nothing, hear nothing and feel nothing.
18th Oct 2009 Jack BurnfordHeading north again
We've just crossed the border from Portugal to Spain heading north. It's the same border we were at a couple of days ago, the finish line.
17th Oct 2009 Jim AllenA true honour
With sore heads we set off to meet our Patron, Sir Stirling Moss.
16th Oct 2009 Jim AllenWe've Arrived
The guys woke me up just before the border to say that we had made it in time.
15th Oct 2009 Jim AllenSweeping roads and big boats.
Will really loved the drive south to the French coast, with its beautiful Italian sweeping roads that we had to ourselves and ideal for his powerful motorbike.
15th Oct 2009 Andy GrievesChemical warfare!
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Apart from the almost continuous noxious gas emanating from Chris' anus, things are going OK in the car
14th Oct 2009 Jim AllenWhere the flippen eck is Lichtenstein?!
We eventually found Lichtenstein on a bridge! There was no border post and barely even a ‘Welcome to Lichtenstein’ sign.
14th Oct 2009 Andy GrievesAndy's first blog
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Merely ten days after my 31st birthday, I had touched down in Oslo, Norway.
14th Oct 2009 Mac MackenneyWhat a pratt!
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Had I had more time to plan I would have remembered that Austria was to be visited after Liechtenstein.
14th Oct 2009 Chris RawlingsBoy's Own adventures
The hairpin bends tightened and I remembered boyhood films of our man Stirling rallying up and down roads just like this.
13th Oct 2009 Jim AllenNo tea...No trip...I'm going home!
Disaster. After a good sleep, I awoke to find that the other guys had destroyed my kettle.
13th Oct 2009 Chris RawlingsNavigation nightmares!
It was all very exciting meting up at the airport, being picked up in the two white Land Rovers looking the part. There was a real team identity.
13th Oct 2009 Jack Burnford14 hours on the road
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14 hours on the road:- 4 hours navigating with Jim at the wheel. 2 and a bit hours driving, then 8 hours sleep!
13th Oct 2009 Mac MackenneyRain and roadworks
Our drive to Cape Town will be hard though and so if we are to succeed and more importantly keep it safe, we must start to train together.
13th Oct 2009 Will CloughPush on through 'til dawn
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As usual, pushed my brinkmanship to the limit and made the flight out to Norway by a very reasonable 1½ minutes to lockdown
12th Oct 2009 Jim AllenThe Start
We were looking through the maps, when a local Norwegian gent came over to see what we were up to.
11th Oct 2009 Mac MackenneyA cold night
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I didn’t sleep well last night, I couldn’t be bothered to get out of bed and retrieve a second sleeping bag.
11th Oct 2009 Jim AllenGood roads, no traffic and a starry night!
After the road works and bad weather of Germany, Denmark was a dream
10th Oct 2009 Mac MackenneyFrom Reading to Oslo
The drive to Harwich for the ferry across to Holland was relaxing and uncomplicated.
10th Oct 2009 Jim AllenOn the road at last
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Mac and I are positioning the Land Rovers over the next fews days to Oslo
9th Oct 2009 Mac MackenneyWe'refinally off!
It’s not how I wanted it to be, all rushed, packing in disarray, unsure as to whether I had remembered everything and generally an air of chaos about the whole thing.