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Some of you may have read I put an entry in for the above event in April last year but ended up as a reserve. I got a call just before xmas to say I'm in as someone dropped out, I am Team 33.

If you don't know the Mac 4x4 Challenge it is a unique event, in the UK at least, for 4x4s. The emphasis (I gather) is on navigation but theres a fair amount of driving both on and off the road involved. Last years event started in England, went to wales, Eire, NI, Scotland and then back to England.

It runs over 3 days, Friday morn to Sunday aft/eve and covers a nominal 1000 miles but as there is no fixed route for some of it theres no precise mileage. The route is secret till the start and even the start venue isn't announced till near to the event. There are navigation and other challenges at various points around the route, pay & play centres and forestry etc are used but there are also night time navigation excercises on the roads I beleive.

Its called the "Mac" 4x4 Challenge as the whole thing is run in support of MacMillan Cancer Support. Each competitor has to raise a minimum of £600 for Macmillan, plus of course they have to pay the £150 entry and all other costs.

Theres no official hotels or campsites on route so any sleeping is done in (or on) the truck or by it in a tent (people pitched tents in the ferry carpark last year) but there is a dinner and awards do at the finish at a hotel included as part of the entry.

Anyway I'm doing it in my T2, she should cope admirally, the first event was won by a LWB T2 in 2002, but am putting some of my planned mods on hold for now as I won't need them for the Mac. 3/4 of the 60 car entry is Landrovers, but I'd rather be in a nice warm, dry Jap truck anyday, the rest are

3 Cherokee
2 Fronties
1 HIlux Smurf
1 Isuzu
1 Landcruiser
2 Pajero
2 Wrangler
& 3 TBC

So I'll be the only Nissan by the look of it.

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