Charlbury Beer Festival (with the kind support of Sonnox) are taking part in the Twin Town Challenge. This event raises awareness and funds in support of Special Effect, a fantastic charity that enables people with disabilities to experience fun and freedom through cutting-edge technology.

Over the last weekend in April, the team will leave Blenheim Palace and head to Le Touquet in France. It would be a relatively short journey, if it wasn't for the rule that their car must cost no more than £500!!

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The team signed up at the eleventh hour for TT20+2 after Rod of Sonnox generously offered to sponsor them during a pub crawl around Worcester. Without knowing what exactly this entailed, we immediately said yes, so here we are. Enthusiastic but hopelessly under-prepared, if our Peugeot makes it to France we will consider this to be a successful campaign. Look out for us in the pubs Le Touquet or at CBF on 25 June.

Our team:

Michael Peake - Captain

Michael is the Chairman of the Beer Festival for 2022 and so by default is the captain of our team. To be fair, he’s done most of the work in getting us where we are today, and would appear at first glance to be the most sensible amongst us.

Ed Wigzell 

Ed is our festival infrastructure maestro, so we’re hoping this skill set extends to map reading and basic car mechanics. Ed mysteriously disappeared off to Switzerland as soon as we signed up for the challenge and hasn’t been seen since.

Matt 'Moose' Bullock

Matt has extensive experience of unreliable cars breaking down in awkward places, so will feel at home with the Peugeot, even if he can’t fit in it. He’s only here for the beer anyway.

Neil Ashley

Neil is our social media guru and chief photographer. He negotiated a good price on the car using his Scouse charm, so it’s his fault if it’s a dud.