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Thursday 14 July 2016

Rally video

Here's a video we've put together of our time on the Wacky Rally - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrW507q7jcE.  It was an unforgettable experience - it's good to know there are other people as wacky as us.  We hope you all got home safe.  The Chemical Brothers

Wednesday 13 July 2016

Team Calypso and Shrek having our last supper. Jim joined us for our last meal in Barcelona. Loved meeting you all, we had a great adventure. Would recommend this to anyone.  Thanks Rob, Jamie and Gazza for looking after everyone. Special thanks to DJ Keith Lemon for his talents in Sauze D'Oulx



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Top Bananas signing out

Just want to thank everyone for making this such a great event. The wacky rally team, the other teams the bars that put up with us and the towns for being extremely welcoming.

All of us had an amazing event and made some amazing memories.

Also, apologies to "You don't vote for kings" for being sick on their flip flops....somebody kept making me down pints. (Also apologies to anyone else affected by this little mishap)

I hope to return soon for another rally abd would be great to see some of your faces there. You can keep in touch via Twitter @topbananasrally.

Until next time, peace out

Brett, Ryan & Matt.

Now slowly making our way back up into the south of France!

Dont Vote For Kings back to reality.... boo

Goodbye and thank you all. Despite have random number of gears at various times we made it all the way and had an awesome time! The last night was carnage. Special thanks to the Tiki boys for being everyone's heroes, the guys in the non furred dog car for sharing their engine cooked steak and camembert and generally being awesome, the guys in the other dog car for being really nice chaps and offering to drive behind us when we had gear issues to help out if needed, the pirates for making us laugh a lot (especially the video of the cow challenge) and the person who threw up over my flip flops at the bar... you know who you are!


I've attached a few extra photos of I thought might be of interest.


Cheers guys and drive safe!!!!


Nat and Mark

The DAMS Devils


We have had a ball and have so many amazing memories to last a life time! Thank you Wacky Rally and all other teams for being so awesome!

Please think of us whenever you say or hear "and pigs might fly"... here is our pet Peppa DAMS proving anything is possible if you believe hard enough!

See you on the other side!πŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒ

Tuesday 12 July 2016

Our final entry!
Thanks to everyone for an amazing and fun journey. It was a close shave, the Brazilian's.

Bad Poke'ya'Moms

The damage the Poke'ya'Moms did after crashing into our beautiful car!

Thanks once again!

We're now enjoying Barcelona, we sunbathed and had a swim with our trophy to cure the hangovers!

You've all made it unforgettable for us so Thankyou all for keeping us going! Now onto the south of France again for a week then drive the old girl home!

The tiki boys

Head hurts a lot this morning but was a great night

Photos

Hi Rob

Monday 11 July 2016

Good sports award

I don't know about you, but the Tiki Boys should get an award for being the best sports.
Well done fellows

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Wackiest car ... πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚




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Longest drive ....don't ask πŸ™ˆ




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2nd and 3rd places 🍾🍾🍾🍾







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Winners woo hoo 🍾🍾🍾🍾




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Final Scores !! Well done everyone, an epic rally ....

Team Name Car Points Day 1  Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Total
The Chemical Brothers 1000 1500 1450 1800 4525 10275
The DAMS Devils 750 1355 1300 1750 4175 9330
The Dictators 1000 1510 1450 1800 3475 9235
You don’t vote for kings! 1000 1460 1080 1650 2625 7815
Dogs of War 750 1375 1085 1500 1600 6310
The Tiki Boys 1000 1380 1125 1725 1075 6305
Team Splash 1000 1350 710 1400 1400 5860
North 750 1400 920 1750 975 5795
Purple Rain Wrx 750 1510 1315 1700 5275
The Pingu Rimmers 1000 1500 1070 1550 5120
Brazil Nuts 1000 1200 1210 1700 5110
Brazil Nuts Too 1000 1200 1210 1700 5110
Onesie Direction 750 1280 785 1000 1250 5065
Team Mat 1000 1450 645 1550 4645
Influence 500 1130 1120 1500 4250
The Top Bananas 750 1360 1500 500 4110
Society for Useless Knowledge 250 1100 730 1600 3680
Family 750 900 725 1150 3525
Crunch of Bunts 1000 1460 985 3445
Dans Boys 750 1385 1290 3425
Cressmowerz 1000 830 865 700 3395
The Wet Brewery 1000 1130 1030 3160
The Zooming Zebras 500 1080 710 850 3140
Divit boys 500 980 815 800 3095
Digger Doctors 750 1420 850 3020
ready, set, lego 750 1250 810 2810
Calypso 1000 950 855 2805
The Dodgers 500 740 605 600 2445
Little Brittons 500 650 1100 125 2375
Mooseheads 750 1370 160 2280
Barcelona baby, yeah! 500 700 1070 2270
Woodhouse 750 1380 2130
School Boy Error 500 740 885 2125
Pagey's Pussay Patrol 500 1600 2100
Rock or Rust 1000 570 390 1960
Wandering Arms at the Races 1000 880 1880
The Wades 500 1320 1820
Dumb and Dumberererer 500 1300 1800
Wrong Direction 1000 730 1730
Wacky Rally Winners 2016 500 1100 1600
You know you've Made it 750 850 1600
#whereisben 500 920 1420
Art Attackerz 500 830 1330
ABER Union 500 800 1300
Glamorous Bandits 500 470 250 1220
Zombie Response Team 750 390 1140
The Kitty Patrol 1040 1040
Flying Machine 500 290 790
3 Amigos 750 750
Double or Quits 750 750
Frozen 500 500
La Poke'ya'moms 500 500
Tartan Dragons 500 500
The B Team 500 500
El Porto Ricans 0
Rothwell Aliens 0
Shar and the Comets 0

Team you don't vote for kings... safe in hotel!!!


Big thanks to everyone who helped encouraged listened or taunted us. The car made it!!!!! Looking forward to seeing the rest of you guys in the bar tonight. Laters....

Sad farewell

Sorry girl. A sad way to end. Thanks for looking after us.
Much respect and love
The Dictators

Bye bye Shaguar!!

It's been emotional and you were awesome.

Not long now hopefully

The Dogtator had a hard day yesterday and glad he's nearly there.

I shall taunt you some more

"we have the gearbox that says Icky-Icky-Icky-Ptang-Zoop- Boing!"

Love from the Top Bananas

Moosehead still has a little driving to do

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Mooseheads and Moosemobile at the beach at last

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Hot stuff!!

Shaguar melting in the heat on the way to the scrappy! Quite a few queues when you come off the port turning into Barcelona so if you have air con then enjoy!!

Spanish Highway Air

Enjoying the view from the Spanish tollroad with the mountains, forests, and picturesque fields. The manure smell is ruining the effect though. Anyone else catching a whiff of that?

Also the Spanish toll cards are great! Prices, exits, and distances! Some other countries could stand to do that.

Society for Useless Knowledge

#aircon

May have overdone the air con in the shark car...

The finish


Leper car on the move

Our car has developed leprosy as we get closer to Barcelona. First the interior was peeling off and now near Perpignan the tachometer has decided to take a long siesta in preparation for Spain. Thankfully with an automatic on the highway we can live without it. Aside from being a snow globe of foam and adhesive in the highway breeze we're living large. Very envious of the Wades and their AC. Looking forward to ice cream.

Society for Useless Knowledge (los Americans)

The Wades

Thanks Rob and co. Had a great time. See you in lloret.

Our scenic is still going strong. AC ice cold. Front tyres only 3000 miles.

Seems a shame to scrap.

So if anyone wants to drive it back to UK? Or anywhere? Then its free to a good home. First refusal to the zombie celica from Plymouth.

Andrew
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Top Bananas nearly died again

These bloody drivers are seriously trying to ram us off the road. Had three more cut us up dangerously since this last update earlier. Why don't the French like Bananas?

In other news 4 police officers came over to us at the tolls after we beeped our horn. We were thinking we were about to be sent to jail to be fondled by french prisoners. Nah, they just want to know where we were going. That was lucky.

Does anybody need a car?

Our pirate ship is yours if you want it!

Gary

The DAMS Devils


A message from our mums to your mums!πŸ—£

Free car!


The plan was to scrap our car but we cant bring ourselves to do it as its run so well the whole journey. 
So if anyone is interested in driving it back its free to a good home! 

Let us know, 

Lauren and George- zooming zebras! 
07753488341 

Scrappy car

Who ever that was about needing a car to get home - we may be driving back. Not 100% sure yet so will meet you at scrappy to discuss.
The Dictators

Must be some red and yellow in there somewhere...

Thanks mooseheads!

Phew! That was close!

We were just millimetres away from being side swiped by one of those really good French drivers on the motorway. Evasive action was taken and everything all good! Bit of a squeaky bum moment. 

Clutch failure on a Fiat!

Oh well!

Urgent car needed in Barcelona!

Has anyone got a reliable car what they are planning to scrap? We need to drive home and ours won't make it. We are on our way to Barcelona and will meet you by the scrappy. Thanks

Scores After Day 3 ....

Team Name Car Points Day 1  Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Total
The Dictators 1000 1510 1450 1800 5760
The Chemical Brothers 1000 1500 1450 1800 5750
Purple Rain Wrx 750 1510 1315 1700 5275
The Tiki Boys 1000 1380 1125 1725 5230
You don’t vote for kings! 1000 1460 1080 1650 5190
The DAMS Devils 750 1355 1300 1750 5155
The Pingu Rimmers 1000 1500 1070 1550 5120
Brazil Nuts 1000 1200 1210 1700 5110
Brazil Nuts Too 1000 1200 1210 1700 5110
Dogs of War 750 1375 1085 1500 4710
Team Mat 1000 1450 645 1550 4645
Team Splash 1000 1350 710 1400 4460
Influence 500 1130 1120 1500 4250
North 750 1400 920 750 3820
Onesie Direction 750 1280 785 1000 3815
Society for Useless Knowledge 250 1100 730 1600 3680
The Top Bananas 750 1360 1500 3610
Family 750 900 725 1150 3525
Crunch of Bunts 1000 1460 985 3445
Dans Boys 750 1385 1290 3425
Cressmowerz 1000 830 865 700 3395
The Wet Brewery 1000 1130 1030 3160
The Zooming Zebras 500 1080 710 850 3140
Divit boys 500 980 815 800 3095
Digger Doctors 750 1420 850 3020
ready, set, lego 750 1250 810 2810
Calypso 1000 950 855 2805
Mooseheads 750 1370 160 2280
Barcelona baby, yeah! 500 700 1070 2270
Little Brittons 500 650 1100 2250
Woodhouse 750 1380 2130
School Boy Error 500 740 885 2125
Pagey's Pussay Patrol 500 1600 2100
Rock or Rust 1000 570 390 1960
Wandering Arms at the Races 1000 880 1880
The Dodgers 500 740 605 1845
The Wades 500 1320 1820
Dumb and Dumberererer 500 1300 1800
Wrong Direction 1000 730 1730
Wacky Rally Winners 2016 500 1100 1600
You know you've Made it 750 850 1600
#whereisben 500 920 1420
Art Attackerz 500 830 1330
ABER Union 500 800 1300
Glamorous Bandits 500 470 250 1220
Zombie Response Team 750 390 1140
The Kitty Patrol 1040 1040
Flying Machine 500 290 790
3 Amigos 750 750
Double or Quits 750 750
Frozen 500 500
La Poke'ya'moms 500 500
Tartan Dragons 500 500
The B Team 500 500
El Porto Ricans 0
Rothwell Aliens 0
Shar and the Comets 0

Tunnel to France

Waiting for the tunnel to France....

Warning to all small Italian town at the bottom of the pass's will involve at least an hours stop for lunch.... Very very slow Italian time service!

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How lovely

Dictators by day.... lovers by night.

Sunday 10 July 2016

Monte-Carlo

High fives to teams pikachuu and zombie rape squad for the awesome drive down to Monte-Carlo. Brakes and tyres pretty much on fire when we arrived in monte-Carlo only to find the local Joel roubechon Michelin restaurant was closed!
Epic drive on to Arles fellas - you drove it like you stole it :)

Right street wrong town!.


We thought we would rely on sat nav to make sure we got to the football on time... our satvav took us to the right street but in a different town so we are still 90 mins from Arles! See you all for the second half! 

Zooming Zebras. 



Team Frozen should 'let it go'

Too soon?

Team Matt

Team frozen


We have just passed team frozen on the A8 a few miles back from St topaz area. They look like they have been involved in a shunt.we couldn't stop traffic manic. any cars coming through this area that can check on them ?


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Is anyone camping tonight? We will be arriving past midnight Arles and need somewhere to camp for us 5, we have two tents. If someone could help us book one in advance we will be forever greatful! If someone can help then please email me on - scottboulton09@gmail.com 



This was us today trying to get the 'Pet on a Cow' shot for The DAY THREE Challenge!πŸ˜‚

Re: You dont vote for kings SOS!

Well. WTF. Struggled through to Arles with only 3rd and 4th. Planned to park up at mc donalds and sort out scrapping in the morning. 3 miles out the gears and clutch returned as if nothing ever happened. Arghhhhhh!

On 10 Jul 2016 14:08, "mark Harrall" <markharrall@googlemail.com> wrote:

So. Presently flying down a41. No first or second, and apparently very little clutch too. Dont want to stop! Suspect clutch: any mechanics know if it is likely to inprove if we stop and let it cool? Also, anyone out there speak good french and coukd help if we need a translator?!? Hoping for miraculous spontanious fix again but feels pretty terminal this time....

Dictator mobile casts a long and shapely shadow..

Pikachuuu

Convoy of Pikachuuu, the Shaguar and newly named 'zombie rape squad' overtaking everything on the road and almost on the road down to Monaco.

A fan showed up this morning!

Barcelona baby, yeah!

Day 3 and things are getting really tough - short of food we've been forced to eat the butler with a nice Chianti. Now looking for a Waitrose or M&S foodhall, can anyone help??!