2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/carlton/rss.xml 1 September 2006<p> 4 Men <p> one 23yr old car costing £95 <p> 6 Countries <p> 4 Days <p> All to raise money for a very good cause <p> Meet team <b>Eur' opeless <b> <p> click the link to see Team Insaner's video showing what it is like coming down the Stelvio Pass, courtesy of SunRoof Cam! <p> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIsvFkkiYz8&mode=related&search= <p> A great 4 minute video summarising the whole trip <p> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6DbF9BaMVI&mode=related&search= http://www.getjealous.com/carlton http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=224722&go=carlton Today, Andy and Matt visited Yate Opportunity Group to present them with the cheque for £2707.50 that we raised for them. We, along with Jamie and Damian would like to thank everyone who donated an amount of money to help us achieve this magnificent total. We would like to thank AXA for their amazing donation of £750, The Fishponds and Downend Rotary Club for their donation of £100, Bristol and ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=224722&go=carlton Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=190478&go=carlton The only person who didnt wake up after 5 hours sleep with a steaming hangover was Damian - who doesnt drive! We had decided the previous day that we would go to the British consulate in Salzburg to sort our his passport problem and then make our way on the relatively short drive to Prague. Who would have thought that having no passport would be such a problem...? The consulate was closed for 2... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=190478&go=carlton Mon, 4 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=190473&go=carlton This is where things started to go wrong for us... We had a later start today and were due to meet in the town square for 10am where the Mayor would be seeing us off, giving us our challenges and then we would all drive around the town in a procession lead by the Police through the narrow streets where it seemed like the whole town came out to see us all. A local Italian news channel were also th... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=190473&go=carlton Sun, 3 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=190142&go=carlton The first thing we had to do was drive down the mountain from our hotel to the meeting point outside of Annecy and after ten minutes of driving our brakes were already burning. Again we set off at 9am - for Bormio - after picking up our challenge for the day. Our main priority was the possibility of the car overheating so we didnt focus too much on the challenge (which was to take pictures of th... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=190142&go=carlton Sat, 2 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=190141&go=carlton So we woke up with sore heads and Damian was pretty ill having been up all night making regular trips to the Bathroom. Matt drove the first stretch but didnt fill us with confidence when he almost drove head-on into a car as he forgot that he should be driving on the right hand side of the road - and this was before we even left the hotel car park. We got to Auchens car park, all the other cars ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=190141&go=carlton Fri, 1 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=188078&go=carlton We left Bristol at around 8am for the drive to Dover. We had arranged to meet other West Country teams at Leigh Delamere Services at 8:30 but when we arrived only 2 other teams were there. We tried to drive in a convoy but that never works so we lost the other teams and arrived at Maidstone Services in time to get filmed by ITV (Meridian) who apparently ran a piece in the evening news about the ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=188078&go=carlton Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=185892&go=carlton Thanks to Montgomery Cox recruitment consultants of Bristol who have pledged a monetary amount to help us with our trip across Europe. In the meantime, a continued thanks to QAS who have been "looking after" the car for the last week whilst it has been encountering some problems. It now appears to be starting ok with its new battery but it still has a few problems when accelerating. The exhaust... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=185892&go=carlton Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=180940&go=carlton We would like to say thank you to Bristol and West Vehicle Hire who have made a donation to our chosen charity as well as Bristol and West Investments (www.bridgingloans.com) who have also been very generous for our cause. Coincidentally they sound like they are part of the same company but I have it on good authority that they are not! We would also like to thank www.stickyfx.co.uk who have mad... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=180940&go=carlton Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=176529&go=carlton Today we received all the graphics and lettering from WWW.STICKYFX.CO.UK so we spent our afternoon "decorating" the car whilst another team member sorted out the t-shirts we will be wearing on the trip. We have also arranged for the Bristol Evening Post to come and interview us on Wednesday so it is lucky we have managed to get the car looking good in plenty of time! Thanks to STICKYFX for provi... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=176529&go=carlton Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=173604&go=carlton After visiting the Yate Opportunity Group on Tuesday to see the work they do and meet the children we will be raising money for, it has inspired me to raise as much money as possible to keep the pre-school in operation. The children had a great time climbing around inside the car and it gave me a chance to see what the money we raise will be spent on. Since then we have been contacting local gar... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=173604&go=carlton Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT