Plymouth-Dakar Challenge
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The Plymouth-Dakar Challenge, first run in 2003 and since 2005 also known as the Plymouth-Banjul Challenge, is a car rally for charity. It very roughly follows the route of the more famous Dakar Rally, visiting many of the same countries. The entrants must be driving a car worth approximately £100. The challenge is to get the car from Plymouth, not to Dakar, but further down the North West Coast of Africa to Banjul in Gambia where the cars are auctioned for, or donated to, charity. The 2004 event had one team 'The Idiots Abroad', tow a trailer with two motorbikes on it through the desert - the challenge has now been laid down for another team to get a trailer through the desert.
The 2005 rally will also have a group of cars continuing on to Bamako (Mali).
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