We are raising money for the Help for Heroes Charity, which supports all the armed forces personnel injured in service.
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Our Story
British Discovery Rally Team members are, Paul Smith and Simon Harbidge, We are an Uncle and Nephew team, raising money for a charity that is very close to our own hearts.
Simon has a brother in law and Paul has two sons actively serving in the forces. (Hasten to add they are all fit and well).Our armed forces are fighting daily in horrific conditions, sadly losing friends and colleagues, many of them suffering life changing injuries.
The charity supports the injured personnel returning home to family and friends to rebuild their lives after sacrificing so much for our country, this is why we feel a need to do our bit to help, everybody knows of somebody who has been affected by war whether it is on a personal level or through the media.
The Rally embarks on the 19 June 2010 from the South of England and follows the 1944 Allied invasion through Europe and includes parts fabled by the Band of Brothers book and television series. The 2655Km expedition continues through 6 counties in hopefully 10 days
Please make friends, colleagues, employees and family members aware of our Just Giving site and encourage people to make their donations to this worthy cause.
So as you can understand this is a cause which is very close to our hearts.
You too can help, by donating as much as you can to help us, help the Heroes.
We know times are hard, but just think how much harder it would be without your arms, legs, sight or many other injuries inflicted upon you.
The vehicle Paul and Simon will be using is a Land Rover Discovery 3 HSE.
In fact it is Simon’s own family car.
Every penny raised for the charity goes to the charity
ABOUT THE RALLY
The HELP FOR HEROES EUROPEAN 4x4 RALLY 2010 follows the path and tells the story of the Allied Invasion through Europe and includes parts fabled by the Band of Brothers book and television series. As young men, who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear, the Allied Forces landed in France early on D-Day morning – 6th June 1944. The liberation of Europe had commenced.
The event will start at Noon on Saturday 19th June 2010 at a secret location in North Wiltshire. It will be a 2655 Km expedition encompassing 6 countries in 10 days. This non-speed event comprising a maximum of 30+ teams will be part history tour, fun competition, part off-road driving and part club-type social, open to all types of 4x4 vehicles. The money raised by teams will be donated to our chosen charity, HELP FOR HEROES.
After using byways on Salisbury Plain we will all go to Portsmouth to embark on the ferry over to France. In addition to Normandy, the H4H Rally route will visit the Market Garden and Rhine offensives at , , where on 17 September 1944, in the largest airborne operation ever seen thousands of paratroopers descended from the sky by parachute or glider up to 150 km behind enemy lines.
The route then moves south, to Bastogne in Belgium where, in the coldest winter for decades, the Germans made a final push – 'the Battle of the Bulge'. Towards Germany, the rally path then visits a Maginot Line fortification in Alsace, France, then into Germany and Dachau with its horrors of war.
We end our journey at Hitler's "impenetrable" Eagle's Nest at on 29th June 2010.
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