24-05-2025
Meet the men from Nottinghamshire driving a cheap car for 3,500 miles
Four men from Nottinghamshire will embark on a 3,500-mile (5,630km) journey across Europe to honour a young woman who died of brain Nowell, Derek Howarth, Paul Cobb, and Steve Silver are set to join the Dumball Rally, which has partnered with the Teenage Cancer Trust this Howarth's niece, Amy Howarth, died in 2014 at the age of 21 after being diagnosed with a brain Nowell said: "We do it for all those other children out there, we can't think of a better cause to do it for."
The self-described "fancy dress festival on wheels" has ran since 2006, but this year will be the final get a budget limit - this year it is £500 - to spend on a vehicle of any type which can take them on the planned road trip route as part of a iterations have taken place in a variety of worldwide locations including India, Mexico, and Morocco. This year it will be quadruple took part in the rally two previous times to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust, and raised £15,000 and £8,000 respectively.
The four men from Nottinghamshire have said they will dress as the A-team: "One of us has got a wig with gold chains, one of us is good looking, and so forth," Mr Nowell for their car Mr Silver found one which had been "overgrown" on someone's driveway, who were considering selling it for a couple of thousand provable "with a receipt" he managed to get it for £ men have said they were "mildly confident" for their upcoming attempt, and were prepared for the road journey will start on 6 June from the UK, with the route taking them through the Eurotunnel, and eventually on to France, Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and finish will be on 13 June with an arrival in Majorca.
