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CRX 2008

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I think it’s an integral part of my CV these days – ‘taking inappropriate cars on adventures across Europe.’ You’d think that, at my age, I’d have grown out of the desire to hoon about across the channel, seeking out places I’ve never been before, just for laughs. Well, I haven’t and I’m happy that I’m still like this. After a trio of Staples2Naples rallies, I decided it was time to try something new – and, after missing out on Calais2Casablanca last year, I thought I’d give CzechWrecks a go this time round.

“Why this one?” I hear you ask. Well, I love Central and Eastern Europe and, after briefly touching on Prague during a trip back from Poland in 2007, I realised I wanted to visit the Czech Republic once again and explore it properly. According to the official website, “This is an easy day as far as driving is concerned. We take the back roads of Bohemia into Prague. The drive is slow and steady through old towns. Oooooold towns. The roads prove interesting. Definitely different. Hey! Different can be good.”

Sounds good to me, so it was a case of job done.

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CRX 2008

Czech Wrecks 2008: The background

29 September 2008 Keith Adams 0

THINK it’s an integral part of my CV these days – ‘taking inappropriate cars on adventures across Europe.’ You’d think that, at my age, I’d have grown out of the […]

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CRX2008: Day one, Calais to Interlaken

27 September 2008 Keith Adams 0

FOR the first time ever, for me, I was sitting in a themed car with zero chance of returning to the UK – and, when Team Chaos pulled up into […]

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CRX2008: Day Two, Interlaken to Bormio

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DAY One, then, had passed without any problems. Our Skoda rattled contentedly on, the motorway miles rolled by without drama and, this time, we were let into Switzerland without a […]

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CRX2008: Day Three, Bormio to Salzburg

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BORMIO many have looked beautiful the previous evening thanks to those open wine cellars, the beautiful architecture and sociable people who knew how to drink without turning yobbish but the […]

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CRX 2008: Day four, Salzburg to Prague

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ANOTHER shortish but interesting day would see us drive from Austria and into the Czech Republic – and our challenge was a simple one: to take pictures of Trabants. We’d, […]

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CRX2008: The preparations are over

28 August 2008 Keith Adams 0

In the end, we didn’t really need to do much to our Skoda – it was a case of dreaming up a theme for the car and throwing some paint […]

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CRX 2008: The preparations

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Keith Adams and Andrew Elphick with Felicity – one broken suspension turret cup hasn’t dissuaded them that they’re right to take this prime slice of Czech class… Smoking it to […]

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CRX 2008: When a Rover turns into a Skoda

12 May 2008 Keith Adams 1

SO, there I was telling everyone that I was looking forward to Rover 800 ownership after a period in the wilderness. The car in question, offered to me gratis by […]

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