4,000 miles in 'Sauna on Wheels' for Charity

According to The Telegraph two friends are preparing to drive 4,000 miles across Europe in their 20 year old Volvo for the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust, which provides research and support for those who live with brain tumours and their families and friends.

Tom Sharrad, 23, and Chris Wilkinson, 24, from Sevenoaks in Kent have spent many months covering their Volvo with Scandinavian pine so it resembles an authentic sauna. They aim to cross 12 countries over 14 days in the car which has clocked 187,000 miles while wearing nothing but Turkish Bath Towels! They are going to attempt to raise £5,000 for the charity as Mr Wilkinson’s mother made a full recovery after several hours of surgery, while Tom Sharrad suffered a brain tumour at 18 months old but also made a recovery.

Tom said “The idea of going to Sweden came about because we wanted to take the car back to its spiritual home. We’ve also wanted for a long time to give something back to a brain tumour charity and thought this was the best way. I bought the car for £100 about two and a half years ago but we have had a guy from a Volvo garage look at it and give us a load of spare parts.”

Chris said “It all came about when Tom phoned me one day and told me, rather than asking me, that he had booked us on a rally to Prague. Somewhere along the line, it got extended to Sweden, which is where the Volvo came from, and then we decided that we’d do it for charity. Although there’s not a proper sauna inside the car, when it’s going along it does get pretty hot in there.”

The duo leave for the first leg of their journey on August 27^th as part of the Czech Wrecks Banger Rally from Calais to Prague, then head on to Sweden.

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