Following
on the heels of the hugely successful
HELP
for
HEROES EUROPEAN 4x4 RALLYs of 2010 and 2011, which have raised a
massive £300,000+ for the charity, we can formally announce that
2012 will see a third running of the event.
The
rally
follows
the path and tells the story of the Allied Invasion through Europe.
The Allied Forces landed in France early on D-Day morning – 6th
June 1944. The Help for Heroes 4x4 European Rally 2012 will retrace
much of that route.
This
event will start from Littlecote House Hotel, Wiltshire, UK on 16th
June 2012. It will be a 2000 mile adventure through Europe over a 12
day period. We anticipate that this non-speed touring assembly will
again be fully subscribed with 45 vehicles crewed by serving and
ex-military personnel, as well as civilians and families with
children. It will be part military history tour (including museums
etc), some fun activities, part off-road driving and part club-type
social, open to road-legal 4x4 vehicles.
The money raised
will be donated to our chosen charity, HELP
for
HEROES.
The
goal is to raise more than that 2011 raised in 2011. So £160,000+ is
the target
Event
Summary:
After using byways on Salisbury Plain the rally travels to Portsmouth
to embark on the ferry to France. In addition to visiting WWII
historical areas in Normandy, the H4H 4x4 Rally route will take in
the WWI battlefields of the Somme and Ypres. It will then visit
Arnhem in Holland regarding ‘Operation Market Garden’ before
heading south to Bastogne in Belgium where the Germans made a final
push – the famous ‘Battle of the Bulge’. After visiting the
Alsace region of France the route journeys into Germany and Dachau
with its horrors of war. The event will conclude after visiting
Hitler's "impenetrable" Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden,
Bavaria 12 days later.
We formally
acknowledge the support of; The AA, Brittany Ferries, Cambrian Fuel
Card Services, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, DFDS Seaways,
Domino’s Pizza, Jaguar Land Rover, o2, Marshal Military Sales,
Skytag GPS Tracking, Terberg DTS UK, Warner Leisure Hotels. The GGR
Group
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