ON A GREY AND COLD MORNING THE TEAM GATHER AT BLACKPOOL TO START THEIR INTREPID JOURNEY

Hello,

Way back in September 2013 during a conversation on how we

could make Paul’s 40th birthday a bit special, well let’s face it he

is getting on a bit so we needed to make it an adventure and

that is what he got! The Benidorm or Bust Rally. Having

decided that this was his big 40 adventure, it was decided that

we would also raise money for Help for Heroes and set ourselves

a target of £1,000. Back then in September, the start of the rally

at the end of April seemed a long way off but soon the months

galloped by and it was March and we had no car, no

sponsorship/donations so we needed to get our act together—

fortunately our marketing consultant, Sarah and myself rose to

the occasion and took the reigns and soon had us all organised.

Every member of the Collision Solutions and OCBS, OCL teams

along with Newcoats’s Bodyshop played a part in making this

event happen and raise over £4,000 in the process.

We hope that we have managed to say thank you to everyone

but please forgive us if we have not. We hope that you enjoy

the brief reports that Paul and the team sent back and should

you wish for copies of any of the photos in the following pages,

please email us on media@collisionsollutions.co.uk.

Lisa Quinn-Jones

Lisa Quinn-Jones and Tim Jones presenting Steve

Rogers from Help for Heroes with the cheque for

4,000 which was raised for the charity.

The Birthday

Boy

Happy 40th Paul

COLLISION SOLUTIONS 0800 093 8441

www.collisionsolutions.co.uk

Day One—Blackpool to Dover

Negotiating our way along the promenade at Blackpool on a

grey and cold April morning with instructions that meant

crossing the tram lines into the car park, we wondered what

we had let ourselves into. We soon found out - there were

already a number of teams in the car park and everyone was

in good spirits despite the weather. Our team supporters

were already chatting with a few of the other teams and as

usual Sarah (our marketing lady) was barking instructions the

minute we got out the car, getting us organised. Lisa our

Sales Director and who’s idea this was for my birthday

present was busy with sorting out the pop up banners with

the help of Ruth from one of our sister companies OCL -

cameras snapping and interviews taken by the local press

and posing for pictures meant that we had just enough time

for getting the car checked one final time ready for the off.

The great thing was that we could hand over a cheque for

four times our original target of £1,000 (we upped that to

£2,000 back at the end of March when the efforts of the

companies field reps surpassed that) to Steve Rogers the

local representative from Help for Heroes which was brilliant.

Paul, Tim, Garry and Ken

Some of our generous

sponsors decorated the car

with decals done by HD Signs

As ‘newbies’ to this sort of rally, we were not sure what

to expect but it soon became apparent that whatever

happened there was a good back-up team in Steve, the

Benidorm or Bust organiser and the other teams.

Forty nine teams set off from Blackpool with others

joining the rally at Birmingham and Dover with a total of

ninety eight teams participating, every one of them doing

it for their favourite charity.

Setting off around 10:00 we headed for our first night n

Dover before catching the ferry early—very early the next

morning.

LEAVING BLACKPOOL AND ON THE ROAD TO DOVER

PARKED UP OUTSIDE THE HOTEL IN DOVER

ALL ABOARD

After meeting up at Dover with the other

teams and a good curry the night before, the

team get a real Kentish send off by Morris

Dancers on the Promenade as they head for

the ferry where all 96 cars are ready to

board.

AFM

AJC ACCIDENT REPAIR

ALB AUTOBODIES

BEN HODGSON CARS

BODYMATTERS

BRINKLAKE

CAMPS

CAR & COACH

COLLISION SOLUTIONS LTD

COLLISION REPAIR SPECIALISTS

COXHEAD ACCIDENT REPAIR

CENTRE

CRASH UK

CROSSLEYS ACCIDENT REPAIR

CENTRE

DAVID DALE ACCIDENT REPAIR

CENTRE

DENT-TECH

EVANS AUTOBODY

FASTTRACK

FIVEWAYS INSURANCE

FLYDE AUTOSTYLE

GORDONS FORD

GRETA MOTOR BODY WORKS

H D SIGNS

HINDLE & CO ENGINEERS

JOHN ALKERS MOTOR BODY

REPAIRS

JOHN WILDING LTD

K & D BODYSHOP

KERSHAW PRINT

LANSDALE HOLDSWORTH

SOLICITORS

LONGLANE GARAGE

M MOTORBODIES

M & B BODYSHOP

M60 GARAGE

MLCOLM NICHOLSON

MARYPORT BODYWORK CENTRE

MB AUTOS

MCM INSURANCE

MIDDLETON PRESTIGE

MITCHELLS AUTOCENTRE

MJR KIDDERMINSTER

MPL AUTOBODIES

MRB

MVS

NEW LOOK

NEWCOATS

WE HAVE NUMEROUS PEOPLE TO THANK FOR THEIR

SPONSORSHIP—SO HERE GOES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

NIGHTINGALE BODY REPAIRS

ONE CALL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

ONE CALL LEASING

P & T MOTORS

PRO PAINT

PUG BITZ

PYE MOTIORS

R1 AUTOMOTIVE

R.A. VEHICHLE BODY REPAIRS

RAY FISHER BODYWORKS

SANDON ROAD MOTORS

SCOTT WILKINSON BODYSHOP

SELECT PLACES TO STAY

SMB NORTHWEST

PURPLE WIFI

STATION ROAD GARAGE

THG LONGRIDGE

THOMPSON ACCIDENT REPAIR

CENTRE

UK & IRELAND

UK TRUCK BODY REPAIRS

I would also like to thank the

following for all their help and

assistance in making this trip

possible.

Lisa Quinn-Jones - Main Sponsor

and ‘The Boss’ who’s idea it was

and made the whole thing possible.

Sarah Cooper-Williams - Marketing

Consultant who organised us in

more ways than one!

Jim Cullen, Neil Buckley and

Adrian Welsby - who’s valiant

efforts raised so much money for

Help for Heroes.

Garry Holt—who raised £1000 of

the £4000 through donations .

And to my co-drivers, Tim Jones,

Garry Holt and Ken Pratt without

whom, I would not have survived.

AND last but not least a big thank

you to Steve and all the BOB

Team who organised this amazing

event.

Please forgive me if I have

forgotten anyone—all donations

and help were very much

appreciated . You can still donate

at

VIVA LE FRANCE! CALAIS TO POITIERS

Arriving in Calais around 10:00 local time, we headed towards Rouen without event, stopping just on the outskirts to tank

up with fuel—well let’s face it with a V6 engine in an old Omega Estate, a tank is not going to get us very far! Mind you

we were impressed to see ‘Trotters Independent’ overtake us a little while later along the way. Our first stop of the day

was at Le Mans where we took a few pictures but as we were late we completed our first quiz question and carried on

towards Poitiers

Did I forget to mention the weather, everyone writes about the weather! Well it was ruddy awful, so far we had

endured storms, high winds and hailstones , it was more like being back in Lancashire. OK back on the road as the 465

miles today is quite a journey, especially as we are only averaging around 56 mph. Eventually we arrive in Poitiers at

around 18:00 and having checked our hotel, head to meet up with the other teams to hand in our quiz papers and a

quick beer before all the teams headed to a great little restaurant for some even greater food all washed down with

some local wine

Why do Dealers and Other Partners use One Call for Trade Parts

Representation?

Because they KNOW that it works!

Adieu France and Hola España

Setting off from Poitiers the next morning we had

a fairly smooth run down to the border via

Bordeaux then onwards down towards Spain.

Climbing high into the Pyrenees to a small village

called Canfranc, the village lies in a valley of the

Aragon River Valley. It is at an altitude of 1190

mtrs so a pretty steep climb to reach it. Found

Steve (BOB organiser) and a load of the other

teams there before heading off on the road again

to Zaragosa where we stopped for the night.

A Night on the Tiles in Zaragosa

The End is Nigh!

From Zaragoza we headed down towards the coast and Valencia where we stopped of for a quick

round of golf, well crazy gold actually which was one of the quests set by the BOB team. Then

heading down the coast to the meeting point at Benidorm, thankfully the weather was now glorious

and driving was although pleasant still a bit problematic due to the clutch and handbrake were

knackered.

Benidorm—We made it—Celebrations all round.

Our entrance into Benidorm and the Promenade turned a few heads and a few more were turned when the teams arrived at the Palm

Beach Hotel,, especially when the Jolly Green Giants jumped in the pool with their costumes and make-up on. Headed off to the Bar

for the prize giving—nah! Sorry we did not win a thing, but we had fun trying . Followed by a night on ‘ The Strip’

RACE DAY

Our final day on the Sunday was at

the Kart Track outside Benidorm -

followed by a sad farewell to our cars

A Sad Farewell

She served us well but now it is off to the scrapyard for her.

Plus a few more pics for good measure.

DAY 1 AND 2 ROUTE DAY 3 AND 4 ROUTE

HOPEFULLY SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

For those interested in participating

Check out the Benidorm or Bust website

http://www.benidormorbust.co.uk/