The Sucata Run is a fundraising banger tour we brainstormed early in the year of 2006. You don't need to have an expensive ride, be a mechanic, or even be into cars at all. All you need to have is a sense of adventure, humour and possibly a compass.

Taking place annually over the summer Bank Holiday weekend, teams of Sucateers coax their multi-coloured scrapheaps from Rouen (the historic capital of Normandy and site of Joan of Arc's final bow) to Cabo da Roca in Portugal; Europe's most westerly point. After passing through the vineyards of bordeaux, the twists and turns of the Pyrenees and the beautiful coastline of Spain, the tour culminates in a sunset beach party over looking the Atlantic and a prize giving ceremony where the team who raised the most money walks away with a luxury holiday for 6 in the Algarve.

Link: www.sucatarun.com