Mongolia or bust!
The Mongol Rally is a charity event with cars travelling unsupported from Europe to Mongolia, as a fund raising challenge.
Currently they have raised £2.5million for Rainforest and Mongolian orphanage charities, as well as charities supported specifically by the participants. The weekend saw it celebrating its 10th year and the first time it has left from Bodiam Castle.
In the decade since it was launched in 2004 it has become one of the largest overland charity rallies in the world, growing from just 12 people to 600 taking part this year.
There are participants from more than 30 different countries taking part in the rally, ranging in age from 18 to 69 years old.
Countries represented include Russia, China, Puerto Rico and while over half of the teams are British there are many from USA, Australia and Sweden.
Team Red Bandits, from New Zealand are a newly married couple called Karina and Chris, taking on the Mongol Rally as an extreme honeymoon.
Teams are expected to take between three and six weeks to complete the rally and cross the finish line in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The majority of teams take around 4 weeks to reach the finish line but the record for the longest rally is 100 days.
The colourful event at Bodiam saw cars lining up on display and even included knights jousting from moving cars.
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