Pyrenees
Help for Heroes (H4H) Event ID: 20100702-3586-8438 - 14 to 27 May 2011
Expedition Pyrenees 2011 is the first of many Expeditions in support of Help for Heroes. An on road / off road challenge from a designated place in the UK terminating in the Pyrenees.
The expedition is a Gran Turismo (GT) - a motoring game based on the original road rallies of the 1950’s. It is designed for complete beginners to learn the art of regularity driving.
The teams will be set tasks and questions on the way through France, Spain and Andorra; following a point to point route via GPS with area mapping to find the answers. Transport, Regularity, Jogularity, Scatter, Treasure Hunt and Evasion stages will be applied to various sections of the expedition; these will all be clearly explained during the event, although background information may be found on the event forum http://supporth4hexpedition.forumcircle.com.
Theme
The theme is based on the escape and evasion of servicemen and women during the Second World War. We will be looking for the ‘Le Chemin de la Liberté’, the ‘Path to Freedom’, WWII escape route to Spain through the Pyrenees. This route was taken by hundreds of Frenchmen and Jews fleeing from their German oppressors. In addition it was used by many R.A.F. and American airmen who had either crash-landed or parachuted to safety after being shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe. We will also visit other escape routes across the Pyrenees (Comete and PAT Lines)..
En route to the Pyrenees we will stay over and visit the village Oradour-sur-Glane, where in 1944 an SS troop went in and massacred the whole village; over 600 inhabitants including women and children. The village has been left untouched since then as a memorial to the people who lost their lives.
The teams will be responsible for their own charitable fundraising through the medium of BMyCharity.
The event page is at https://www.bmycharity.com/V2/Expeditionpyrenees
We will also be visiting the S.O.E Memorial at Valancay at 1000 hours on Monday, 16 May 2011, where we intend to lay a wreath on behalf of the event.
Total distance from UK to the Pyrenees will be approximately 1,750 miles.
Help for Heroes provides financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served and are currently serving in the Armed Forces, and their dependants. This event is independently organised; the sole beneficiary being the Help For Heroes Charity
www.supportH4Hexpedition.com
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