Alison Grunewald to tackle tough autObarn Chartwell 2 Chartwell
Grunewald and her Pink Landy joined a team of seven drivers in classic dated Land Rover models to travel over 20 000km in the next three months, crossing three continents and 20 countries.
Alison Grunewald and her unique pink autObarn Land Rover is the sole female driver to tackle the tough autObarn Chartwell 2 Chartwell 2022 (c2c22) Land Rover trip from Chartwell, South Africa, up the African continent to Europe, followed by the destination, Chartwell, UK, the home of Sir Winston Churchill.
The single mum, Alison, nicknamed “Alley”, said she is just one of the boys – no stranger to the outdoors, adventure and tough 4×4 driving. “I am a creative person with positive, enthusiastic energy and a strong independent woman, 4×4 enthusiast, nature lover, and outdoor girl, who enjoys collaborating with people and creating lasting relationships. I am also a very capable photographer.”
Alley has been on an episode of Off Course 4×4 and has done several overland trips. She is an avid traveller, having been to India, Vietnam, Australia, Greece, Turkey, UK, USA, and locally Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mozambique, and is no stranger to Africa. She is also a long-term member of the Land Rover Owners Club, the 4×4 Action Group, and the For the Thrills Operation. She has owned and started numerous successful businesses and currently runs a photographic company. Alley will be doing ongoing progress reports for autObarn for the full duration of the event.
One part of the autObarn c2c22 mission is to return the Land Rover, “Winston”, to the UK, the home of Land Rover. Winston, the classic Landy, was found and restored by the event organisers in the Cradle of Humankind. The main part of the mission up Africa is to focus on identifying the critical needs of food and water within African communities in line with sustainable development goals. This is the first of five missions envisioned to take place by 2030 as part of their support for Africa and working with the youth.
Like all good things, the idea developed to have a series of heritage Land Rovers join the mission as a team, and pay tribute to the leading role Land Rover has served over time, which is why many pursue such ventures in life and business.
The c2c22 Mission, sponsored by Autobarn, Sabat, Castrol Fragram, Phillips and Wynn’s, was formed as a non-profit organisation to serve missions that link continents, countries and communities together, enlisting participants in roles such as mechanics, drivers, cooks, technology buffs or media that each embrace the “sense of adventure” as a culture to enjoy and learn from.
“We see this partnership with c2c as an opportunity and great promotion for our brands, an exciting programme with promotional legs, combining several social responsibilities and activities en route. The team is looking at similar events and missions following this event going forward,” said Terry Brand, the managing director of autObarn SA. “autObarn will manage all the automotive sponsorships for this event along with our blue-chip suppliers Sabat, Castrol, Fragram, Philips. and Wynn’s. We are also looking at assisting the Breast Cancer Association to build awareness for them.”
Interested parties wanting to support this mission can contact info@c2cMissions.org, Alley Grunewald at alley@lantic.net or on 083 628 5529, Mark McClue on ,ark.16boxes@gmail.com or on 081 262 9505, or André Marich at Andre@urupconnect.com or on 078 435 0634.
Source: Digger Marketing
