Quadtronix Service Manager and IT Consultant's Amazing Adventure For Charity

Quadtronix proudly supported Service Manager, Tony Pulis and IT Consultant, Peter Jordan from Bridge Networks in raising money for the RNLI by taking part in the Round Britain Reliability Run in October.







 

Tony has owned his 1975 Triumph Stag for the last twenty years, and here it is looking very fine before the outset of the 24 hour drive.








 

114 Triumphs and their crews set out on an amazing journey to travel around Britain, 2,000 miles in just 48 hours. 

'The Round Britain Reliability Run' takes place every two years and is organised by Tim Bancroft of Club Triumph and is licensed through the MSA.




 

 

The Run consists of 15 check points  based throughout the country, with the idea that all crews must gain a signature at each nominated stop.  All 15 signatures must be obtained otherwise the crew and car will fail.  There is normally a window of only a few hours for all teams to arrive at a dedicated marshalling point.

The start takes place in North London on a Friday evening in October.
 









 

 

Conditions were not good!  The weather turned and the rain, wind and fog closed in. 











After breakfast at the Sea View Hotel, the route turned south and the drive went through some of the most picturesque landscapes found anywhere in Britain. 

 

The next main land mark was Lands End, which is a 24 hour drive away, stopping off at various places to gain the next signature. 








Another famos stop along the way was Morrisons Garage, Sterling, where a warm welcome was found with home made pies and soup.


Then followed, a night's drive through Wales.  Once again through the driving rain, wind and fog, with arrival expected at Lands End Sunday morning.  The weather stayed bad all through the night and the wind and fog  made for very poor visibility and driving conditions. 
 

A well deserved fry up at Lands End Hotel was followed by a visit to the RNLI station at Sennen Lifeboat Station. 

The journey then turned east from this point and headed towards London.





 

Great drives in sunny conditions through Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor, adding signatures to the list.  Another famous stop was Pimperne Village Hall, Dorset where tea and home made cakes were in abundance, all kindly supplied by the local Women's Institute.

Arrival back in North London on the Sunday saw the end of the event and a chance to enjoy a very welcome beer.

As for the Stag, well, that ran beautifully and what a fantastic car to drive on this very popular event.  We do it for the Charity, for the sheer adventure, to soak up the amazing scenery, but most of all we do it for the cakes and pies!

The club nominates a charity for the event and were very happy to team up with the RNLI and plegded to raise over £55,000.

The RNLI was founded in 1824 and have saved over 137,000 lives.  They provide a 24-hour on-call out service to search and rescue missions covering 100 nautical miles from the coast of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.  A seasonal lifeguard service is also provided on the beaches covering the east, south and west of England. 


There are a fleet of over 330 lifeboats in more than 230 lifeboat stations covering the cost of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.  It costs approximately 122 million pounds a year to run this organisation.  The vast majority of people involved are unpaid volunteers whose sole commitment is to save lives at sea.  The most amazing part of all is the RNLI is independent from the Government and relies solely on voluntary contributions and legacies for its income.  They really are heroes of the sea.

Club Triumph understands the public concern over polluting the environment and part of the entrants' fee from each team was donated to the carbon offset company, Climatecare.  One of the company's projects is to actively replace old oil burning generators in third world countries with state of the art solar panels.  This not only stops this type of pollution immediately but also eliminates any further pollution.  It is the first known driving event of its kind to consciously do something positive about the carbon footprint it produces.  Other clubs and organisations are sure to follow.

Well done Tony and Peter.