Following on from the story of her epic journey to Valencia in 2007 in a decrepit Renault 5,  Joanna Backhouse is competing in the Ramshackle Rally 2008! The destination for the 2008 Ramshackle Rally is Krakow in Poland and the route visits Strasbourg, Innsbruck and Bratislava on the way.

The rally starts on the 1st August and the main rule is that cars teams use to compete in must have cost £100 or less! The rally organisers encourage teams to theme their cars.

This year, Joanna and her friends have decided to theme their car as a skunk! Last year's car was a dog (pun intended). The 2008 car is a Rover - another dog... oh dear ;- that looks as though it had an altercation with something or other before being fixed up for the rally. Apparently it has: an animatronic tail, a bottom squirter and makes fart noises!

Their team is called "Kicking up a Stink" and they will be raising money for St. Catherine's Hospice in Crawley. You can support them by going here: 

http://www.justgiving.com/team42-kicking-up-a-stink-ramshacklerally