A Stratford High School teacher is travelling across Europe to raise money for charity.
John Buchanan-Brown, his son Callum and his best friend Stephen Fitz Patrick will be travelling 14,000km in a Fiat Panda eco active 1.1 litre car in the Mongol Rally, an unassisted endurance run.
The rally starts in Prague and ends in Russia.
"We drive from UK to Prague in the Czech Republic through South Eastern Europe, Hungary, Romania Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan,Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan Russia, Mongolia and finish at Ulan-Ude in Russia."
The rally is limited to a small car with a 1-1.2 litre engine. The teams have to raise 1000 pounds (1,939.46 NZ dollars) before the rally.