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Meet the men driving a cheap car for 3,500 miles

Ben Mellor
BBC News, Nottingham
Dean Weatherbed
BBC Radio Nottingham
Daniel Nowell Derek Howarth, Paul Cobb, Steve Silver, and Daniel Nowell posing with their car which they will take to Europe, with the sponsors on the doors.Daniel Nowell
Derek Howarth, Paul Cobb, Steve Silver, and Daniel Nowell will embark to Europe in June

Four men from Nottinghamshire will embark on a 3,500-mile (5,630km) journey across Europe to honour a young woman who died of brain cancer.

Daniel Nowell, Derek Howarth, Paul Cobb, and Steve Silver are set to the Dumball Rally, which has partnered with the Teenage Cancer Trust this year.

Mr Howarth's niece, Amy Howarth, died in 2014 at the age of 21 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Mr Nowell said: "We do it for all those other children out there, we can't think of a better cause to do it for."

Daniel Nowell in the studio of BBC Radio Nottingham.
Daniel Nowell told BBC Radio Nottingham they would be given challenges by the organisers each day, such as taking a "genuine hitchhiker" to dinner

The self-described "fancy dress festival on wheels" has ran since 2006, but this year will be the final edition.

Participants get a budget limit - this year it is £500 - to spend on a vehicle of any type which can take them on the planned road trip route as part of a convoy.

Previous iterations have taken place in a variety of worldwide locations including India, Mexico, and Morocco. This year it will be Europe.

The quadruple took part in the rally two previous times to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust, and raised £15,000 and £8,000 respectively.

Daniel Nowell A squadron of Dumball rally cars pulled over on the side of the road last year.Daniel Nowell
The men will be put in a "squadron" with roughly six other vehicles

The four men from Nottinghamshire have said they will dress as the A-team: "One of us has got a wig with gold chains, one of us is good looking, and so forth," Mr Nowell joked.

As for their car Mr Silver found one which had been "overgrown" on someone's driveway, who were considering selling it for a couple of thousand pounds.

However, provable "with a receipt" he managed to get it for £500.

The men have said they were "mildly confident" for their attempt, and were prepared for the road ahead.

Their journey will start on 6 June from the UK, with the route taking them through the Eurotunnel, and eventually on to , Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar.

The finish will be on 13 June with an arrival in Majorca.

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