Betty Maddox

26/09/2017

Hello friends and followers ,,,

I'm very Sorry but this post is going to be very Big Headed and self righteous....
I have made it from :-
" The UK to Mongolia & Back "
I arrived back to were I started from and made really good progress back to our companies Aline Mobility, office based in Widnes.
We had visited Handicare , Handicare Stairlifts in Kings Winsford Birmingham ,, this was after we had visited JK Just Kampers & Carolyn Kirvan-Cranfield .
Everyone made us very Welcome and we appreciate all the Support we have been given which has given me the backing to be able to complete this Adventure... I have also had the wonderfull backing by all of my friends following my story on Facebook , my story continues even throw I'm Home.. I will be getting a well earned Rest and over the winter my mum and dad will be fixing me ready to go back to some of the car show's I had been to this year.
For now a Masive Thank You to you all, Take care for now
Love Betty ###x

24/09/2017

Well then ,
We said " UK to Mongolia and Back " !. & The Adventurists ask for proof that I had left Mongolia and Russia, just to make sure I hadn't been scrapped under a bush in eastern Siberia .
I had my picture taken with a news paper in Wolfsburg my birth town ... However ,,,,
We thought it was more appropriate to have my pictures taken in the capital of my adopted country of England, 'I've Got The London Look.'
Ohhh my God,, we all now know my Dad is officially 'Mad' and he got grandad 'GaGa' roped in, running over bridges / jumping over security barriers / stopping traffic and both of them lying to her majesty security officer's just before armed police walked close enough, as they took selfies of me infront of Big Ben and the house's of parliament.
Showing of my sponsors logo’s for Handicare , Handicare Stairlifts
And JK Just Kampers Carolyn Kirvan-Cranfield
& a sneaky one for Marc Glover Squadge and the Retrobeutes car club.
😁🤣🤣🤣 quick dad and grandad,, Run !!🤣

23/09/2017

Well folks,,
I have travelled from Lathom England to Mongolia and Back , not fully on British soil just yet ,, but I have made it onto our DFDS Seaways ferry ,,,
My Dad and Grandad ' GaGa ' are in premier lounge chilling out and emptying the Coffee machine 🤣🤣
I will be heading over to JK Just Kampers Carolyn Kirvan-Cranfield for a selfie and a Big Hug to all thow's guy's and girls who helped me with parts, to make me better.
Then I head up to Handicare Handicare Stairlifts Kings Winsford Birmingham for a Big Selfie and then HOME..
"" But there is never a day without a Story,,! So we head down through Belgium to Dunkirk France, my petrol tank allows me to travel a Maximum of 60 miles then I cough and start to cut out. So at 58 miles we haven't seen a petrol station since 20 miles in, so we didn't stop and carried on. At the 58 mile mark we stop at McDonald's and my Dad Google 's nearest petrol station. Ok we'er off ,,,,!!,,, eerrrrr well we would be if a wire to my starter motor had broken off 😢 At 12:30 & ship sails at 2pm and you have to go through passport control and customs ,,, oh and find at petrol station within 2miles!!!! Wire fixed in Super Fast time and Google Chrome sends us to a petrol refinery! Oh great , a mile out of my way,,, then a new search and petrol station another mile away,,, oh God ,, drove Up To the pump and I cut out,,,!! I couldn't go any further ,, I was so thirsty I was dry as a bone....🤤😫😲
A very quick fill up and of to the Ferry port..
I made it ,,, what a day and it's not 2pm yet😂
Lots of Love Betty xx

22/09/2017

Hello all my friend's ,,,
My last day's in Europe and a foreign country before I head back to England and my Dad will Kiss English tarmac or soil !!!
I have had one (sorry for the blue language)
" One Hell Of A Trip " ,,,,
We have seen some lovely countries and
Absolutely Wonderful People .....
We have a Story for Every Day ! Unbelievable Adventure but for a very worthy cause ,,
Our trip my mum and dad started out on 14th July 2017 and left GoodWood race course on the 16th of July with the Adventurists Mongolian Rally to head to Mongolia...and to Return with my dad and grandad 'GaGa',, what a grandad, not only to put up with my Dad for more than a month in me 🤣 but as ' Colin's dad aged 72' 🤣🤣 it's all for our charity
Claire House Children's Hospice for terminally ill children and CoolEarth which ever charity you prefer,,, we Thank All of You for your donations and would only ask for anyone who would like to donate it's our final push untill next year and I go to all my car show's again, please use my donation page for any help you can give I would be very humbled and as little as £1 / €1 / $1 please help us rise as much as we can ,,, Thank You xx.
Big thanks to
Handicare Heerhugowaard
Handicare Kings Winsford Birmingham
JK Just Kampers

21/09/2017

Aarrrh,, just having a rest after heading from Germany over into the Netherlands Holland. Going to pop into Handicare Heerhugowaard tomorrow before we head down towards the Ferry !!!! 😁did I just say that 'The Ferry' !
A few weeks back driving 30hr's + trying to get some mileage behind me in Russia, the Ferry seamed a distant dream ..... yip-peee 😄😃😂
I have met some really nice people over the trip and the country's I have gone through have been great, from England to Mongolia and back only to have my air filter top , robbed the other night outside a German hotel... all because it had my ' Duff ' can ontop... oh well , new air filter fitted thanks to JK Just Kampers Carolyn Kirvan-Cranfield and I'll hopefully all things being well pop past your office Monday for a selfie and my dad cheekily say's a brew !!🤣
Thanks all Love Betty xx

20/09/2017

Hello everyone, with this Europe petrol I'm running a lot better,,,, 😁
I met a lovely English couple yesterday over our breakfast, with a big thank you for your donation to our charity Claire House Children's Hospice for terminally ill children.
Here's a quick over view of our final push home and three visits we will be doing to say Hello! and a few selfies , but brush my Wipers 😂
1st Handicare Holland
2nd Just Kampers Carolyn Kirvan-Cranfield
3rd Handicare Kings Winsford Birmingham
See all you guys soon, Take care
Love Betty xx

18/09/2017

Oh Oh what a day,, if grandad wasn't here No one would believe our stories!!,,
I started ok this morning and off we go on the motorway, about 5 or 10 miles and I cut out..
My dad checked and feared the worse as I wouldn't start (remembering I have no Speedo or fuel etc). I got pushed to a safe place off the motorway and everything then happened quickly, a friendly passing van man called for a tow truck to take me to the nearest town, about 10mins away and my dad booked a hotel in the town as the recovery man loaded me..
I was soon in a nice safe car park and my dad and grandad started to find my fault....!
You will need to look close at the pictures as we still don't believe it neither...
My fuel system hasn't / didn't have a breather so the system built up a vacuum and has imploded my petrol tank ! Oh Yes... my dad has rigged up a new petrol tank layout and repiped me and we'll see how I go..
Different day ,, Different problems

18/09/2017

Shhh don't tell grandad....
My dad sneaked out first thing this morning to have a quick hour or so fixing me in the sun.
Well Speedo cable broken and has been for over a week and the New fuel sender broken due to the steering arm's bent and this was before I hit the crash barrier and rubbed round the corner.
Right a few problems, but shhh to grandad
1: Speedo cable broken and has been for over a week.
2: Fuel sender broken
3: Rear near side drum keeps working loose every 3 days or so!!!
4: I using oil but nothing like the 5-6ltr I was going through when my oil cooler was broken.
5: defiantly shh, cylinder's
No 1 running rough and rich
No 2 running rougher and richer
No 3 running lovely and perfect
No 4 running? Who knows, burnt out electrode and rich!!!

We will head off today and see how things go, we will endeavour to carry on and go back to Handicare Holland and Handicare UK Birmingham after going up past JK Just Kampers, Carolyn Kirvan-Cranfield, I will keep you all posted. Thanks and please share my page with Everyone and Anyone and check out my GPS map link, this is my last big push and weeks traveling , we are doing this for charity and fund raising is for Clairehouse Children's Hospice on the Wirral for terminally ill children please check them out on Facebook it's a great place..
Lots of Love Betty xx

Betty Maddox Mongol Rally. Betty's Mongol Rally from UK to Mongolia and back July 16th Onwards 2017. Follow along online. The MapShare site shows the progress of someone tracking with an inReach satellite communicator. Read messages they have sent to MapShare. You can even reply.

18/09/2017

Never a dull day,!!,,
Well ' Dull ' yes , over cast and wet all day, heavy rain most of the day,!, All Day...😣
We set off at 10:30 and it never stopped raining all day. Had to stop for fuel and top up of oil at regular intervals and then about 4:30pm (16:30) in the middle of some road works my accelerator cable fraid and stuck the carburettor throttle, fully open !! We got through the road works and turned off at the first slip road,,, oh great, joy's of joy's ,,, 30/40mph on a 90degree bend and aquaplaning side way's.! Not Good..
I hit the crash barrier and rubbed round the corner and came to a stop in some grass and mud. No damage to me just steering bar bent again, but NO worse than other times..
So my dad found a safe parking area and got changed and then got drowned for about an hour and a half. (Very Very wet and extremely cold,,, jeans went into the bin).

14/09/2017

Arrrr back on the road,, ! Oh ok it's only an hour through rush time traffic But at least I'm under my own steam again and so far so good.
BIG Thanks JK Just Kampers Carolyn Kirvan-Cranfield, for sending me the parts I needed to make me well again. My dad and grandad have spent all day fixing me and missed breakfast & lunch! 😭 ( " grandad breakfast 😩, Dad Lunch 😭 " ). haha
I feel good and tomorrow I will hit the open road and have a good run, after a few day's parked up need to feel the wind and open road again.

13/09/2017

This lady was giving a performance of Mongolian throat music. It was a treat to sneak into the performance and watch, think they let my dad and grandad off due to them being English and nosey ,, they got a good view though 🤣🤣

13/09/2017

Hi , I'm still waiting for my parts to be delivered to our Hotel reception in Kiev.
My dad and grandad went into Kiev today and you guessed it,, a 'Kiev in Kiev' 😂 you have to.
My dad has been looking through his pictures and video clips and will post a couple as they have slipped through the net and not been posted so far.
My dad has loads of car pictures to add of different types of vehicles he's spotted along the journey, our car club Retrobeutes & Marc Glover Squadge will get a load added, but dad's waiting untill he's abit further back towards the channel, just incase he spots other's between now and then. There hasn't been many VW's for JK Just Kampers Carolyn Kirvan-Cranfield to look at so far, Sorry. We will keep looking as we head over to Handicare in Holland.
Cheers guys and look after yourselves for now.
Love Betty xx