A Baldrine man is driving 2,000 miles across Europe helping to raise £1m for charity.
Michael Sawdon, 26, has collected more than £7,500 in donations for the Help for Heroes charity so far and you can still donate as he takes part in the rally.
The rally is over 2,000 miles long, starting in Warwickshire and ending at Hitler’s nest Berchtesgaden in Austria.
It follows the route the American 101st division took from D-Day until the end of World War II.
There are 40 teams taking part and the final goal was to take the total raised since the first Help for Heroes Rally in 2010 to £1,000,000, a target which has been reached already.
Help for Heroes provides assistance to wounded servicemen and their families.
The event will follow the path and tell the story of the Allied Invasion through Europe. The Allied Forces landed in France early on D-Day morning, June 6, 1944.
Some parts of the route will also include areas of the ‘Western Front’ of World War I.
Michael’s father, Peter Lambert, said: ‘Michael is using his own Land Rover from the Isle of Man, we got it for him after his own vehicle was stolen in the UK.
‘This one was originally blue but he sprayed it yellow, we got it in Laxey.
‘Someone said it looked like a Tonka jeep, the old toy ones from years ago, so he painted ‘Tonka’ on the side.’
The event started on Saturday, June 13 and is scheduled to end on June 27. The 2,000 mile expedition will encompass seven European countries, including the UK, France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Austria and Germany.
The rally is a part military history tour, open to road-legal 4×4 vehicles.
Michael is driving for ‘Team 40’ which has an individual fundraising target of £10,000. His co-drivers on the journey are Navy colleagues from the UK, Ashton Peace and Lucy Weigel.
Michael joined the Navy when he was 16 and is a Weapons Petty Officer based in Portsmouth.
You can follow Michael’s progress at www.h4hrally.co.uk/livetracking
Make a donation to the Help for Heroes charity at bmycharity.com/theseniorservice