#Crazy shipping finish line registration

#Crazy shipping finish line registration

Most countries in Europe have strict vehicle registration criteria that do not allow non-residents to buy and register a car to their name. We shall allow larger engines if we think it’s unsuitable and ridiculous enough. We shall allow up to a 1.2 for those of you who can’t handle a whole litre of courage, but anything over this and you’ll have to contact us directly and pitch your ideas to us very carefully. We have purposely set the bar for engine size to a mere 1 Litre - or 1000cc. Anything over the £500 minimum for Cool Earth can be donated to your own causes.Īny old dullard can purchase a 4x4 that could easily make it across the surface of the moon and drive a quarter of the world’s circumference, and that, is exactly what the Mongol Rally is not about.

If you'd prefer to raise money for other registered charities that's all good. If you raise £1000 for them you go into a draw to win a money-can't-buy trip to the Peruvian Amazon jungle to see their work first hand. It only seems fair that if you’re having the mother of all adventures you should give a little back, so we ask teams on the Rally to raise a minimum of £500 for the official rally charity Cool Earth. Any ‘Help! We’re broken down in Tajikistan,’ type phone calls to Rally HQ will be met with a snort of derision and a click of the receiver. If you get stuck or in trouble, you need to solve the problem yourself. But if it's not dangerous and you aren't lost, you're not on an adventure. We could tell you everything you need to know about all the countries, roads and borders between here and Russia to ensure you have a safe, uncomplicated journey. In fact if you find your car is doing better than expected you are probably wise to pour sugar in the petrol tank. The worse the car the greater the adventure. With a small car or bike, you're more likely to break down so you're more likely to interact with the locals, more likely to get stuck and more likely to have an adventure.

If you want to make it harder, take a small bike. You need to drive a small, shit car to make the rally tougher. For motorbikes we've generously allowed 125cc, but would prefer it to be a scooter. You can take any car, as long as it’s crap and with an engine of 1.2 litre or less. You've got to raise £500 for charity Rule 1: Small and shit (we will allow up to a 1.2 if you’re a bit weak) Rule 2. You can only take a farcically small vehicle of 1 litre or less They're not designed to keep you safe or stop the chaos. So on one level just the word makes us a bit uneasy, but these are not normal rules. Often, for aesthetics reasons, the crazing effect is introduced by design and on purpose on Japanese, Chinese or Raku dishes or vessels – see examples above.We quake at the thought of clipboards and officious, stern faced arse-hats telling us how things must be done. Crazing can also happen during the vessel’s life time during rapid temperature changes (day/night, hot water / cold water, etc.).

They usually occur at the end of the kiln firing process when the outside surface cools before the clay body under the glaze. What is crazing / crackles and why do they happen? They are a network of lines or cracks in the fired glazed surface. High fire ceramic such as porcelain, which has almost no porosity, will less likely stain. Bacteria stains are more likely to occur on earthenware or stoneware due to the ceramic higher porosity allowing the moisture to penetrate deeper and stay wet creating perfect enjoyment for bacteria to flourish. Therefore, scrubbing the surface will not help. The penetrated moisture combined with organic matter (Tea & coffee, oil, fat, food, dust, etc.) evolves into a bacteria that typically is brown or black sitting between the glazed craze lines or in the clay body under the glaze.

What are these stains on pottery? They occur due to seepage of moisture through very small (and sometimes invisible to the naked eye) cracks in the glaze often referred to as crazing, crackle or pin holes in the glaze.