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Crossing the Gobi Desert The‘Highlanders’who took on the Mongol Rally route through 22 countries have completed their journey back to their Perth base.
Jo Williamson, Gordon Blair and Richard Wright, who set out on a remarkable 22,000km journey to raise money for cancer research returned home on Monday.
Jo (68) and his team are raising money towards research for a cure for pheochromocytoma, a rare tumour that took the life of his beloved wife Sue.
The cancer can be hereditary and Jo’s adult twins Jennie Chinembiri and James Williamson both have the tumour which could be potentially malignant.
The Highlanders set off from John o’ Groats in their 22-year-old Ford Fiestas on July 7 and made it all the way to the finish line in Ulan Ude, Russia, via 16 countries including Austria, Czech Republic, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
On their return route the team drove 3500 miles to Moscow before heading through Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands, where they took a ferry from Rotterdam to England. From there they drove home to Perth. Jo said: “In Rotterdam a number of people admired the cars and two men in a beautiful Lotus Esprite donated 50 euros to the charity as well as some Swiss francs, which was very generous.”
Having raised over £30,000 before they left, the team hope to reach their target once their charity has its bank account set up.
A statement on the team’s website said: “Thank you for reading and taking an interest in our Mongolian adventure.
“We hope to have raised over £15,000 to go towards research into the faulty SDH-B gene.
“We are very grateful to everyone who has supported our fundraising.
“Unfortunately at the last moment we had to set up our own charity which is called The Phaeo and Para Cancer Charity.
“It will take a few weeks to get a charity bank account set up so if you would like to donate please do so to the new charity, which will have the facility to accept gift aid which is so important.
“Many thanks to all of you for your support and interest.” and Gordon celebrate their arrival in Perth Gordon, Richard and Jo see the sights in Berlin A man was remanded in custody until October 2 after appearing on indictment, charged with attacking two Perth prison officers.
It is alleged that on July 5, 2017, Arran Fender (32) assaulted Ross Callaghan by rushing towards him, struggling with him and repeatedly punching him on the head and body.
It is claimed that he caused him to strike his head against a wall, to his severe injury and permanent impairment.
Fender is also accused of attacking prison officer Craig Stewart by rushing towards him, struggling with him and repeatedly punching him on the head and body.
It is also alleged that he caused Mr Stewart to fall to the ground, to his severe injury and impairment.
Fender was remanded in custody meantime.