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[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] They made it! Alan and Pat Braithwaite completed the Trans-India Challenge today, arriving at the Goonj office in Mumbai to be welcomed by the NGO’s founder Anshu Gupta. In just over a month, Alan and Pat drove their amazing Morgan 3 Wheeler, Queen Bee, from Mumbai …

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[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] After being dramatically sidelined with transmission problems near the end of Leg 1 of the Trans-India Challenge, Queen Bee – Alan and Pat Braithwaite’s Morgan 3 Wheeler – was transported to Kolkata for repairs. After several days of struggle and customs debacles, new parts were fitted …

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[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Alan and pat Braithwaite’s Morgan 3 Wheeler, Queen Bee, temporarily lost her buzz just 40 km from the end of Leg 1 of the Trans-India Challenge when her transmission failed. While disappointing and frustrating, the setback is far from terminal and the car has been sent …

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[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Alan and Pat Braithwaite share their amazing experiences from their first day of their Trans-India Challenge, travelling from Mumbai to Pune. It started with a suprise visit from the Royal Enfields of Royal Hearted Riders, much to Alan’s delight, who escorted them through the city. The …

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[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Our first full day in Mumbai involved seven and a half hours of negotiations with customs officials at the Port of Mumbai to extract the Trans-India Challenge Morgan 3 Wheeler from their clutches. Then Alan had to do what he’d sworn not to – drive the …

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