Rough roads rising to 15,275ft above sea level, deserts, water crossings and 21 countries. A total of 16,651 miles in a 36-year-old BMW saloon. Yes, the adventure is as unlikely as it sounds. Many peo

I was 17, a trainee surveyor earning £5 a week. Faced with a week’s leave without much cash to spend, I decided to try hitchhiking with my mate Gordon. We started at the gates of Liverpool’s Stanley A

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Sébastien Loeb is one of the most gifted drivers who’s ever donned a race suit – and yet he can’t win the race that matters most to him, the Dakar Rally. Why not? The answer’s staring him in the face