A GROUP of intrepid adventurers from York are setting off on a fundraising trip through Europe next month in car they bought for £700.

Derek Taylor, 63, of Woodthorpe, is taking part in the Screwball Rally, which goes through France, Italy and Germany over five days, with his son-in-law Quint Atkinson and grandson Wayne, plus Mr Taylor’s friend, Paul Hitching.

Mr Taylor said: “This is the first time we have done anything like this. The rules are that the car must be worth less than £750 so we have a Volvo V40 estate.

“It’s a five-day, 2,000-mile trip beginning in Calais then on to Dijon, Turin, Munich and Frankfurt. We are all raring to go.”

The team sets off on September 15 for Dover and has already raised more than £3,200 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.