A couple have set out to travel from Oxford, England to Oxford
New Zealand in a 1954 Morris Oxford. They expect their mammoth
journey to take nearly a year and are hoping to raise money for
the Red Cross. Joanne Bowlt, 34, and Tim Nicholson, 36, met while they were
students in Oxford in the 1990s. Joanne, a former Queen’s
JCR President, studied PPE and Tim was at Oxford Brookes. After seeing publicity for the Morris Oxford’s 50th
birthday, the pair decided to journey from the city in which they
first met, to its eponymous New Zealand counterpart, in the small
old-fashioned car. They set off from Oxford on 5 May and hope to
arrive in New Zealand early in 2005. Cherwell caught up with them
in Marrakech, Morocco. They will now travel via Africa, India,
Asia, Australia and finally onto New Zealand. They have 10,000 miles to cover and their small black car,
which they call Florence, can reach a maximum of 65mph. And when
they finally arrive at their destination? “After a good
rest,” said Tim, “and a drive around New Zealand, we
plan to drive home!”ARCHIVE: 4th week TT 2004
Oxford to Oxford in an Oxford
