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The road to Timbuktu
1:07pm Friday 23rd November 2007
AN ADVENTURER from Poole has hit the road on a marathon journey to Timbuktu - in a lorry powered by chocolate.
John Grimshaw, 39, and fellow explorer Andy Pag boarded a ferry from Poole at the start of their 4,500-mile drive across the Sahara in a Ford Iveco Cargo lorry, powered by fuel that began life as chocolate.
Both travellers are keen environmentalists aiming to raise awareness of the benefits of bio-diesel, which produces lower carbon emissions than fossil fuels and is made from renewable resources.
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CHOCS AWAY: Andy Pag (right) and John Grimshaw, who are driving a lorry powered by biodiesel made from waste chocolate to Timbuktu
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