Carolina Bailey and her son Oscar Bailey Joyce,10, are going on a trip in their Fiat 126, pictured with back-up driver (Carolina's boyfriend) Andrew Cullington.
AN AMATEUR mechanic is driving a classic car 2,500 miles across Europe in memory of her mum.
Carolina Bailey hopes to raise cash and awareness for the Mind charity by taking her Fiat 126 from her New Town home to Slovakia and back.
Accompanied by son Oscar, 10, the web officer from Essex University's Business School hopes to drive through 12 countries on her journey to a world rally in Hokovce of the classic car.
So far Carolina, 38, has raised more than £400 for Mind, a charity she chose after her mum Marie took her own life in January after suffering with Personality Disorder.
- Find out more about their planned route at their Facebook page or to donate go to Carolina's JustGiving site.
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