What's Chiltern Railways' boss Adrian Shooter up to today?

Chiltern Railways' chairman Adran Shooter and his wife Barbara have set off today to drive to Paris. Nothing special about that, you might say - except that they're in Adrian's 1930 Ford Model A and they've just set off from Beijing at the start of the gruelling 36-day Peking to Paris car rally!

With Adrian as driver and chief mechanic - and Barbara as navigator - they are raising funds for the Ponheary Ly Foundation, which helps provide education for some of the poorest, disenfrachised children in Cambodia. One of the schools supported by the Foundation is the Koh Ker School (below), set in the middle of landmine fields left behind by the Khmer Rouge. Adrian and Barbara have already secured donations of more than $3000 towards this valuable cause, and you can donate by going to http://www.firstgiving.com/shooterspekingtoparis.

You can follow their progress in the rally on Barbara's blog at http://barbarashooter.blogspot.com/ (as far as internet access along the way permits) - and track them live by satellite at  http://livetrack.skytag-gps.co.uk/login_action.html?user=pekingparis&passw=skytag&action=login&skip_auto=1&lang=en  . Click 'refresh screen' if the map doesn't appear. Select Car No. 029 from the list and see where they are right now!