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Highland Hackney
Bangers & Cash Rally 2026
Lakes & Highlands Edition • 17th – 21st September
Raised money for Ashgate Hospice
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Bangers & Cash Rally 2026
Lakes & Highlands Edition • 17th – 21st September
Raised money for Ashgate Hospice
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We took a London black cab 950 miles off its patch. Five days over the Dales, the Lakes and the Highlands on the Bangers & Cash Rally, and every penny we raised went to Ashgate Hospice.
Chesterfield → Whitby · via the Lakes & the Scottish Highlands · 17–21 Sept 2026
Awarded the Spirit of Bangers & Cash Award
The Rally
Bangers & Cash is a charity car rally: up to 45 teams in decorated old cars, covering 950 miles across two countries in five days, all raising vital funds for charity.
The 2026 rally started in Chesterfield and finished in Whitby, via the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District, the Scottish Highlands and Edinburgh, with challenges at every stop and some of the best driving roads in Britain in between.
bangersandcashrally.co.uk ↗Chesterfield → Whitby · 71 stops
Departure Day
Chesterfield → Winnats Pass → Settle → Hawes → Tan Hill Inn → Kendal
Derbyshire · Yorkshire Dales · Cumbria
Done · 13/13 stops · The Barrel House 07:58
The Lakes & Beyond
Windermere → Wrynose Pass → Hardknott Pass → Honister Pass → Keswick → Penrith → Gretna Green → Glasgow
Lake District · Dumfries & Galloway
Done · 13/13 stops · Devil of Brooklyn 23:01
Into the Highlands
Loch Lomond → Skyfall Scene → Glencoe → Loch Ness → Aviemore
Loch Lomond · Scottish Highlands · Cairngorms
Done · 20/20 stops · Macduis Speyside Inn Catering Ltd 12:33
Scotland's Finest
Braemar → Wallace Monument → Falkirk Wheel → The Kelpies → Edinburgh
Cairngorms · Scottish Capital
Done · 11/11 stops · The Banshee Labyrinth 12:33
The Final Stretch
Bamburgh Castle → Saltburn-by-the-Sea → Staithes → Whitby
Northumberland · North York Moors
Done · 14/14 stops · Marina Back Car Park 22:12
Made it. Picked up the Spirit of Bangers & Cash Award at the awards ceremony.
The Log
Posted live from the cab as we went, signal permitting.
Tap a marker to see what we were up to.
14/14 stops · 130 pts · 11 entries
11/11 stops · 70 pts · 5 entries
The Vehicle
Our 2010 London Taxi TX4. Retired from the streets of Manchester, un-retired for one last job.
She’s got more miles on the clock than most cars will ever see. But she’s still got it where it counts. A proper London black cab that took on Hardknott Pass and the Highlands, and still made it to Whitby.
Miles and counting. Mostly counting.
The Crew
Owner & Driver
Steve is the founder of Spacestar Digital with a love for cars and roadtrips with friends. He's already done the North Coast 500 and a rally around Wales, although in something a bit more reliable. At home he keeps a 1998 classic Mini Cooper in British Racing Green.
DJ & Navigation
Jonny’s experienced road trips in America and Scotland already, which meant he was qualified to take on the most important job on the trip: the playlist. As the taxi’s DJ, he took requests (as long as they were for hip-hop or country music).
Scenic Route Advisor
Luke enjoys a good road trip, questionable navigation decisions, and any excuse to drive something with character. He's usually the one suggesting the scenic route, even when it adds two hours. The taxi may still regret letting him behind the wheel.
The Fare
Every pound on this meter went straight to Ashgate Hospice, and Gift Aid put a bit extra on top. Thank you to everyone who chipped in.
Meter stopped in Whitby · all of it to the hospice, none of it to the fuel fund
79 fares · newest first
“Yeah, looks fake to me”
5 Oct 2026
“Well done guys on your run, it is for a great cause. You should be proud!”
28 Sep 2026
“Congratulations! Nan x”
27 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026
“You are utterly bonkers 😂 but I support the cause. Great achievement! I can’t believe it didn’t break down.”
24 Sep 2026
“Well done 👏”
23 Sep 2026
“Good luck, hope it goes well”
20 Sep 2026
“Well done so far and good luck for the rest of the journey!”
20 Sep 2026
“Good luck Jonathon! An amazing thing to do for a great cause 😊”
20 Sep 2026
“Keep going! Watch out for dinosaurs.”
20 Sep 2026
“Good luck Luke.”
20 Sep 2026
“All the best Stephen. Good luck”
19 Sep 2026
“Good luck!!”
18 Sep 2026
“I'm inspired by your dedication to Ashgate Hospice and proud to support this heartfelt cause alongside you.”
17 Sep 2026
17 Sep 2026
“Good luck from The Maypole pub in Long Preston”
17 Sep 2026
“Good luck X”
17 Sep 2026
“Good luck chaps and enjoy!”
17 Sep 2026
“Good luck with the journey!”
17 Sep 2026
“Good luck x”
17 Sep 2026
“Good luck guys and 🤞 the banger makes it 😁”
16 Sep 2026
“Good luck with the challenge and stay safe”
16 Sep 2026
16 Sep 2026
“Dont ring me if you break down”
16 Sep 2026
“Good luck! After 300,000 miles +, walk in park frt taxi 😁🏁...hope you guys are still going at the end.”
15 Sep 2026
“Good luck!”
14 Sep 2026
“Good luck and enjoy, love from Laura & Georgie x”
13 Sep 2026
“Good Luck Jonny and friends x”
12 Sep 2026
“Good luck Jonny and friends!”
12 Sep 2026
“Best of luck to you all on your travels!”
12 Sep 2026
“good luck”
11 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026
9 Sep 2026
“Is that a real Taxi?”
7 Sep 2026
“Good luck r kids”
7 Sep 2026
“Drive safe and good luck!”
7 Sep 2026
“Hope the journey goes well done 👏”
7 Sep 2026
6 Sep 2026
“Enjoy!!”
6 Sep 2026
6 Sep 2026
“Good luck guys! A lot of prep's gone into this so I hope it all goes well - Love Soph & Finn xxx”
5 Sep 2026
“Good luck guys. 👍”
3 Sep 2026
“Good luck Steve,Luke and Jonny. Have a great time for a great cause Love Sinead, Richard and Oscar xx”
2 Sep 2026
“I'm inspired by the incredible work of Ashgate Hospice and proud to support this cause that truly makes a difference.”
1 Sep 2026
“Great cause, good luck on the trip, fingers crossed the black cab goes the distance.”
1 Sep 2026
31 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026
“Let us know if you need picking up at any point 🤣”
26 Aug 2026
26 Aug 2026
“Good luck everyone!”
26 Aug 2026
26 Aug 2026
26 Aug 2026
“Good luck! ❤️”
25 Aug 2026
“Good luck guys, such a great cause ❤️”
25 Aug 2026
20 Aug 2026
“All the best”
19 Aug 2026
“Best of luck!”
18 Aug 2026
“Good Luck. Do you keep the meter running overnight?”
14 Aug 2026
“Good luck Steve!”
14 Aug 2026
“Pick from my house to Heathrow on the 21st please”
14 Aug 2026
“Good luck!”
12 Aug 2026
“Best of luck ☺️☺️”
10 Aug 2026
“From all the team at PLP”
10 Aug 2026
29 Jul 2026
“Amazing! Great adventure for a great case. Best of luck.”
28 Jul 2026
“I don’t have any money, is there any other way I can pay for this taxi?”
21 Jul 2026
“Best of luck everyone”
20 Jul 2026
“Good luck guys!”
17 Jul 2026
“Fantastic cause you’re raising for, best of luck guys!”
14 Jul 2026
“Good luck guys”
6 Jul 2026
“What a route! Enjoy the adventure 😊”
29 Jun 2026
“Good luck boys! 👍🏻 Laura, Matty, Sophie and Ellie 😊”
26 Jun 2026
“Good luck!”
19 Jun 2026
28 May 2026
“Good luck kidda”
27 May 2026
22 May 2026
“Nice!”
22 May 2026
“Great cause. Looking forward to keeping up to date with this!”
17 Mar 2026
“Go on the lads”
11 Mar 2026
The Cause
Ashgate Hospice provides palliative and end-of-life care free of charge to people aged 18 and over across North Derbyshire, including those living with cancer, neurological diseases, and end-stage heart, kidney and lung diseases.
Rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission for 11 consecutive years, Ashgate receives less than a third of its funding from the NHS. The rest has to be raised every year through its shops, lottery, events, and the goodwill of supporters. That's where the taxi came in.
Registered Charity No. 700636
ashgatehospice.org.uk ↗On Sky News
Sky News were allowed to film inside Ashgate for a feature on the state of end-of-life care in Britain. It follows patients, families and staff through the hospice and out into the community, and it’s a hard watch in places, but it’s worth the thirteen minutes.
It costs Ashgate £16.4 million this year to care for people across North Derbyshire. Around a third of that comes from the NHS, and the community is asked to raise the remaining £10.5 million. Hospices in England finished the last financial year with a collective deficit of £70 million, and 380 hospice beds are currently out of use across the country, some of them at Ashgate. That’s the reason we drove the taxi to Scotland.
Press Cuttings
South Yorkshire trio to tackle charity rally in London black cab
Our aim is simple: finish the rally, raise as much as we possibly can for Ashgate Hospice and give the old cab one last great send-off
Adventure of a lifetime for Swallownest friends
South Yorkshire trio to tackle 950-mile charity rally in London black cab
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The ones behind the wheel
The taxi was bought by Spacestar Digital. By day, they build beautiful websites and digital products for the likes of BP, Castrol and Mitsubishi Electric. For rally week, they were covered in mud somewhere in Scotland.
Beyond the taxi, the team paid their own way – travel, food and hotels – so every penny donated went straight to Ashgate Hospice.
spacestar.digital ↗On the Doors
Every one of these rode all 950 miles on the cab. Sponsorship closed when the wrap went on.
Thanks to every sponsor on the doors. We couldn't have done it without you.