Mini Adventures is the brain child of Daniel Chick, owner and driver of both an old and a new Mini Cooper. Back in 1998 Daniel and his friend Alex Bassett took his brand new Mini Cooper on a trip through Europe from London, England to Bucharest in Romania. Three years later, and the pair were off again on a charity event called the Italian Job. This time, they decided to set up a web site, the interestingly named http://www.r136xoa.com/ - the registration plate of the old Mini.

The web site was a phenomenal success. The daily email updates from the car during the Italian Job event attracted comments from all over the world, and the site continued going strong for months after the event.

Since the Italian Job, another MINI has joined the fold - a new BMW MINI Cooper. New drivers have also joined the team, Alex Froom and Nick Makins, and the adventures have become a regular event, with trips to Poland, Holland, Spain and France already in place.

The web site was relaunched in April 2002 to include more features and information, and we plan to add many more features over the coming months.