Introducing the team (part 1)

Before the adventure begins, a brief intro to the clueless duo…

 

First up: Charlie

 

 

Full name: Charles Hallam Lloyd Vaughan-Griffith

Nickname: VG

Lookalikes: Hugh Dennis (from Mock the Week), Ben Fogle

Age: 35, looks 38

 

Strengths: Boundless enthusiasm; good engine (loves masochism triathlons); keen musician; cooks a mean spaghetti bolognese

 

Development areas: Very skinny legs; loves lycra cycling gear just a little too much; has a habit of locking himself inside his own flat (yes, inside); can't cook anything other than spaghetti bolognese.

 

Tour role: Skipper, chief navigator, trail-breaker, pace-setter and third assistant deputy sous-chef

 

Random fact: Born in Essex, he also has strong roots in Wales and Rawalpindi. Which would explain why his attempt at a Welsh accent sounds a tad Pakistani and vice versa. 

 

Favourite saying: 'Tight like a tiger' from the film Austin Powers: Goldmember (http://www.hark.com/clips/zfsxgcybfc-tight-like-a-tiger). Next time you see Charlie, ask to hear his impression.

 

High point: As best man for his mate Olly, Charlie arranged for some undercover opera singers to interrupt the wedding speeches (one of whom was dressed very saucily, in character as a fictional whipmistress who’d allegedly ‘entertained’ Olly on his stag do) before giving up the pretence and breaking out in glorious song. At which point everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

 

Low point: As best man for his mate Olly, nearly being killed by all members of the wedding party.

 

So in summary... the perfect candidate to lead a quest of this magnitude.