{"id":554,"date":"2016-02-11T20:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/?p=554"},"modified":"2025-02-05T18:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T16:03:31","slug":"adventure-hillman-imp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/adventure-hillman-imp\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventure in Africa in a Hillman Imp, with Terence Tracey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/jo-lon-imp-car.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/jo-lon-imp-car-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The car driven through Africa\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Terence Tracey and Geoff Biermann enjoy their cars.<\/p>\n<p>They specifically have quite a sweet spot in their hearts for the Hillman Imp, also known as the poor man\u2019s porsche.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They decided to drive one from Johannesburg, South Africa, the way through Africa and Europe to London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And they gave themselves a crazy deadline- travelling the 14000 km\u2019s in less than 40 days!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And what an adventurous story it is! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had a delightful morning with Terence, sitting in one of his imps from his collection, mesmerised by his adventure. \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve ever been curious about travelling in Africa and enjoy a good story and adventure, you\u2019re going to enjoy meeting Terence as much as I have- there\u2019s lots of pearls of wisdom that Terence shares along his story, so it\u2019s well worth a listen!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/jo-lon-imp-car-adventure.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/jo-lon-imp-car-adventure-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Adventure through Africa\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Terence-Tracey-Imp.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Terence-Tracey-Imp-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Terence Tracey in the Imp\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Podcasts<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Audio:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6316\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-554-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/talkpossibility\/Terence-Tracey-Hillman-Imp-Africa-Adventure-Ep139.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/talkpossibility\/Terence-Tracey-Hillman-Imp-Africa-Adventure-Ep139.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/talkpossibility\/Terence-Tracey-Hillman-Imp-Africa-Adventure-Ep139.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/talkpossibility\/Terence-Tracey-Hillman-Imp-Africa-Adventure-Ep139.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/?powerpress_pinw=554-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/talkpossibility\/Terence-Tracey-Hillman-Imp-Africa-Adventure-Ep139.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Terence-Tracey-Hillman-Imp-Africa-Adventure-Ep139.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:28:34 &#8212; 40.5MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Video:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLetsTalkPossibility%2Fvideos%2F953307521420817%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLetsTalkPossibility%2Fvideos%2F953368324748070%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>About Terence Tracey:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Terence-Tracey.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Terence-Tracey-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"Terence giving a talk\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Born into an Irish-Catholic family of seventeen children, Terence was the youngest and still is! On completing school, he entered the hospitality trade as a trainee hotel manager working in the world-famous Towers Hotel in County Kerry, Ireland and in catering establishments in Paris, where he became a serious hobby photographer and took to writing poetry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He moved to South Africa in the early eighties working for the hotel chains Southern Suns and Sun International for ten years before starting his own restaurant in Johannesburg. A few years later, he joined the First National Bank group, retiring at age fifty to return to the restaurant industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a child, Terence recalls compliments from his teachers about his ability to write well. These accolades were remarkable as he was completely un-academic and quite a disruptive pupil for the most part!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He always had a keen interest in cars and enjoyed many successes competing in historic racing events in South Africa. In his car club, he took on the responsibility for the monthly club magazine for almost ten years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>No Way Back<\/em> in his first completed book, although a previous attempt at writing has left him with a partly finished work of fiction, a project that he will soon complete. \u00a0Terence offers keynote talks about his adventure, highlighting many lessons and laughs along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Contact and Info:<\/h2>\n<p>Cell: +27 83\u00a0601 7511<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0info at scrooge dot co dot za<br \/>\nWebsite:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jolonimp.wordpress.com\/about\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/jolonimp.wordpress.com<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Bibliography:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.702.co.za\/articles\/282\/terence-tracy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.702.co.za\/articles\/282\/terence-tracy<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.timeslive.co.za\/wheeldeal\/2013\/03\/25\/this-hillman-imp-is-driving-from-joburg-to-coventry\/\">http:\/\/blogs.timeslive.co.za\/wheeldeal\/2013\/03\/25\/this-hillman-imp-is-driving-from-joburg-to-coventry\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Photo credits:<\/h2>\n<p>Images courtesy of Terence Tracey of Jolon Imp,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jolonimp.wordpress.com\/about\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/jolonimp.wordpress.com<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terence Tracey and Geoff Biermann enjoy their cars. 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