The mother of cycling legend Danny MacAskill has completed her own daring adventure after she drove 10,500 bone-shaking miles of the Mongolian Rally.

Anne MacAskill, 67, said she'll never moan about potholes in the UK again after driving through Eastern Europe and Asia.

She and her friend Kay Simpson, 70, finished the rally last week in their battered, green two-decade-old Renault Express.

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And the pensioner pair won a prize for being the oldest competitors on the rally in the process.

Anne, from the Isle of Skye, is the mother of Scots stunt cyclist Danny MacAskill.

Her son became famous after more than 44m people viewed his "The Ridge" video, which shows him riding across the island's Cuillin Ridge on his bike.

But Anne, who runs the Colbost Folk Museum and the Giant MacAskill museum with her husband Peter, had her own adventure when she took on the Mongol rally with Kay.

She agreed to do the rally in memory of Kay's partner Duncan Strachan, who died around three years ago.

They had planned to do the rally in celebration of their 70th birthdays, and so Anne was more than happy to help Kay realise her dream.

But she was disappointed that the pair couldn't actually get into Mongolia at the end of the rally.

Anne said: "We didn't actually get into Mongolia in the end but we got across the Kazakhstan border with Russia in around three weeks, which was quicker than we expected.

"We made our way to Ulan-Ude, Russia, which isn't far from the Mongolian border but we couldn't go further.

"Our visas still weren't valid as a result and unfortunately it meant that we just couldn't get into Mongolia.

"There must have been a change in government, or someone must have lost their job, but it turned out they wouldn't allow old cars to drive into the country anymore.

"They were going to charge about $4,000 worth of Mongolian currency if we really wanted to get in, and we just couldn't afford that.

"But, as we didn't have our visas, we wouldn't have been able to anyway.

"We still covered around 10,500 miles in the end and it was a fantastic experience."

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The pair set off on the rally from Goodwood Motor Circuit, near Chichester, on July 17, and they were awarded a prize for being the oldest competitors before they left.

After leaving the UK, Anne and Kay, known as the Gallivanting Quines, made their way through Europe to Turkey.

From there they drove to Iran, where the pair had to be accompanied by a guide as they travelled through the country.

They moved into Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, before passing into Kazakhstan at the start of August.

And Anne admits the driving conditions, and even political situations, were definitely an eye-opener.

She said: "I'll never complain about potholes in the UK again. The driving conditions in the countries we travelled through were hairy to say the least.

"I really enjoyed Turkey. However, the day before we set off for the country, we got the reports about the coup taking place.

"We were worried about the country being a bit volatile but thankfully it calmed down, and we had no bother travelling through there.

"The scenery in the hills around Ankara was absolutely stunning. It was a beautiful place to drive through.

"In Iran, there were hundreds of sleeping policemen everywhere.

"Kay was sitting in the back of the van for a lot of that part of the journey and it was pretty bumpy.

"She persevered, though she looked a bit like the Hunchback of Notre Dame by the end of it.

"We had very little trouble apart from that in Iran.

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"In Kazakhstan, the steppes cover the landscape so it was really flat with not much to see.

"There were a lot of horses everywhere though, in some ways it reminded me of home.

"Every country had its own qualities."

The pair made their way through the countries quickly in an effort to go on and win the rally.

And while they didn't have much time to do any sightseeing along the way, Anne said that wasn't a bad thing.

She added: "For me it would have been too hot to do much sightseeing.

"In the van, we had great air conditioning but as soon as you stepped outside, it just felt like you were hit by a wall of heat."

Anne and Kay soon drove into Russia where they eventually finished their rally in Ulan-Ude on August 16.

The pair sent their trusty van back to Estonia by train, where it will be transported to the UK by ship.

And now that Anne is back home on Skye, she admits that may be her last rally adventure.

She said: "I have suggested to my husband that we could do something like this in the future but I don't think he'll be persuaded.

"He was thrilled that I was doing this though and he told me that he was really proud of me.

"My children are really supportive of me as well, and Danny actually gave me a GoPro the night before we left.

"I wasn't really sure how to work it though. I tried my best to get it working so the family could see what we were up to but it didn't work out.

"It was a fantastic experience though and one that I will never forget."

Anne raised £5,015 for Cancer Research UK and Wings for Life - who raise money for spinal injury research - by doing the rally.

The Mongol Rally, which traditionally starts near London, used to finish in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar.

However, due to the costs of vehicle import taxes in the country, the rally now typically finishes in Ulan-Ude, Russia.