AUTOSPORT's Glenn Freeman sacrificed his New Year celebrations to join the Dakar Rally behind the wheel of a support vehicle and follow the tortuous route. Follow his blog of the most gruelling drive of his life...

*Glenn is delivering live updates on his progress on the Dakar Rally route via Twitter. You can follow him at http://twitter.com/glenn_autosport

January 7

Today we got our closest possible test to what the competitive crews have to go through in the desert in terms of navigation.

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