Patrick Colquhoun – who is the son of Sir Malcolm Colquhoun, the ninth Baronet of Luss – and fellow adventurer Anthony Millet were two thirds of the way through the rally in a remote area of the country when their car caught fire and disintegrated.

The pair - who called their team Team Mongolf - had already travelled through Europe and had just driven through Turkey and Iran when the incident happened.

Speaking of their lucky escape, Patrick told the Reporter: “My co-driver Anthony was driving at the time and he hit a bump on the road which must have severed the fuel line and caused a spark which caused the car to go on fire.

“Literally within ten seconds the car was fully on fire and we just jumped out and grabbed everything we could and came out with a few possessions including passports and one of our wallets but unfortunately we didn’t get the other.

“It was like something out of the movies but without the big explosion at the end, the car just burned out.” Patrick said he and Anthony were lucky that the car stayed upright otherwise the pair could have become trapped in the burning vehicle, leading to far more serious consequences.

The Mongol Rally, regarded as one of ‘the greatest motoring adventure on the planet’, thunders 10,000 miles across the mountains, desert and steppe of Europe and Asia each summer. There are only three rules to entry: contestants can only take a ‘farcically small’ vehicle, they’re completely on their own, and they have to raise £1,000 for charity.

More than a year ago Patrick and Anthony decided to enter the rally and they purchased 19 year old Porsche 411, fondly named Shirley, for £4,500.

Since the crash, the pair have subsequently made their way back to the UK, but not before building a nine-hole golf course in Turkmenistan.

To add to the adventure, the two keen golfers decided they would play golf along the way as they were attempting to drive to Mongolia and Russia.

The idea resulted in a list of 18 golf courses, except in Turkmenistan where there wasn’t one – so they built their own nine-hole course at Derweze Gas Crater.

The duo were fundraising through the rally for the Broomwood School for vulnerable and underprivileged children in Ethiopia, which Patrick’s family helped to set up.

Through their Justgiving page the pair managed to raise more than £25,000. Anybody who wished to donate can visit www.justgiving.com/teammongolf.