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Famous coffee car stops off in Keynsham on record-breaking tour

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By BeckyFeather at 13:11 on 03/03/13

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 Becky Feather, from Keynsham People, meets Martin Bacon, inventor of the record-breaking coffee car that's currently touring the country and stopped off in Keynsham this morning
Becky Feather, from Keynsham People, meets Martin Bacon, inventor of the record-breaking coffee car that's currently touring the country and stopped off at the Co-op in Broadmead Lane in Keynsham to promote Fairtrade Fortnight this morning (thanks to Jon Craig for this picture!)
  • Becky Feather, from Keynsham People, meets Martin Bacon, inventor of the record-breaking coffee car that's currently touring the country and stopped off in Keynsham this morning
  • The 'Bean Machine' is travelling 1,600 miles on coffee gas to 37 Co-operative Stores across the UK and in the process setting a new distance record. It was in Bath yesterday and Keynsham today. Follow its progress at https://twitter.com/thecoffeecar
  • Inventor and eco-engineer Martin Bacon explains how the coffee car works - the vehicle was at the Co-op in Broadmead Lane in Keynsham today to promote Fairtrade Fortnight
  • Last month at Woodford Aerodrome, near Manchester, the Bean Machine achieved a land speed record - 65.5 mph - for a vehicle powered on coffee. Martin says that since then he reached 70mph in it on the M1
  • Staff from the Co-op in Keynsham come out to take a look at the Bean Machine which has already travelled more than 700 miles
  • Staff from the Co-op in Keynsham come out to take a look at the Bean Machine which has already travelled more than 700 miles
  • Eco-engineer Martin says that any car can run on gasification and that during the Second World War, there were more than 100,000 vehicles in the UK that ran on gasification, including cars, buses and delivery vehicles
  • The record-breaking vehicle has been in Keynsham today and is off to Wales next as it continues its tour during Fairtrade Fortnight
  • Jill Bacon, Martin's wife, promotes Fairtrade Fortnight by giving away free Co-op coffee to shopper at the Keynsham store
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