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Manchester to Cannes in one day 1050+ miles, thanks god for air con!
On the same trip, Nurburgring to Aberdeenshire in my old M3, 960 miles with just toilet, fuel and food stops. Left the 'ring hotel at 5am home by 10pm. Just me, no other drivers or passengers...
A much better option than the slow overnight ferry to Newcastle!
Also did the North 500 on summer solstice, from Aberdeen, around 580 miles in one day.
Done London to Aberdeen many times, 600 miles-ish.
Love a good road trip.
On the same trip, Nurburgring to Aberdeenshire in my old M3, 960 miles with just toilet, fuel and food stops. Left the 'ring hotel at 5am home by 10pm. Just me, no other drivers or passengers...
A much better option than the slow overnight ferry to Newcastle!
Also did the North 500 on summer solstice, from Aberdeen, around 580 miles in one day.
Done London to Aberdeen many times, 600 miles-ish.
Love a good road trip.
Edited by scz4 on Tuesday 6th December 14:03
I did 920km or so last summer in Land Rover Discovery3 TDV6 from Espoo (Finland) up to Lapland, only the first 160km or so on motorways. It took 10 hours...
I've also done London (Bayswater) to Salerno (southern Italy) in an old VW Golf diesel (not a turbo diesel) with a friend. 24 hrs non stop (save for the ferry).
Half a day is usually enough...
I've also done London (Bayswater) to Salerno (southern Italy) in an old VW Golf diesel (not a turbo diesel) with a friend. 24 hrs non stop (save for the ferry).
Half a day is usually enough...
A few years ago I lived in Almeria. We left at 6am one morning, getting to Caen on the French coast at 8pm the next night, towing a caravan and driving a Disco 300TDi. About 1500 miles, taking in Bordeaux on the (wrong) way. The (ex)wife was pregnant at the time and had had enough, begging me to take a break!
In my twenties I toured France on a VFR750, doing 450-500 miles per day.
In my twenties I toured France on a VFR750, doing 450-500 miles per day.
Halmyre said:
I once drove to a job to do a software update, arrived on-site and discovered I'd left the software at base. Luckily it wasn't a critical issue so we joked about it, I had lunch and went home. So that was me paid to drive for eight hours free of all other calls on my time. And of course I got a return trip a few days later. 
Not all driving, but once drove from the Midands, down to Heathrow, flew out to Istanbul, 2 nights in a hotel, all to replace a Breakglass on a Callpoint on one of our customers offices...... after the local engineer told us there was a serious fault with the system, and no the breakglass had definitely not been pressed!!!!! ££££'s.Longest single drive, Malvern to Lairg / Loch Shin in the Highlands, 500 miles, one stop to refuel and a quick toilet break, Gretna Services I think. 3am start, 8 or 9hrs, had to be back for friends wedding at 12!!!! Good old '99 Mondeo Zetec Diesel
Edited by JCWbeast on Tuesday 6th December 14:27
Have done 1,250 miles without sleep but that was with 3 sharing the driving duties and involved taking 2 ferries (1,250 miles are just the road miles).
My longest and proudest solo trip is just a little over 800 miles. Was living in the US and got up one Sat morning and went for a solo drive in my crappy yet lovable 1.8l jap auto rental. Drove almost nonstop for 13 hours, initially heading north on the freeway for about 400 miles and came back via some outback towns. One of the fondest days driving I have ever done, nice weather, great tunes, amazing sights.
My longest and proudest solo trip is just a little over 800 miles. Was living in the US and got up one Sat morning and went for a solo drive in my crappy yet lovable 1.8l jap auto rental. Drove almost nonstop for 13 hours, initially heading north on the freeway for about 400 miles and came back via some outback towns. One of the fondest days driving I have ever done, nice weather, great tunes, amazing sights.
Edited by acer12 on Tuesday 6th December 14:32
porkercurtis said:
Whitstable to Edinburgh, about 450 miles, in a clapped-out Ford Transit Luton. Top speed = circa 65mph.
Not an experience I'd care to repeat any time soon/ever, although I wouldn't mind doing it again in something comfortable and quick.
Six return trips from the Welsh borders to the M25 in six days, in a shagged, decade-old rented Luton Transit. Loading at one end, then unloading at the other on top. Roughly 2,000 miles, including £90 of diesel at the same filling station at the same time every morning.Not an experience I'd care to repeat any time soon/ever, although I wouldn't mind doing it again in something comfortable and quick.
THAT was a "never again!"...
porkercurtis said:
Whitstable to Edinburgh, about 450 miles, in a clapped-out Ford Transit Luton. Top speed = circa 65mph.
I recall a trip from Aberdeen to West Brom and back, six-up in a diesel Nissan Serena. As I recall those things had a pathetic 65bhp or so and were dangerously slow and unwieldy even when empty. Full of people and luggage, positively lethal.Not fun.
I have done Sydenham, London to Stockholm, via Gummersbach (Germany) and Ljungby with my wife and I drove all the way, just stopping for the ferry and fuel, toilet and food.
I can't recall the total mileage but have just thrown it in to tomtom maps and it suggests about 1324 miles. All I do remember is that we left at 2am and didn't reach our final destination until evening.
We then drove home a week later but we shared the driving
I would do it again but would have some proper breaks as I can't push myself so much nowadays
(getting old)
I can't recall the total mileage but have just thrown it in to tomtom maps and it suggests about 1324 miles. All I do remember is that we left at 2am and didn't reach our final destination until evening.
We then drove home a week later but we shared the driving
I would do it again but would have some proper breaks as I can't push myself so much nowadays
(getting old) 
1,300 kilometres. Victoria Falls to Windhoek. Caprivi Strip ranking as one of the places in the world I hope to never visit again. Cattle, elephants, a pride of Lion, a blow out, gravel road limiting you to 80km/h, bent rims, a cracked windscreen.
In Europe on lovely roads, Hamburg to London in winter 2014. Around 900kms and I stopped once to pee outside Paris. That was a journey fueled by a variety of snack products.
In Europe on lovely roads, Hamburg to London in winter 2014. Around 900kms and I stopped once to pee outside Paris. That was a journey fueled by a variety of snack products.
760 miles from the south side of the French Alps to the west side of Paris in a 1970 Triumph Herald 13/60 convertible. Had to stop just over half way to re-torque two of the rocker shaft bolts that had worked loose and were causng the tappets to rattle like stones in a tin can. Took 21 hours in all. Girlfriends uncle had to carry me from the car when we arrived. Happy days....
Sometime in the 1970's - Interlaken to mid-way between Paris & Boulogne in a MK 2 1300cc Ford Fiesta. En-route got lost in a very dodgy suburb of Paris & unable to find accommodation pressed on to some long forgotten town. Was shattered & wife in tears given the scary time in Paris. Remember we had a lovely evening meal & slept well.
Dad would do Dover to near Geneva in one go & that in 1950 Hillmans.
Dad would do Dover to near Geneva in one go & that in 1950 Hillmans.
Litchfied to the west coast of italy in one hit only for fuel ~1800 miles, left at 2am was there just as the camp site shut the barriers at 10pm, roof off the whole way in an MGF, never get away with that sort of speed these days lol (Circa 2001)..and no HGF in sight!
Love that car ***goes of hunting for photos of that trip ***
Did a similar thing in 1999 on honeymoon in a Rover 214si Litchfield to Alvor in Portugal, at least that one we had an over night in Le Mans for that one 😂, at least in the VX220 you could only run an hour at a time as the tank was so small so the return trip in that meant it actually took longer haha
Once kids are older we will have some longer Euro road trips, mid France is the limit for them at the moment
Love that car ***goes of hunting for photos of that trip ***
Did a similar thing in 1999 on honeymoon in a Rover 214si Litchfield to Alvor in Portugal, at least that one we had an over night in Le Mans for that one 😂, at least in the VX220 you could only run an hour at a time as the tank was so small so the return trip in that meant it actually took longer haha
Once kids are older we will have some longer Euro road trips, mid France is the limit for them at the moment
I`ve done some crazy driving duties during my time in a rally team,late 80`s to early 90`s.
One that sticks in my mind was returning from the 1992 Rallye Du Rouergue in the Midi Pyrenees.I drove from Rodez to Calais,only stops was fuel,food and toilet.I was driving an old Bedford van towing a trailer and rally car,max speed 60 mph(down a hill).We left in the afternoon and got to Calais about mid morning next day!!must have been over 650 miles ?.
Had a rest on the ferry and then drove to our base in the UK,another 150 miles.
So,800+ miles in 24 hours with just a "rest" on the ferry.We were nutters in those days.
One that sticks in my mind was returning from the 1992 Rallye Du Rouergue in the Midi Pyrenees.I drove from Rodez to Calais,only stops was fuel,food and toilet.I was driving an old Bedford van towing a trailer and rally car,max speed 60 mph(down a hill).We left in the afternoon and got to Calais about mid morning next day!!must have been over 650 miles ?.
Had a rest on the ferry and then drove to our base in the UK,another 150 miles.
So,800+ miles in 24 hours with just a "rest" on the ferry.We were nutters in those days.
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