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What is your longest drive in a single sitting?
I have been having a chat with a couple of people who think I am a bit mental this evening, perhaps so.
in the last 6 weeks I have driven from Manchester to inverness and then returned the same day to Manchester and then 2 weeks back did Cheshire to Aberdeen, back down to Glasgow and then back to Cheshire.
I don't mind a long drive as long as I am comfortable have a few good cd's/ipod.
I have been having a chat with a couple of people who think I am a bit mental this evening, perhaps so.
in the last 6 weeks I have driven from Manchester to inverness and then returned the same day to Manchester and then 2 weeks back did Cheshire to Aberdeen, back down to Glasgow and then back to Cheshire.
I don't mind a long drive as long as I am comfortable have a few good cd's/ipod.
I drive from Ijmuiden to the far side of Czech Republic every now and then to visit in-laws; about 660 miles.
Takes roughly 10-11 hours allowing for a fuel/pee stop once I'm in Cz, but most of it is just plain boring autobahn.
Hello Harry Potter, hello Stephen Fry...
I've also done the same trip by motorbike; it took roughly the same length of time, despite stopping more times for fuel.
Takes roughly 10-11 hours allowing for a fuel/pee stop once I'm in Cz, but most of it is just plain boring autobahn.
Hello Harry Potter, hello Stephen Fry...
I've also done the same trip by motorbike; it took roughly the same length of time, despite stopping more times for fuel.
Edited by Rubin215 on Friday 22 November 01:54
I did 768 miles from Czech to Uxbridge a couple of weeks ago, in a battered 2001 Berlingo 
We did the first 640 miles to Calais in 11 hours. Considering the rain in Dortmund and standing water around the Antwerp ring road I was pretty pleased with that! I did all the driving.
Had a couple of hours to wait at Calais then carried straight on to Uxbridge. Left at 1530 Friday afternoon, arrived at 0810 Saturday morning.
I'm doing the return leg on Sunday night...
Oh, and I did a 520 mile round trip on Sunday for fish & chips too...
We did the first 640 miles to Calais in 11 hours. Considering the rain in Dortmund and standing water around the Antwerp ring road I was pretty pleased with that! I did all the driving.
Had a couple of hours to wait at Calais then carried straight on to Uxbridge. Left at 1530 Friday afternoon, arrived at 0810 Saturday morning.
I'm doing the return leg on Sunday night...
Oh, and I did a 520 mile round trip on Sunday for fish & chips too...
Many years ago in a 1.4 escort I did just over a thousand miles in 24 hrs, North of Aberdeen to Carnoustie to pick up a pal and his daughter, there to Birmingham where we visited the National Motorcycle Museum, then to Nottingham to drop off his daughter at her mum's place, then to near Slough to pick up a bike engine, from there to Leeds to pick up a petrol tank, and up the east coast to Carnoustie to drop my pal off, I had intended to continue home but stopped there to sleep cause I was knackered.
It was a company car so my pal couldn't help with the driving.
I would NEVER attempt anything like that again.
It was a company car so my pal couldn't help with the driving.
I would NEVER attempt anything like that again.
Paris to Edinburgh via Romford some years back. I left Paris during Friday afternoon rush hour (heaving traffic) and made Romford around 11pm then headed up north and arrived around 10am after a few stops to grab some sleep.
Other than that I've done Brighton to Toulouse a couple of times. I love long car journeys.
Other than that I've done Brighton to Toulouse a couple of times. I love long car journeys.
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