Can you beat the train???
Discussion
I was recently reading about a historic race in the 90's where a bunch of sports cars raced the Orient Express from London to Venice and it got me thinking. Could this be done again??
My initial thoughts were probably not so i started thinking about alternatives.
The longest UK train is Aberdeen to Penzance. It takes 13 hours, 27 minutes.
Google maps says, with traffic, it would take 13 hours and 7 minutes in the car.
I feel a challenge coming on.
The question is simple:
Can you beat the train?
Who wants to try?
If i get enough interest then i will look into it in more detail. Who knows, we can even arrange a celebratory drink at the end in Penznce.
This wouldn't be an official rally. More like an early Cannonball !!!
I would be doing it in my Boxster. Who's up for it and what have you got?
My initial thoughts were probably not so i started thinking about alternatives.
The longest UK train is Aberdeen to Penzance. It takes 13 hours, 27 minutes.
Google maps says, with traffic, it would take 13 hours and 7 minutes in the car.
I feel a challenge coming on.
The question is simple:
Can you beat the train?
Who wants to try?
If i get enough interest then i will look into it in more detail. Who knows, we can even arrange a celebratory drink at the end in Penznce.
This wouldn't be an official rally. More like an early Cannonball !!!
I would be doing it in my Boxster. Who's up for it and what have you got?
[quote=Wozy68]Which roads would you take though? I mean you can get to Glasgow and everywhere south from there to Devon by motorway. ...... Bit boring
But via Edinburgh is the great A7 for example.[/quote
The idea of the race is to race the train. There wouldn't be a set route. It would be up to each individual to choose their own route.
Regarding the train, I the three stopping one is 12 hours then this just makes it that bit harder
But via Edinburgh is the great A7 for example.[/quote
The idea of the race is to race the train. There wouldn't be a set route. It would be up to each individual to choose their own route.
Regarding the train, I the three stopping one is 12 hours then this just makes it that bit harder
HavIng checked with National Rail there is a direct train from Aberdeen to Penzance which departs at 08.20 on Saturdays. This is probably the one to race. Probably looking August / September time. Need to see how many people are genuinely interested? And in what car? I'm sure one of the magazines would be interested in the story?
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