Lands End to Lowestoft on midsummers night 2014

[chalda]

We will be doing the Lands End to Lowestoft run on midsummers night, i.e. Friday 20th to Saturday 21st, 2014. If anybody plans to do likewise, please feel free to contact me. We will leave Lands End at 9:36. Car is a Mercedes 500 SEL.

[chalda]

We did it, and we did rather well. Parts of the A30 and A303 are amazing at night, and the run towards Lowestoft in dawn after having driven spirited for seven hours through the night is worth remembering. The schedule was very tough though, due to unexpected roadworks. A powerful car was clearly of help. In summary a "must".

[chalda]

Lands End, June 20th 2014, dusk


Lowestoft, June 21st 2014, dawn

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Five minutes before sunset at Land End, June 20th 2014, 21:31


Somewhere in England, June 21st 2014, 01:10


Approaching Lowestoft, June 21st 2014, 04:10

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Land's End, June 20th 2014, 21:36

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God's starting light, June 20th 2014, 21:40

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God playing dirty, June 20th 2014, 21:42

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The sun has already risen in Sydney, June 20th 2014

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The devil's work (A30), June 20th 2014

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WTF (A30)?, June 20th 2014

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Fuel stop on the M25 at Englands largest fuel station, June 21st 2014, 01:40

Edited by chalda on Thursday 21st August 20:02

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The mother of fire, it seems, is coming back - that is daylight, June 21st 2014, 03:40

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Approaching Lowestoft on the A12, June 21st 2014, 04:15

Edited by chalda on Monday 22 September 18:47

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We have finally succeeded, Lowestoft Gas Works Road, June 21st 2014, 04:36

We were totally impressed about the amount of people being at the seafront at Lowestoft, greeting the sun after the shortest night of the year, alone or with their families, many with a glass of bubbly and their cameras. An intense feeling of satisfaction overwhelmed us, I have to say.

[chalda]

Battle scars, Lowestoft Gas Works Road, June 21st 2014, 04:50. The car had been detailed before the journey...

[chalda]

Any takers in 2016?

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sunbeam alpine said:

1952km over 2 days without sleep - it can be done!

Well done! We did it in 2014 (you can see the pictures in this thread) from Dusseldorf and back. Left Friday June 20th at 8 am, crossed to Dover and drove to Land's End, left at 9:36 pm, arrived at Lowestoft more or less at dawn, drove to Canterbury for breakfast, left Dover at 11:15 am by ferry and arrived back in Dusseldorf on Saturday at 8 pm. 1482 miles in 36 hours.

Edited by chalda on Tuesday 19th April 20:45

[chalda]

The "true" route, as driven on TopGear, is A303 and M25 south. Best luck to all who do it tomorrow night. I wanted to repeat my efforts from 2014 but, post-Brexit, I'd rather stay where you want me to (i.e. out).