How far have you travelled in 1 car journey?
21 March 2008, 11:06 AM
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drivin all over the uk
biggest ones prob north germany to newcastle via dover
germany to slovenia...best part of 2 days
a classic squadie one........convoy in a clapped out army bedford to poland , top speed 40km...if ur lucky...total nightmare lol
greece into kosova was also a killer.
biggest ones prob north germany to newcastle via dover
germany to slovenia...best part of 2 days
a classic squadie one........convoy in a clapped out army bedford to poland , top speed 40km...if ur lucky...total nightmare lol
greece into kosova was also a killer.
21 March 2008, 11:15 AM
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Bedfordshire to the South of France, 4 adults 3 kids and all the luggage
in my trusty Vauxhall Carlton, mind you that was back in 1988 Left home Midday Friday and got there Midday Saturday.
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in my trusty Vauxhall Carlton, mind you that was back in 1988 Left home Midday Friday and got there Midday Saturday.Cheers
Colin
21 March 2008, 11:31 AM
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Most memorable was leaving the Bol D'Or 24 hr race @ 16:30 on a sunday afternoon and back up to Calais except we missed the turning and ended up going via Paris ( 
) arrived Eurotunnel @ 02:30 but no trains running so we had to wait until 4:30 and eventually got home about 6:30 and scared the wife who hadn't been expecting me for another day LOL. About 750 miles all in on a GSXR750
Being a courier done a number of "road-trips" over time.
London to Glasgow & back in 10 hours (Granada Scorpio 4x4)
London to Strasbourg, Maastricht & back to London - left London 7pm and had delivered both packages by 08:00 the next morning
London to Edinburgh by Nottingham & Newcastle and back to London one Sunday. Took the woman who is now my wife, rang her up and said "Coming to Nottingham, fancy having a drink in Edinburgh this evening?" - such a romantic me!
) arrived Eurotunnel @ 02:30 but no trains running so we had to wait until 4:30 and eventually got home about 6:30 and scared the wife who hadn't been expecting me for another day LOL. About 750 miles all in on a GSXR750Being a courier done a number of "road-trips" over time.
London to Glasgow & back in 10 hours (Granada Scorpio 4x4)
London to Strasbourg, Maastricht & back to London - left London 7pm and had delivered both packages by 08:00 the next morning
London to Edinburgh by Nottingham & Newcastle and back to London one Sunday. Took the woman who is now my wife, rang her up and said "Coming to Nottingham, fancy having a drink in Edinburgh this evening?" - such a romantic me!
22 March 2008, 06:48 PM
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St. Malo to Orange, about 1,000Km, several times in 3 different Scoobies. No problems. Done thousands of miles on French motorways & autoroutes, the only problems I've had is numb-bum-itis, a crow in through the lower grill @ 120MPH, and skid marks in my boxers from when a tyre on an HGV I was about to over-take delaminated, and the whole tread bounced OVER my car.
22 March 2008, 10:42 PM
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would it not be more than 550 miles? as it took 500 miles from me to get from where i live(100 miles north of aberdeen) to Blackburn. aberdeen to edinburgh is about 160 miles and it was over 250 miles from edin to blackburn. maybe 550 is how the bird flies or have you done it before?
Think it's 550, did it a few years ago in my old Mazda 626. Try Google for directions, this should give the road mileage.
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23 March 2008, 03:22 AM
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A while back I had to go to a computer conference in Glasgow, drove up from Milton Keynes to Glasgow and then hopped over to Edingburugh for a night out... not doing that again.
24 March 2008, 10:38 AM
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Just remembering that for a silly "initiative test" that I once did, I hitch-hiked from Chichester to London to Glasgow via Liverpool then across to Edinburgh, Berwick-upon-tweed, Newcastle, Hexham & back down to London - took me just under 36 hours or so
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24 March 2008, 01:16 PM
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San Remo, Italy to Bridgend, wales, 2001 in a daihatsu 4trak, used 7 tanks of fuel down (we used the air con constantly) but only 4 tanks home (no air con)
24 March 2008, 01:24 PM
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i was based in osnabruck germany for nearly 4 years and used to drive back at least twice a month in my escort 1.3 pop plus 4 speed . about 1500 miles round trip . with 3 other squaddies and luggage great fun ,very tiring
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