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What is the longest drive you've done ?
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asahartford1
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Cherbourg to Almeria stopped for 10 mins to fill up and pee and coke.
Illegal now in Spain, plenty getting caught for drug driving.
made the mistake of doing that on the first weekend of August, thats when Paris shuts down and heads south on the dreaded three-lane roads, the verges were lined with used toilet-paper and s.t.'s . Thinned out after Biarritz, Madrid not as bad as feared but the sierra nevada was a grueller for the old van we were in, the sliding doors were a god-send though...apart from the sun-burn blisters on my feet..Cherbourg to Almeria stopped for 10 mins to fill up and pee and coke.
BlueMoonAcrossThePond
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Chicago to Houston - 15 hours plus.
mac
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Not that kind of coke , meant cola. LolIllegal now in Spain, plenty getting caught for drug driving.
mac
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After Madrid it seems to go on forever on the rd to Sierra Nevada. Beautiful though.made the mistake of doing that on the first weekend of August, thats when Paris shuts down and heads south on the dreaded three-lane roads, the verges were lined with used toilet-paper and s.t.'s . Thinned out after Biarritz, Madrid not as bad as feared but the sierra nevada was a grueller for the old van we were in, the sliding doors were a god-send though...apart from the sun-burn blisters on my feet..
Beswick Prize Bands Big Drum
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I was working in the U S based in North Carolina, I drove up to Buffalo to see my cousin who lived there, then on to Niagara Falls then back down to N C, a couple of days later I drove from N C to Key West, on the way up north I stopped off at Washington, New York and Boston, on the way down south I stopped at Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, Orlando and Miami.
Badensbluemoon
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The longest I have ever driven is 12 hours, between Waterloo all the way to Tadoussac for a camping trip with my wife before we got the kids, no way to do it now unless we drive at night time which I am not a big fun of. Still would like to drive all the way down to the Keys someday
Don't forget the Primus stove as dad brewed up in a lay by. Setting off at 4am and I Spy books.In the sixties (yawn) the 350 miles from manchester to newquay was a f'kin nightmare, 12 hours was not uncommon, usually more like ten. It was lemming-like, we knew before setting off it would be just as bad as the year before, that every town would be grid-locked, every filling station would be choc-a-bloc, queues for the bogs massive, the chaos on the exeter bypass a regular feature on the news; women drivers were still a bit uncommon so most "dads" had to do all the driving. The hotel lounge was a bit "four yorkshire men", who had the longest journey etc, those from scotland taking the mileage yellow jersey, but the south-east journeyers were in solid traffic all the way. Coach travellers generally shared the same verdict, "never again".
Speaking of which can you imagine @Bill Walker doing the verbal equivalent!
Something beginning with d
Desert
Correct your turn
Something beginning with S
Sand
Correct
and repeat for 1,000 miles
Nebuchadnezzar
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Don't forget the Primus stove as dad brewed up in a lay by. Setting off at 4am and I Spy books.
Speaking of which can you imagine @Bill Walker doing the verbal equivalent!
Something beginning with d
Desert
Correct your turn
Something beginning with S
Sand
Correct
and repeat for 1,000 miles
S was for Sheila actually