What is the longest drive you've done ?

[A57 the snake]

Glossop to Mottram roundabout… 9 hrs or that what it feels like.

 

[Bill Walker]

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

LMAO, think I'll cancel the trip now I think about it.

Glossop to Mottram roundabout… 9 hrs or that what it feels like.

Is Mottram junction still jammed every day ?

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

In the UK, probably the North East Coast of Scotland to Bristol.

 

[A57 the snake]

LMAO, think I'll cancel the trip now I think about it.

Is Mottram junction still jammed every day ?

Yes mate …absolute nightmare Bill every day no matter of what time morning or afternoon it’s the Glossop slog in or out .Yet they just build houses and more houses .

 

[chaddblue]

Paris Euro Disney to Manchester

 

[Bill Walker]

Yes mate …absolute nightmare Bill every day no matter of what time morning or afternoon it’s the Glossop slog in or out .Yet they just build houses and more houses .

I lived in Glossop for 2 years in the late 70s, worked in Hyde, it was a nightmare back then and there was talk of a flyover over Mottram

 

[Banshee]

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".

Reminds me of our overnight trip to Newquay in the mid 70's. Going camping for the first time. 4 adults and 5 kids and all the equipment we didnt need, seats out of our Mini for the women to sit on, cushions for us kids to lie on, all packed into a transit van. Awful journey.

 

[idahoblues]

I remember three of us driving down to Cheddar in Somerset in a mini, must have been about 82’ish. We bought about twenty gallons of cider and some great cheese. We went to some pubs and spent the night in the mini, all three of us, plus the cider. Woke up in the morning with a cop car parked next to us and a couple of very happy looking coppers in it, watching our discomfort. One of my mates had puked out the window, it was not pretty, we were told by the cops to go home (northants) and they weren’t going to mess with us, figured we’d suffered enough. That was a long drive home

 

[Bill Walker]

I remember three of us driving down to Cheddar in Somerset in a mini, must have been about 82’ish. We bought about twenty gallons of cider and some great cheese. We went to some pubs and spent the night in the mini, all three of us, plus the cider. Woke up in the morning with a cop car parked next to us and a couple of very happy looking coppers in it, watching our discomfort. One of my mates had puked out the window, it was not pretty, we were told by the cops to go home (northants) and they weren’t going to mess with us, figured we’d suffered enough. That was a long drive home

Threesome ?

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Drive from John O’Groats to Prestwich in a day. 500 miles in a Renault Kangoo with two kids, a wife and a load of camping gear.