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[alan 869]

Hook of Holland to Linköping Sweden in one go. Fuel stops and 2 hamburgers. Left Hook of Holland 8.30am and was home 2.30am. In November 2010 in a Lightweight Landrover without any rubber seals in the doors. My right leg was solid ice by the time I got home. 718 miles.

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[Penman]

Hi
I suppose that what vehicle you used and how long ago it was, does have some bearing on the matter.
I did Guildford to Burnley back in 1959 in a '34 Austin 10/4 while still sporting my L plates.
Then 3 or 4 years ago I did Accrington-Fort William-Dungeon Ghyll- Llanberis-Accrington in about 36 hrs,in a Trannie minibus, but I was able to rest while my passengers were tackling the 3 peaks 24hr challenge.
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Any 2 from:-
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[Riley Blue]

I once navigated for a charity challenge to drive through all the mainland counties of England, Scotland and Wales in the shortest distance. We started on the Cornwall/Devon border and finished, after zig-zagging up through England and Wales, in Scotland somewhere near Tomintoul.
I no longer have all my maps or route (this was before the days of satnav) but it was a very long way!

[Roger-hatchy]

[Brian M]

In 2012 I took my Amazon and Safari caravan to Sweden and on the second day covered 525 miles in the day, and on other classic events have done Donnington and Gaydon in a day, well over 300miles in the day.

But as a much younger person, in 1978-9 I was the Manager of a plant rental company with depots all over the UK. I had a meeting in Newcastle at 10.00am so left Essex at 04.30 in my trusty Mark 2 Granada. Just arrived at my destination when I was informed that our flagship machine had broken a hydraulic pump on its way to a hire location for a new and potentially very important customer. There was the correct pump in the Newcastle Depot but it needed new seals and these were available at the manufacturers in Blackpool who could fit and test the pump while I waited for about 30 minutes.

The machine was in Totnes Devon, and in a moment of madness decided I could do the delivery quicker than couriers. This was before the roads became covered in speed cameras and so 90-100 mph cruising was much easier.

Delivered the pump and set off for home. As I was approaching Leigh-on-Sea at around midnight my trip mileage for the day was 995 miles, so Yes, I detoured towards Chelmsford to cover 1002 miles in the day.
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Brian
1970 Volvo Amazon and 1978 Safari 15-4 Caravan
Classic Safari Forum: www.classicsafaris.co.uk

[roverdriver]

1975, driving a 1928 Model A Ford, carrying wife and two children and towing a loaded trailer, drove 400 to 450 miles a day heading in the one direction- West. Took about 6 days to get from Melbourne to Perth, about 2,500 miles. Returned over a slightly different route, but still had the 248 miles of unsealed road over the Nullarbor Plane.

Following year spent another several days going North, Melbourne to Cairns- about the same distance.

Both great trips in a great car.
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Dane- roverdriver but not a Viking.

[Scotty]

[emmerson]

I used to drive from Cardiff to Newcastle, service five lorries, then drive back home in the same day. 600 miles and a day's work in about 18 hours. Mind you, I was forty years younger then.
Neither Herself nor I can travel huge distances any more, but ten years ago, I got the ferry date wrong and left us only one day to tow the caravan from Saumur in western France to Dunkirk, about 450 miles if I remember right, with only two stops for fuel.
Now, 150 miles a day is enough
We were with BrianM when he did his marathon in Sweden, but we didn't do the same trip! We took the easy way, across the Oresund bridge. Now that is an experience never to be forgotten!