12-03-2019, 09:54 PM
You lot over there have those long open roads which must help a lot.
The longest trip I took was many years ago with my wife and two daughters. We left our friend's house in Aalborg, Denmark with the idea of seeing how far we got before finding a hotel for the night as our booked EuroTunnel train wasn't until the next morning. Out of Denmark into Germany, through Germany and into The Netherlands. Had a short break and off into Belgium thinking we would look for a hotel once in France however it was getting late and every hotel we tried was full so kept going to the car/rail station at Calais. Told them we were several hours early but they said if you want to go now get back in the car and drive on. The 35 minute train trip in the car through the tunnel was the longest break I had and then we were in England after midnight but still 190 miles from home and still to get round London. My wife and the kids kept chatting loudly and singing making sure I stayed awake and we made it back. Grand total of 997 miles driving taking 19 hours and 54 minutes so an average of 50 mph even with the train and other breaks.
Always regret not doing those extra 3 miles to make it the round 1000 but I will never ever try it or anything close to it again. Great family story though and the kids still remember it thirty years later.
Paul
The longest trip I took was many years ago with my wife and two daughters. We left our friend's house in Aalborg, Denmark with the idea of seeing how far we got before finding a hotel for the night as our booked EuroTunnel train wasn't until the next morning. Out of Denmark into Germany, through Germany and into The Netherlands. Had a short break and off into Belgium thinking we would look for a hotel once in France however it was getting late and every hotel we tried was full so kept going to the car/rail station at Calais. Told them we were several hours early but they said if you want to go now get back in the car and drive on. The 35 minute train trip in the car through the tunnel was the longest break I had and then we were in England after midnight but still 190 miles from home and still to get round London. My wife and the kids kept chatting loudly and singing making sure I stayed awake and we made it back. Grand total of 997 miles driving taking 19 hours and 54 minutes so an average of 50 mph even with the train and other breaks.
Always regret not doing those extra 3 miles to make it the round 1000 but I will never ever try it or anything close to it again. Great family story though and the kids still remember it thirty years later.
Paul