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148 NORTHERN IRELAND ROAD TRIP: A JOURNEY THROUGH GIGGLE-WORTHY GEOGRAPHY...
Following on from The Great British Innuendo Tour , I stumbled across a map of places in Northern Ireland that we should definitely add...
Sep 203 min read
146 ON DAYS LIKE THESE...
These days, when you come, the beautiful sun...I get a flush of excitement thinking about our trip next year and start planning a...
Jul 231 min read
142 FROM AUTOSTRADA TO ULTRAS...
What better way to spend an afternoon on a rally across Europe than at an, erm, football match?! As part of the route we visit Menaggio...
May 132 min read
136 THIS IS A HOLD UP…
With a heavy heart, I must announce that our jaunt across Europe has been put on hold until next year. There are many reasons, but...
Mar 152 min read
135 THE GREAT EUROPEAN PETROL PUZZLE...
I'm worried that Abbie will develop multiple personality disorders during our upcoming European road trip, as she must respond to six...
Feb 112 min read
131 THE GREAT BRITISH INNUENDO TOUR: A JOURNEY THROUGH BRITAIN'S MOST AWKWARDLY NAMED PLACES...
I may have stumbled across our next road trip. Hot on the heels of our plan to race across Britain to prove the Abarths are quicker than...
Jan 262 min read
127 FINE...
There is no suggestion that we will speed up when completing the rally. Still, it is better to be prepared, so I researched how much the...
Jan 212 min read
125 COLOUR CODING IDENTITY CRISIS...
In the previous post , I discussed the different sign colours across Europe. The takeaway is that countries flip-flop between blue and...
Jan 192 min read
124 A COLOURFUL GUIDE TO GETTING LOST...
In the second in the series of 'Weird Stuff The Europeans Do To Their Road Signs' - I know, riveting, right? - we learn that not only do...
Jan 182 min read
108 BIT OF A BIP...
As my last blog post mentioned, there are many toll roads in Europe and many ways to pay. My outlaws confirmed that they used the Bip&Go...
Jan 22 min read
107 TAKING IT'S TOLL...
A thought occurred to me the other day: What is the score with toll roads in Europe? I've mentioned that certain countries employ tolls...
Jan 12 min read
106 BADGE OF HONOUR FOR YOUR EMISSIONS...
Hot on the heels of finding out that we need to pay for ETIAS, it now seems the French want a few Euros from us, too. The Crit'Air...
Dec 30, 20242 min read
104 NICE...
Nice, pronounced Nice, not nice, is a stunning city on the Med and the final destination for the Bust Rally. But what do we know about...
Dec 28, 20243 min read
103 CIRCUIT DE MONACO...
You cannot travel 1,200 miles in a hot hatch to Monaco and not have a blast around one of the world's most famous Formula 1 tracks, right?...
Dec 27, 20242 min read
102 MONTE CARLO...
As included in the name of this website, the glamorous destination for the rally is Monte Carlo (although the final destination - not ...
Dec 24, 20242 min read
101 UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF DRIVING IN FRANCE...
Jeremy Clarkson likes driving in France. He claims the French police just wave at speeding drivers, although he was driving an Aston...
Dec 23, 20244 min read
100 EUROPEAN BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING - AND YOU ARE PAYING...
Another benefit of Brexit is that we will soon need authorization to visit Europe. <slow hand clap> We must apply for ETIAS before...
Dec 22, 20242 min read
99 TOP GEAR + COMO + ALFA + JETSKI + RACE...
I've been binge-watching old Top Gear episodes as I've been off work with the plague. I caught up with Series 21, Episode 2, which...
Dec 21, 20242 min read
97 MONZA CIRCUIT
After leaving Menaggio, we can stop at one of the world's oldest and most iconic race circuits before we dash to the Cote de Azure. ...
Dec 19, 20243 min read
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