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A daily record of the plans made and the decisions taken. 
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There are so many moving parts to this trip that my head is spinning. We definitely need to book hotels and trains/ferries. We need to decide if we are having a week in a villa, find out who can make it, and then book that. Then there are the cars; they all need checking to ensure they will actually make the trip before we get busy with the decorations. Then there are the drivers. Lisa and I are definitely in - barring any disasters at home. Carl is definitely in, but do

Looking through the Pre-Rally Bible, I stumbled across something called Auto-Train, a service in which your vehicle hitches a ride on a rail-based car transporter while you travel in style to your destination. The service ran from Nice to Calais, which would have been an absolute boon for our trip. Notice I used 'ran' instead of 'runs'. The service to Calais ceased in 2017, with the link to Paris ceasing in 2019. Loading the car up in Nice and then letting the train take t

Following on from The Great British Innuendo Tour , I stumbled across a map of places in Northern Ireland that we should definitely add...

These days, when you come, the beautiful sun...I get a flush of excitement thinking about our trip next year and start planning a...

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...

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...

I'm worried that Abbie will develop multiple personality disorders during our upcoming European road trip, as she must respond to six...

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...

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...

In the previous post , I discussed the different sign colours across Europe. The takeaway is that countries flip-flop between blue and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?...

As included in the name of this website, the glamorous destination for the rally is Monte Carlo (although the final destination - not ...

Jeremy Clarkson likes driving in France. He claims the French police just wave at speeding drivers, although he was driving an Aston...

Another benefit of Brexit is that we will soon need authorization to visit Europe. <slow hand clap> We must apply for ETIAS before...

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...