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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 2, 20252 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 1, 20252 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
96 LAKE COMO...
From what I've seen on Casino Royale, Top Gear, and Gazzetta Football Italia, Lake Como is one of the most beautiful places on the planet...
Dec 18, 20245 min read
95 MENAGGIO...
We stop over in Italy in Menaggio, a town I'd never heard of before we started planning this trip, so what do we have to look forward to...
Dec 17, 20244 min read
94 UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF DRIVING IN ITALY...
I have a feeling that Italians will be my driving spirit animals. From everything I've seen, we have the same ethos when on the road:...
Dec 16, 20246 min read
93 QUICKER THAN GOD?
I was watching an old episode of Top Gear today where Jeremy Clarkson concocted a challenge for himself to test a new car. The car was...
Dec 15, 20242 min read
91 THE ALPS...
I'm really looking forward to driving around the Alps. They are one of Europe's natural wonders and have been on my bucket list since I...
Dec 13, 20244 min read
90 UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF DRIVING IN SWITZERLAND...
We leave the Black Forest and head towards the Alps. This means driving in car-hating (according to Jeremy Clarkson) Switzerland. I'm...
Dec 12, 20245 min read
88 THE BLACK FOREST...
We leave Bastogne and push on through the Black Forest towards Freiburg. Like many locations on this trip, I've heard of the place but...
Dec 10, 20243 min read
87 FREIBERG...
We finish the first day of the rally in Freiberg, a place I've heard of because of the Bundesliga, but other than that, I'm pretty...
Dec 9, 20244 min read
86 UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF DRIVING IN GERMANY...
After leaving Namur and Bastogne, we dash across Luxembourg and drive some serious miles in Germany. I've always wanted to drive in the...
Dec 8, 20245 min read
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