08-05-2020, 08:38 AM
We have done it three times.
Each time making a holiday of the trip up, taking a week or so.
Coming back in just under 24 hours, just for the endurance of it.
Each time taking children in a modern, the last two times the children taking over some of the driving of the Austin.
Memorable experiences, every time.
I would do the same again (if I'm spared), except that this time there would be grandchildren too.
Even the motorways had a bit of magic - we left at mid-day, which meant the night hours were on the motorway on Easter Saturday night.
As quiet as it gets. One could run for a long time on sidelights to save the battery, with no-one to see.
Midnight coming down Shap, with comet Haile-Bopp is a clear starry sky.
Dawn somewhere in Somerset, back in familiar territory.
Snow in Johno'Groats, a swim in the sea in the sunshine in Cornwall.
Each time making a holiday of the trip up, taking a week or so.
Coming back in just under 24 hours, just for the endurance of it.
Each time taking children in a modern, the last two times the children taking over some of the driving of the Austin.
Memorable experiences, every time.
I would do the same again (if I'm spared), except that this time there would be grandchildren too.
Even the motorways had a bit of magic - we left at mid-day, which meant the night hours were on the motorway on Easter Saturday night.
As quiet as it gets. One could run for a long time on sidelights to save the battery, with no-one to see.
Midnight coming down Shap, with comet Haile-Bopp is a clear starry sky.
Dawn somewhere in Somerset, back in familiar territory.
Snow in Johno'Groats, a swim in the sea in the sunshine in Cornwall.