24-03-2024, 06:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 24-03-2024, 06:17 PM by Denis Sweeney.)
Having taken part in the Centenary Eurotour in Ruby and followed that up a few weeks later with a 500 mile round trip to Moreton all in 2022, there has been bit of a growing wanderlust, and a taste for another adventure in Ruby.
The love of driving holidays is deep seated, having driven to Warsaw in Poland, in a mini back in the early seventies crossing what was then "East Germany" between Hannover and Poznan thro' much barbed wire and machine gun posts (...and that was on the American side) and the over the years visited every state in the USA including travelling Route 66, Lincoln Highway, the full length of the route one east coast and the west coast drives, plus many European driving holidays.
I toyed with the idea of the joggle and talking this over with my good lady we decided that we should do it, and as we are now both past our biblical 3 score years and ten, the sooner the better!!!
Whilst we have previously ventured to Scotland, shock and horror, we have never seen The Highlands and Ruairidh's tales were too compelling to miss out on.
In my family, I have two members with Parkinson's, one being my wife, who will be "navigator in chief" on the trip, and the other an elder brother.
So we have decided we would take the opportunity to satisfy our wanderlust and at the same time try to raise some funds for a good cause, and so I have set up a "Just Giving" site for Parkinson's UK. Unfortunately I failed to work out how to add a direct link to this post, but if you feel you wish to support this charity you can go on to the Just Giving website and search:
Denis's fundraiser for Parkinson's UK, the site will automatically come up.
Our trip is not a race, it is planned to be an enjoyable three week run, a holiday even...... to take in the scenery, we are limiting our mileage each day, the maximum single day mileage is 157 miles (assuming we don't get lost), all other days are all less than this. For the first leg we will be driving up to JoG from North Kent. The second leg down to LE and the third back to North Kent.
I attach a copy of the route we are taking on an Excel sheet attached. All hotels are booked, mainly because the hotels in the far north were already limited in their availability.
I also attach a list of spares, tools, odd and sods we will be carrying.
Any additional advice/suggestions would be most welcome, how to make a pair of pants last four days etc......
I thank you for taking time out to read the post and hope we can keep you informed of our progress
The love of driving holidays is deep seated, having driven to Warsaw in Poland, in a mini back in the early seventies crossing what was then "East Germany" between Hannover and Poznan thro' much barbed wire and machine gun posts (...and that was on the American side) and the over the years visited every state in the USA including travelling Route 66, Lincoln Highway, the full length of the route one east coast and the west coast drives, plus many European driving holidays.
I toyed with the idea of the joggle and talking this over with my good lady we decided that we should do it, and as we are now both past our biblical 3 score years and ten, the sooner the better!!!
Whilst we have previously ventured to Scotland, shock and horror, we have never seen The Highlands and Ruairidh's tales were too compelling to miss out on.
In my family, I have two members with Parkinson's, one being my wife, who will be "navigator in chief" on the trip, and the other an elder brother.
So we have decided we would take the opportunity to satisfy our wanderlust and at the same time try to raise some funds for a good cause, and so I have set up a "Just Giving" site for Parkinson's UK. Unfortunately I failed to work out how to add a direct link to this post, but if you feel you wish to support this charity you can go on to the Just Giving website and search:
Denis's fundraiser for Parkinson's UK, the site will automatically come up.
Our trip is not a race, it is planned to be an enjoyable three week run, a holiday even...... to take in the scenery, we are limiting our mileage each day, the maximum single day mileage is 157 miles (assuming we don't get lost), all other days are all less than this. For the first leg we will be driving up to JoG from North Kent. The second leg down to LE and the third back to North Kent.
I attach a copy of the route we are taking on an Excel sheet attached. All hotels are booked, mainly because the hotels in the far north were already limited in their availability.
I also attach a list of spares, tools, odd and sods we will be carrying.
Any additional advice/suggestions would be most welcome, how to make a pair of pants last four days etc......
I thank you for taking time out to read the post and hope we can keep you informed of our progress
