Just this hour got back from France. Had a cracking time. Great driving there. Long straight smooth roads that go on forever, speed limit 85mph (130) on m/ways, quiet roads where you can actually turn on cruise control.
Just been out to check the mileage. Left my house 2 weeks ago yesterday at 5am, and to now, I have done 1633.9 miles.
We set off this morning from a village just outside Vire, Normandie, at 7am, and arrived here in Doncaster at 6:30, altogether 11.5 hours, with a few rest stops.
I enjoyed it and would do it again, if only diesel was cheaper (its 1€30 a litre there in the supermarkets but thats not a huge difference really, probably a year behind us).
And my new car is still in one piece, she's coped beautifully at about 53mpg (even fully laden with luggage on the way home) Used approx 40-45 litres of diesel on the homeward journey - about 500 miles / 800km.
Now I've got to get used to counting in miles and driving on the left again!
Just been out to check the mileage. Left my house 2 weeks ago yesterday at 5am, and to now, I have done 1633.9 miles.
We set off this morning from a village just outside Vire, Normandie, at 7am, and arrived here in Doncaster at 6:30, altogether 11.5 hours, with a few rest stops.
I enjoyed it and would do it again, if only diesel was cheaper (its 1€30 a litre there in the supermarkets but thats not a huge difference really, probably a year behind us).
And my new car is still in one piece, she's coped beautifully at about 53mpg (even fully laden with luggage on the way home)
Used approx 40-45 litres of diesel on the homeward journey - about 500 miles / 800km.Now I've got to get used to counting in miles and driving on the left again!
