InghilterraMaidstone51°16’8” N 0°30’34” E
30 luglio 2017, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
....And we're off!!
Day 1, first stop Cambridge. We've calculated we'll be covering around 1500 miles in our 1988 Porsche 924s, which we have bought especially for the journey. Weeks of hard workLeggi altro
InghilterraCambridgeUniversity of Cambridge52°12’19” N 0°7’19” E
30 luglio 2017, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Made it to Cambridge! Fantastic drive, nailed the rural route 😄 Found our next possible purchase too! Loved the country roads through Essex, perfect sweeping bends 😁
Looking forward to the nextLeggi altro
Viaggiatore Great to see your adventures have got off to a good start! Looking forward to following this blog!
InghilterraDerbyshire Dales DistrictThorpe53°3’5” N 1°45’30” W
30 luglio 2017, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Destination Peak District, done! First day of the journey complete, and time for a well earned pint at the Old Dog in Thorpe. The car certainly proved her pedigree on the way, eating up the miles andLeggi altro
InghilterraDerbyshire Dales DistrictThorpe53°3’2” N 1°45’60” W
31 luglio 2017, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Barely left the B&B, and stumbled across the most impressive private collection of classic cars 😊 Beautiful examples and some great automotive memorabilia. Very inspiring 😁
InghilterraSelby DistrictBrotherton53°43’37” N 1°15’55” W
31 luglio 2017, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Quick stop between the Peaks and the North York Moors for a curry! Made it safely down the Snake Pass, accompanied by Lucy's very appropriate soundtrack of Barry White (famous for his drivingLeggi altro
Viaggiatore Appropriate footwear .... that'd be a first! Sounds like the Porsche is handling all that's thrown at her though. X
Viaggiatore The Porsche is in her element mate. A bit more power wouldn't go a miss but a bit more power would probably get me in trouble :) x
InghilterraScarborough DistrictRuswarp54°28’30” N 0°37’22” W
1 agosto 2017, Inghilterra ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Today we have hopped aboard a vintage steam train for the journey from Pickering to Whitby. Retro stations, vintage trains and a well stocked bar makes for a very enjoyable jaunt through the YorkshireLeggi altro
InghilterraScarborough DistrictGrosmontGrosmont NYMR Station54°26’12” N 0°43’29” W
1 agosto 2017, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Back on the train, chugging along home to Pickering. Whitby delivered all that was expected, tasty fish and chips, cute little cobbled streets, crab fishing on the harbor wall, 199 Abbey steps andLeggi altro
InghilterraRyedale DistrictRosedale Abbey54°22’8” N 0°54’34” W
2 agosto 2017, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
A drizzly Yorkshire day, so a cosy day indoors. We did venture outside for a walk, but the umbrella got trashed by the wind, we both got wet feet, and soon retreated home! Instead, the furthest weLeggi altro
InghilterraRyedale DistrictCropton54°17’25” N 0°50’29” W
2 agosto 2017, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
A pub with its own brewery on site. I am like a pig in ****. Time to reflect on the classic and cars of interest we saw on the first two days of our holiday. Strangely other than the ones in theLeggi altro
InghilterraAllerdale DistrictKeswick54°35’59” N 3°8’13” W
3 agosto 2017, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Wow! What a drive from Yorkshire to the Lake District! Found some great backdrops to photograph our beautiful car 😁 Knotts Road deserves a particular mention as probably the best road yet...carvedLeggi altro
