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I've done 500 on my motorbike. No doubt someone's doubled it.
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Southampton to Aviemore +/- 600 miles up Saturday afternoon, ski Sunday and then drove home circa 1200 mile round trip!
I once did around 850 miles on the way back from Bologna to the UK. That was just to get to the ferry terminal. We then had to go up the M2 to London before we got a nights kip.
That was on a Ducati.
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done about 740, dunfermline to knebworth and back.
A1 was closed with a 5 hr diversion, so on the way back i went M1/M6 instead, which was queued up because everyone else had the same idea.
ended up taking 23hrs, a good percentage of which was in 1st gear.
32mph average.
there are some humans who can do that on a bicycle!
Cheshire to cosenza southern Italy in 2 days 1670 miles total.
So about 800 miles in 1 day - absolutely exhausting considering I was just sat down!
S.Wales - Morzine last week. 840 miles. 16 hours
Bordeaux to Shrewsbury, with the only non drive time being on the Calais to Dover ferry. 🙁
0300 hrs: depart Alpe d'Huez, France
2000 hrs: arrive Dunoon, Scotland
1,120 miles, it was a sore one. Shared the driving with one other and ate a bit of sausage every 100km as a treat. Never again!
Orlando to Washington dc in one go.
I drove from Disneyland Paris to Nottingham, took over 14 hrs because of severe snow problems on the M1 a few yrs ago, traffic was stuck for ages.
Dont know how many miles it was though.
621km Calgary to Kamloops en route to Vancouver (a further 430km the next day), 2009, by car - I think it was a smallish Pontiac but I can't remember, it was that good. only me driving.
amazing scenery even though I didn't really get to see that much of it, too busy concentrating on not falling off the road in some of the mountain passes
return trip a few days later, Vancouver - Lake Louise 794km in one go, then Lake Louise to Calgary airport 200km the next day
better planning would have had the return flight from Vancouver & an extra night in town, but I booked the flights long before I knew where we were staying (other than 2 nights in Calgary for my sister's wedding)
Dallas, TX to Crested Butte, CO. around 98 I think. In a shitty Pontiac Grand Am.
No idea how long. Reckon it was over the thousand though?
Disneyland Paris to Sunderland. About 600 miles, with a one year old and a four year old in the back.
By ridden do we mean motorbike or bike ?
By car, Reading to Glasgow (tedious but not really that far).
Cycled, 165 miles, utterly knackered and could barely walk the next day.
Was meaning powered vehicles but human powered welcome.
Cambridge to Alpe d'huez from about 5 am to 5pm, not sure how far, I know it was about 800 miles on the french side, so probably about 1100 in total, was knackered for about 2 days afterwards.
South of Oslo - Birmingham in one go (about 26 hours all in). 1600km back with a few hours stop in Denmark due to a breakdown and 3 short ferries along the way. Longest unbroken section would be the 850km across mainland Europe from Fehmarn to Dunquerke. Epic drive....
paris to benicassim (for a festival) - 830 miles there and back in a week
s****horpe to st-jean d'aulps (morzine) - 815 miles there and back in a weekend, had come home 5 weeks prior and had to drive there and back to collect my bikes
s****horpe to alpe d'huez - 834 miles - megaavalanche 2010
Dundee to Bradford to RAF Cranwell back to Bradford in a 7.5 tonne lorry. Was L......O......N......G....... day
Cambridge to Alpe d'huez from about 5 am to 5pm, not sure how far, I know it was about 800 miles on the french side
gewt lost on the french side?
Friday evening - 400 miles = Dusseldorf to Aylesbury
Monday morning - 550 miles = Aylesbury to Frankfurt
My flight had been cancelled, so hired a car (E class on German plates), topped 250km's a few times, including once in UK 🙂
Bath - Leicester - Dover - Germany / Poland boarder and then straight back (well, u dd stop for nearly 30 mins in Poland...). Took from Friday 12:30 till Sunday 23:00 with 2 4 hour sleeps. Oh, and the whole drive was done with a glider trailer on the back so limited to absolute max of 70mph... Total distance of about 2200 miles.
Drove home from my dad's near Cahors last year. Left at about 15:00, back in Staffs before 08:00.
791 solo miles.
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If the engine was running, I did a mile a minute.
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Motorbike about 700 miles, Germany to Leeds
Car over 1,100 miles, Leeds to Palamos, Spain.
All the above had breaks for fuel and ferry/ tunnel
Gulf war, in trucks, we ran for weeks on end changing with the co-driver when you were totally exhausted. You then slept in the passenger seat or on the load (no beds in military trucks). We never stopped unless to fuel or load up and off you went again. Plenty of people falling asleep at the wheel but few accidents as not much to crash into in the desert. Most accidents were in the loading and unloading
about 800 miles from Morzine to Doncaster after a week of riding.
I nearly fell asleep at the wheel a couple of times 😯 but that was through the monotonous corn fields of northern France.
done bigger distances (over 1,000 miles) in a car when driving across America but that was sharing the driving.
When my old man moved to Wales I did three back to back runs Bham to Newquay & back. 840m in 24hrs. Luckily he was in the sticks so unloading the truck at 3am was ok.
Not very far at all compared to some of you, about 220 miles which was Forest of Dean and back. Worth it!
I've done a few 500 mile days on the motorbike, avg around 50mph so long days.
Rode Yeovil to Rammy on the road in one go 225 miles on a mtn bike with front and rear panniers weighing in at 65lbs, set off at 9am and arrived home around 2am. Previously hit 197m touring in France in a day and was a bit annoyed that i didn't cross the 200 barrier that time but there was a campsite and it was after 11pm when i stopped.
Rick.
As a passenger... 1100km (give or take a few), from Moscow to Samara (and the same to go back again). 18 hours each way in a Lada, and no motorways!
As a driver... 972km (seems more than I expected), from Bovec to Frankfurt via Ljubljana.
By human power... 100.00km (rode round the block for a warm down to make the computer click over 😉 ), from back home to Eastbourne.
I've done Liverpool to Denia, just south of Valencia, 1500 miles, in a day. I was hammering it all the way!!!
About 1050 miles in one day, 1500 in a day and a half.
It was because of 9/11. I was in San Antonio, Texas for a 2 day seminar/class on Mon & Tues. I was supposed to fly back home Wed AM, but 9/11 happened and all civilian aircraft were grounded for more than a day. Well, most people flew in, so we couldn't leave and others couldn't get there so most of us stayed for another 2 days of classes. I still couldn't even get through by phone to the airline on Thurs afternoon, so I wasn't going to be able to fly home anytime soon.
After we finished that Thursday, I got into a rental car (maybe 5 PM) and drove to Texarkana on the Texas/Arkansas state line (about 450 miles) and got a hotel room for about 4 hours. Lost one hour due to time zone change, got up, drove the 1050 miles or so home to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. Got in around midnight Friday.
well 6 weeks after i passed my driving test (when i was 18),me and my grandfather drove from devizes to edinburgh in a day (stopping off at lancaster to visit my uncle).
my grandfather was born in edinburgh (used to stay with his sister).i loved those holidays 😀
as a passenger: Hull to Barcelona, sat above the radiator on a bus. Took about 24hrs.
as a driver: not too far. Only Sheffield to Poole (UK Bike Park) and back.
as a pedal biker: around 190km. Eindhoven to Nijmegen via Utrecht
Dartford to Alps 600 miles or so
Melrose SA to Canberra 800 miles over 2 days
melbourne to adelaide 500 miles
nothing crazy
[i]I've done Liverpool to Denia, just south of Valencia, 1500 miles, in a day. I was hammering it all the way!!![/i]
Me & a mate once did from Durham to Benidorm in about 27 hrs, more or less non stop. This was straight after a summer Polaris event. He actually drove from Calais to Benidorm & I was feeding him Pro Plus tablets & Red Bull!
Farthest for me was however far it is from Montpellier to Calais, did it in 10.5 hrs.
Nice choice of car Goon.
Longest drive I've done was modest by some standards here - Peterborough to Inverness with no stops except for fuel. It was done in a 2CV with no radio though!
slainte 😳 rob
Southampton to Nice in 24h00 or better put Dieppe to Nice in 12h00.
On angela, went from my place to a small village in Savoie, I only allowed me 30 kms of motorway on the morning and the evening to the rendez voous point. Then it was in correct order:
Vallée de la tinnée, col de la Bonnette, col de Vars, col de l'Isoar, col du Lautaret, col du Galibier down to St jean la maurienne, up to le col de la Croix de Fer, col du Glandon, Allemond, le Lautaret, l'Isoar, le Vars, la cayolle, supper at St Martin d'entraune at friends and then back home through les gorges du Daluis in "I just follow the light in Front of me" mode. Took a bit more than 12h00, but we stop for both lunch and supper
752 miles to Les Prodains, just outside little engla... I mean Morzine
2 weeks ago did Dunkirk to central Sweden which was about 900 miles including some stupid detours around huge traffic jam in Germany. It was doable because it was so light in Sweden during the night.
In Australia did Perth to a mine about 250 miles east of Meekathara, that was in a Mk1 Land Cruiser towing a trailer. Took about 16hrs, that was really tough.
I driven a few times from Kirkcady in Fife to near Limoges in France in one hit. It's a bit over 1000miles.
Leaving just after the evening rush hour from Fife, the roads are almost clear. Catch an early morning ferry from Dover, still early on the French side again on empty roads. Lane discipline is far better there so easy to bash on.
A mate and I drove back from Les Gets to Hamilton and then Kirkicaldy swapping drivers. Our average speed on the trip computer was nearly 70mph. 😯
Birmingham to Lauterbrunnen for me at about 800 miles.
Had a little stop in London to pick up friends and fill up the roof box then got the midnight Dover - Dunkirk ferry then straight down through france the following morning.
500 miles just me driving, rotterdam to Denmark
890 miles sharing, missouri to denver, driving through Kansas is without doubt the most boring drive i've ever done.
Monaco to Guildford in a 1974 VW Camper was a challenging drive but that was a few years ago, more recently Guildford to Isle of Skye, overnight with a fair bit of snow north of Glasgow. Kind of enjoyed both journeys.
SDW in a day on the bike, this years effort in the poor conditions made it feel much further than it was. I didn't enjoy it.
Somewhere in the region of 1000 - not actually sure on the distance.
Barcelona to Barnsley in just under 24 hours.
That was a long day, as I was on a CBR400RR.
[i]Not very far at all compared to some of you, about 220 miles which was Forest of Dean and back. Worth it! [/i]
lol, I've cycled more than that! 😉
As for driving I think probably around 600-700. From the North West down to mid France. Absolutely goosed when I arrived. In a horrible little 1.4 Astra.
Mine was from Barcelona to somewhere near Argenton Sur Creuse - about 800km I think.
I used to go to Hungary a lot. Get off the ferry at Hook of Holland and drive through from 8am that day to get in midnight at the border, then another 3 hours on humpity bumpity Hungarian roads to Old Buda.
The N and Motorways were just amazing ribbons of tarmac and going through the Black Forest (edge of) and past Vienna through the mountains.. Just amazing.
Then there were the days I'd cart boats around Europe, leaving the ferry at St Malo and hacking down to La Roch/Lorient/Quimper/Bordeaux was the norm for a good number of years, Then there were the overnight trips to Lake Garda/Como..Then there were the riding trips over to the Dolomites then there were the trips to Florence to ride around the hills..
Over that period of time I went through 2 5 series 530d Sport Tourings, slammed 170k on one and 280k on the other within a few years, best cars by far for carrying and towing and just eating the miles up and so quiet too.. I'd average 40-50mpg which wasn't too bad considering I would be either towing boats (various sizes) or with bikes on the back/roof and slammed full of luggage.
Now I've stopped driving so far and ceased the endless ferry journeys and midnight 20min sleepathons and think a 5hr trip from Sotty/London to Harrogate is quite far and tirinig!!
Often drove to Italy, near Pisa, in a day. Leave London around 5am, Euro Tunnel and 960 miles later arrive at the Pizzeria for dinner. Now I don't need to drive the MIL I just fly. Much easier, faster and cheaper even when you factor in the hire car at the other end.
I drove from Cornwall to Denmark on Saturday and into Sunday which was about 1750km and 23 hours in the car with petrol and food stops.
[i]Leaving just after the evening rush hour from Fife,[/i]
Best comment in the thread so far..., you need to get out more mcmoonter!
Barnsley to Verbier 830 miles
I've done Glasgow to Les Arcs in 24 hours, but with regular rest stops and driver swaps. Driving that far as a single person without stops would be a bit irresponsible.
Darwin to Cairns in either one day or maybe 2? (was a long time ago) Taking it in turns between us and a knackered car which had to be kept running when we filled it up as it wouldn't start again.
Cairns to Sydney in 3 days (600-800 miles per day?)
Cape Town to J'Burg in one go (shared with mate) which was around 14 hours or so driving.
Longest in this country was South Brum up to Inverurie (near Inverness).
132 km in the Chilterns. Mind you, it was dry.
I've done a few trips around the 600 mile mark, not in the UK but in Canada, France and NewZealand.
They all involved a fair amount of either motorway or straight empty roads.
By far the most testing drive I ever did was Fort William to Skye, around Sky and back to Fort William. Its just shy of 300miles and took around 6 hours. But at the end of it I was totally shattered. Six hours on busy twisty scottish A-roads is a good way to fry your brain!
Mr Tall, Darwin to Cairns. That is effing mental.Its a fair old whack to Tennant Creek.Took me a week!
Done Geneva to Morecambe a few times none stop - about 18 hours with the ferry crossing.
Longest day was in an 18 toner - 2 am start manchester to London in the snow, picked another one up to take to Gloucester picking another driver up in Bristol on the way then another one up to Birkenhead docks to go on the ferry. Then had to hitchhike back to Manchester at 10 at night 🙁
I once drove starting off from Perth (Scotland:)) at about 5am down to Northumberland, did some field work, then to the highlands above Crieff, did some more field work, then back to Perth. It was the day Branson (many years ago) first tried to cross the Atlantic by balloon, so we decided to drive to Prestwick to see him land. We got there just as they ditched in the sea sort of the coast 🙁 Then we drove back to Perth. I can't remember the exact miles but it was near midnight when I got home. Completely knackered.
202miles (we got slightly lost) in 10hrs at Tour of Flanders is a much better way to spend a day.
Bicycle: 165 miles. 2010 Tour of Flanders sportive.
Car: 850 miles. Geneva to Manchester. Only non-driving was the tunnel. Only stops for petrol and proplus. Mazda MX-5.
I drive solo Berkshire to the Pyrenees (or the other way round), several times a year. 840 miles each way, usually takes about 13 hours including tunnel faffing.
I don't stop for anything other than fuel/toilets (and occasionally the French police if my attention wavers).
202miles (we got slightly lost) in 10hrs at Tour of Flanders is a much better way to spend a day.
How the hell did you manage to get lost with 20,000 people on the route?
Luchon to Cleethorpes, left at 07.30 got home 23.30 this Saturday.Just short of a 1000 miles.
Slovenia to London in a day. We miscalculated our finances and realised (bank holiday or something) that we didn't have enough money to last the week. In fact we only had enough money for diesel to get us home. Made it all the way from Lake Bled to Luxembourg on one tank of diesel! Then filled up on cheap diesel.
Sevenoaks to Lyon. ABout 550 miles? Couldn't manage much more than that though
Meh, a mate broke his car key in West Cumbria. Spare was in Sheffield. Cue a Cockermouth-Sheffield-Cockermouth-Sheffield trip and be back in work next morning. Near 500 miles IIRC.
Birmingham to Mayrhofen 1000 miles (slight detour for shopping) done this trip twice.
Birmingham to Zermatt 830 miles.
Birmingham to Cham 800 miles done this over 10 times.
Birmingham to several other alpine resorts 700- 800 miles (megeve, Les Gets, Morzine, Laax)
Birmingham to Orkney 600 miles.
We do lots of driving in our family...
edit: always in a day, and always the same ridiculous ferry.
Edinburgh to Eindhoven in. dunno how far that is - 700+ miles tho. BMW R110RS - just the bike for the job. 12 hrs including crossing the channel.
It did around 200 miles on a tank - 2- 3 hrs a tank full
Stop for fuel, coffee and do it again.
Did Le Havre to Marbella once in a 2.0 golf estate only stopping for petrol - about 1225 miles or so, took about 19 hours or so, felt fine whilst driving but once I got to marbella I was out like a light after 3 minutes sat on a sofa!
Regularly do Saint Malo to Puylagarde in France - 497 miles - which is far better than when I was living in Marbella - 983 miles..
Its funny now living Jersey when people complain about driving to the other side of the island!