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Monte Carlo or Bust rally: a 950-mile rust-bucket romp...

Take an old rust bucket, pimp it up in fancy dress and drive it nearly 1,000 miles through Europe. What could possibly go wrong?
Published 15 July 2014
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National buffoon’s carcation part 2: Dom Joly makes...

Dom Joly and his family continue their 2,000-mile adventure from the Cotswolds to Istanbul and back by Land Rover.
Published 14 April 2014
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Great Drives: The North Circular, London

COMMUTERS WHO suffer it in rush hour will laugh bitterly, but if you want to get a sense of Britain’s capital from the road there are few better...
Published 07 April 2014
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National buffoon’s carcation: Dom Joly goes to Turkey...

Sunday Times motoring columnist Dom Joly is putting his hand where his gearstick is and driving – yes, driving – to Istanbul, 2,000 miles from...
Published 07 April 2014
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Great Drives: Chase down Ronnie Biggs on the Great...

THREE YEARS ago, over a long lunch, the late train robber Bruce Reynolds told me the details of this route.
Published 02 April 2014
Great Drives: A welcome heaven in the hillside (B4391)

Great Drives: A welcome heaven in the hillside (B4391)

Cameron Diaz was furious. “You bring me all the way to north Wales for a drive — and you give me this?” She waved her hand dismissively at the...
Published 27 January 2014
Climb the giant's citadel, then escape on the general's road

Great Drives: Penrith to Haydon Bridge

The sign just outside Melmerby gets straight to the point. “Altitude 1,900ft: winter conditions can be dangerous”. So I wouldn’t suggest tackling...
Published 02 December 2013
Great Drives: Glasgow to Skye via Lochs Lomond and Ness

Great Drives: Glasgow to Skye via Lochs Lomond and...

Twisting 200 miles ’twixt glen and ben, Glasgow to the northern tip of Skye is a belter of a road route. It takes in the Highlands’ greatest hits...
Published 11 November 2013
Great Drives: Chelmsford to Brookmans Park, England

Great Drives: Chelmsford to Brookmans Park, England

The green belt outside London doesn’t only prevent the capital from engulfing southern England; it also provides a network of twisty country roads...
Published 04 November 2013