| Route
card for V8 goes East
Gordon Hesketh-Jones (Harvest Gold 1904) from Cornwall uses his V8 in a serious
way with tours overseas and has clocked up an astonishing 330,000 miles in his
chrome bumpered V8. When we heard he was planning another major trip to Greece,
Bulgaria and Romania returning through Slovakia and Germany, we thought members
would like to follow his journey with regular reports. Here Gordon provides a
summary of his route. We hope to have further reports. (27.4.05)
Preparations
for the trip | |
| Day | Stage |
Miles |
Cum Miles |
Tuesday
3rd May | Drive
from Cornwall to Dover, stay overnight at a hotel ready for an early crossing
to France. | 377 |
377 |
Wednesday
4th May | Motorway
driving to le Croset with an overnight stop |
350 |
727 |
Thursday
5th May | Motorway
driving via the Frejus Tunnel to Asti in Italy with an overnight stop. |
400 |
1,127 |
Friday
6th May | Drive
to Ancona to arrive at the port by 4.00pm for the 19 hour ferry crossing. |
249 |
1,376 |
Saturday
7th May | Arrive
Patra at 3.00pm for the start of the "Peloponnese by MG" event. |
0 |
1,376 |
Sunday
8th May | Peloponnese
by MG event | 86 |
1,462 |
Monday
9th May | Peloponnese
by MG event | 86 |
1,548 |
Tuesday
10th May | Peloponnese
by MG event | 86 |
1,634 |
Wednesday
11th May | Peloponnese
by MG event | 86 |
1,720 |
Thursday
12th May | Peloponnese
by MG event | 86 |
1,806 |
Friday
13th May | Peloponnese
by MG event | 86 |
1,892 |
Saturday
14th May | Peloponnese
by MG event | 84 |
1,976 |
Sunday
15th May | Depart
Zakinthos for the drive to Bulgaria |
327 |
2,303 |
Monday
16th May | Drive
to Sofia and then on to other places in Bulgaria |
202 |
2,505 |
Tuesday
17th May | Ditto |
200 |
2,705 |
Wednesday
18th May | Drive
to Bucharest and various places in Romania |
330 |
3,035 |
Thursday
19th May | Ditto |
300 |
3,335 |
Friday
20th May | Drive
to Budapest and other places in Hungary |
151 |
3,486 |
Saturday
21st May | Ditto |
140 |
3,626 |
Sunday
22nd May | Drive
to Bratislava and various places in Slovakia |
180 |
3,806 |
Monday
23rd May | Ditto |
180 |
3,986 |
Tuesday
24th May | Drive
to Prague and various places in the Czech Republic |
100 |
4,086 |
Wednesday
25th May | Ditto |
90 |
4,176 |
Thursday
26th May | Ditto |
90 |
4,266 |
Friday
27th May | Drive
to Erlangen to meet Alan & Eva Doyle and Kai & Claudia Knickman, V8 enthusiasts
in Germany. | 100 |
4,366 |
Saturday
28th May | Erlangen |
0 |
4,366 |
Sunday
29th May | Erlangen |
0 |
4,366 |
Monday
30th May | Drive
to Calais with an overnight stop in Belgium to meet Guis Vanden Burg. |
225 |
4,591 |
Tuesday
31st May | Ditton |
225 |
4,816 |
Wednesday
1st June | Arrive
at Calais for an early morning crossing. Then drive from Dover to Cornwall. |
57
377
| 4,873
5,250 | | . | Total
for the trip | 5.250 |
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