ferny Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I did 2211 in total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Hutchings Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Satnav's odometer started at the 'start' and stopped just off the ridgeway (about a mile from the finish) read 1938.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 For some strange reason 2378! I don`t know why so many, altho` we did have a few wrong turns :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Sat nav said 1932, car's odometer 1986. GPS thing also said we climbed 80,900 feet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne S Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Team Dove clocked up 2,190 including trip to Enfield from Lincolnshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 We did 1800 miles in the Atlas before it could go no more (includes 100 miles to the start) - I miss it already :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 2026 on the odo when we got back to the Plough, did a few diversions though including a trip to Dunnet head and diverting around the accident near Honiton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark spit Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 As we pulled into the plough, we clocked 1961 miles from the start, only half a mile of the roadbook so we must have gone wrong somewhere.......Missed out the A466 in Wales, mainly due to the worsening weather. Did all the rest though, add on 295 miles each way from Newcastle to the Plough gives 2550, more in 3 days than in most of the last ten years......Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cook1e Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 We did approx 2015 miles if we take off the mileage to and from the plough as I set mine to zero when I filled up with fuel before leaving home.We did have a couple of minor detours; - On the A1 near Stamford around the back of RAF Wittering to avoid the Traffic.- Missed the A68 Jedburgh turning at Corbridge and had to go to the next roundabout on the dual carriage way to turn araound.- Left the A9 to go to a 24 Hour Tesco for petrol at Inverness.-Went to the 1st & last house at JOG for photo's before breajkfast as we were very early.- There was the Wales section that had changed due to the bridge closure, I think this may have been slightly longer.- We took a slightly different route between Pimperne and Didcot using the A303 and then straight up the A34. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Car 19 recorded 2041 for the run itself, plus 322 to and from the start = 2,363. Just as well I extended the limited mileage......We were mostly on the official route except between Pimperne and Didcot where we detoured to avoid a military convoy and take in zig-zag hill, happily missing some of the traffic chaos in the process.Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I'm amazed how many people used a different route from pimperne to didcot.The roads in the route book are excellent,particularly the collingbourne to hungerford part and then the bit round wantage.All the cars stuck on the A34 did'nt need to be there, the only time we went near the A34 was to go under it at didcot itself.I also really liked the route from didcot to the plough very nice (bar the speed bumps).Cant say what my mileage was as I kept resetting my trip to ensure I didnt run out of fuel. :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I'll second that Alex, the route from Pimperne to Didcot was a great drive, a lot of navigating involved but worth it.It was quick too, we followed a couple of cars (who I won't name) out of pimperne but they turned off to take a 'short cut' up the A34. We got to Didcot a long time before they did!Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6DavidMK1 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 car 35 2.5 PI mileage was 1974 for the round trip from the plough and back ;D, even check the speedo reading with the sat nav, suprised the speedo read's correct, not bad for a 36 year old car :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon1630 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 car 52 we did 1981 miles in total to get round and loads of fuel but we were in a stag lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon1630 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 car 52 we did 1981 miles in total to get round and loads of fuel but we were in a stag lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B. Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 3500 miles. That is 2000 miles round britain and 750 miles each way to get there from denmark - more or less.Really good fun, hope to do it again next time.CheersNick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldmanblue Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 cos speedo packed up on the way to the start, I have worked out with maps and a measure, to 1968 miles start to finish not bad. add on 22 miles to and from, total 2012 miles, WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2500 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Nick_B. wrote:750 miles each way to get there from denmark - more or less.Bloody hell -- not that much more than the extra from Scotland ??) ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted October 9, 2008 Author Share Posted October 9, 2008 302.4lt of fuel used.33mpg.It was thrashed by me, driven by someone else who wasn't experienced at all, running with no power (I stuggled to go up hills in Dartmoor) for 1/3 of the run and has no overdrive. So... :)I didn't get a chance to hand in my reciepts to the people at the end so I hope someone has done far better than me! Book figure for the convertible is 25mpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 FernyI am sure Russell would accept a scan of the receipts if needed.CheersColin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Spitfire2500 wrote:Bloody hell -- not that much more than the extra from Scotland ??) ;DCar 20 (McJim's GT6) did in total 2750 miles to get to London, go round and go up North again ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldhabitat Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 My speedo is way out due to messing with diff ratios and tyres but sat nav recorded 2002 for the run, which takes in a couple of getting lost times by my trusty crew, 28.02 mpg, not bad for a 2.5 but she is in top mechancial condition with newly refubished carbs and a rolling run tune up before the start.Apart from some"spirited" driving by me (my team says, personally I thought it was quite calm!) we stuck to the speed limits, we were never the earlyist anywhere, nor the latest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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