Day 19 started off in Hunstanton and it was another beautiful day for driving, especially through the leafy lanes of Norfolk. It was a quiet morning on the road along the A134 to Thetford with very little traffic. Lavinia, Harry and Paul later drove through Bury St. Edmunds and onto Sudbury, stopping to meet Martin from the TOC at Hennessey’s […]
It was an early start for Day 18 of Lavinia’s Road Trip for Reclaim Life. Lavinia, Harry and Paul were on the road by 6.20am to leave Scarborough and head down to Hunstanton in Norfolk. Lavinia first made her way up Staxton Hill; a 17% climb successfully done, slow but steady. After a quick pit stop, Lavinia then travelled over […]
After a promising community talk in Berwick-upon-Tweed and a better than anticipated night’s sleep at the YHA, it was time to hit the road again. Day 17 took Lavinia, Harry and Paul further south along the coast, heading for Scarborough. Lavinia has now clocked up over 2,000 miles on this trip, a 100-year-old Talbot 14/45 still keeping up with the […]
On Day 16 of the Reclaim Life Road Trip, Lavinia, Harry and Paul departed from Edinburgh. In the morning, there was a good view of Edinburgh Castle from the Braid Hills Hotel before they left. From Edinburgh they travelled south, crossing over the border, back into England and made it down to Berwick-upon-Tweed in good time. A shorter journey today […]
Day 15 of Lavinia’s Road Trip for Reclaim Life officially marked two weeks on the road for Lavinia, Harry and Paul and started off with a well deserved rest at the hotel in Dundee. After a bit of a later start, Lavinia was up and running like a dream. The day’s journey took Lavinia, Harry and Paul out of Dundee, […]
Day 14 of Lavinia’s Road Trip for Reclaim Life started off in Elgin, having travelled down from Wick the day before along the very scenic A9. On Day 14 Lavinia, Harry and Paul set off again, this time on a 150-mile journey down to Dundee. There was a bit of a false start in the morning as they needed to stop […]
After breakfast and a quick chat with a few of Lavinia’s admirers in Wick Harbour, it was time for Lavinia, Harry and Paul to get back on the road. Day 13 of Lavinia’s road trip meant heading south along the Scottish coast down, along the very scenic A9 to Inverness. In the afternoon, they turned east to join the A96 […]
Day 12 of Lavinia’s Road Trip for Reclaim Life was another busy day. In the morning, it was time to leave Ullapool for the day’s journey further north to Wick. It was a steep climb for Lavinia but she made it with no problems. On the A835, heading north and later east toward Lairg, the weather started to look a […]
Day 11 of Lavinia’s Road Trip for Reclaim Life started off in Glen Nevis. After a not so great night’s sleep at the youth hostel with no cooked breakfast on offer in the morning, Lavinia, Harry and Paul set off from Fort William. Or they certainly tried to! There was a bit of a false start owing to Lavinia being […]
Day 10 of Lavinia’s Road Trip for Reclaim Life started off in Dumfries, at the Caledonian Hotel with Martin L from the Talbot Owners’ Club. Martin was a welcome visitor, bringing Paul and Harry some spare parts for the distributor as well as some moral support! As always, spending a bit of time working on Lavinia in the car park […]