We have arrived safely at Lands End after a relatively uneventful journey.
The car performed really well all afternoon with non of the feared over heating or misfiring. In fact the only bit of jeopardy we had to worry about was almost running out of fuel. I was charging along quite happily with Lynn asleep ( the best way to avoid arguments I find), however when she woke up she indicated the fuel gauge was pointing on empty. At the time we were tanking along the A30 which is long, undulating and apparently utterly bereft of fuel stops.
It got so bad that I pulled over to refill using the emergency fuel in the boot when we spotted a service station on the horizon.
The rest of the journey was fine and what has been really enjoyable is the love we are getting from other motorists- I assume that's why they are beeping their horns and waving at us.
When we got to Lands End the fella on the gate very kindly let us in for free and we went and got our end to end form stamped and authenticated before having our pictures taken.
On the way back we saw this sign. We decided to stop to let the car understand that this was the first and last garage we would be visiting on this trip.
We are now back at the in St Just working out our route and timings for tomorrow.
Overall we managed to average 40 miles an hour including breaks although each hour we got faster as I got more comfortable with thrashing the old girl- at one point we managed 70 down a particularly steep hill but it's not an experience I would recommend- it felt a bit like making your Granny sprint for the bus!
Our next stop off tomorrow night is scheduled to be Carlisle which by my reckoning (using the map and a piece of string) is about 420 miles away so a good 10 hours driving. I hope the old thing is up to it- it's about time she took a turn at driving!!
Will try and post more updates on the move.
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