Finally, it’s time to put The General Lee(xus) through it’s paces. Home2Rome has officially started, and we’re on our way across Europe in £150 of knackered Lexus.

Day one is traditionally an easy day, with nothing more strenuous than a gentle motorway drive down to Calais, where the fun really starts the next day. After topping up the fuel tank in the morning before we left (with a calculated average of 13.6mpg), we headed down on a non stop run to Calais.

Non stop apart from popping in to the co-driving totty who joined us on Bangers4BEN last year for tea and cakes. And then in Dover for more fuel. Still, 163 miles on £28 of petrol isn’t too bad. For a 4.0 V8.

Next stop is Reims tomorrow morning for a photoshoot, and then on to Montelimar. Only 577 miles. What can possibly go wrong…

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