Brits planning a seaside getaway this summer are being encouraged to take advantage of the UK's most affordable beach, complete with cheap beer and ice cream, as well as golden sands. While many are jetting off abroad for sun-soaked beach holidays, those looking to avoid the stress and exp...
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The top-up function means adding 50 miles-worth of juice during a motorway services pit-stop takes 30 minutes. Which ought to be just about long enough to explain why your car has a, erm, people-name.Top GearNewsletter Get all the latest news, reviews and exclusives, direct to your ...
Once clear of buzzing mopeds and battered Ibizas, I settle into the first long yomp of the trip to the Pyrenees along the N7. With only 200bhp, the motorway is where I'd expected the most famous complaint about the GT86 - its perceived lack of torque - to show itself while overtaking...
time. In October, Harold Macmillan called a general election, defeating Labour in a landslide, and one of his new Cabinet ministers, now long forgotten, was to have a lasting effect on all of us. Ernest Marples, the new Minister of Transport, launched a nationwide motorway buil...
As far as Lesmahagow (pronounced Lez-ma-hay-goe) I continued along the undulating B7076 beside the motorway and railway. It also had a good cylcepath alongside the road. Then I turned off westwards towards Strathaven. The road became much hillier. Several SPARs but no GOTBAPs. Strathaven ...
The vast majority of roadworks will be removed from the motorway and major A-road network from 6am Friday 20 December until 12.01am on Thursday 2 January. To avoid busy travel times, Highways England is urging drivers to check traffic conditions before they set out and to make sure their...