Guildford Lions Club

 

Round the World in 36 hours - by car

We made it

We completed our trip around the world in just 27h 42m in an incident free trip journey that was 1,477 mile long. The Mazad6 Tamura kindly loaned to us by Guildford Mazda ran trouble free, handled well and was very comfortable. Here is our report but also some FAQs that have been asked.
 
  Our trip started at midday on Saturday 20th October as part of Lions Awareness Week.

We were sent on our way by Club President  Jeff Harkman and the Mayor of Guildford Cllr Mike Nevis.

     
  Our first stop was just outside Guildford at Normandy (infamous in the recent foot and mouth disease outbreak). And yes the sign at the back does refer to Christmas Pie, also nearby.
     
  Planning trips like this takes many months and we hadn't reckoned on it being half term (or the rugby!) We were held up for quite some time on the run down to Canada near Southampton with heavy traffic on the M3 and M27.
     
   

Our next stop was Egypt shown on the maps as being to the north of Winchester, near Sutton Scotney. However whilst the location had some houses there was nothing to refer to Egypt, so we took a picture of a Sutton Scotney sign..

 

   
     
  Palestine was not too far away and a trip down the A30 and across country soon found the village which is near Thruxton Motor Circuit.
     

 

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