20th October met at Portsmouth - the other cars being Oliver Holmes and Ian Garbett in a Willys Jeep, David and Jacky Hall in a Chrysler and Jonny Malcolm-Green in a wooden-bodied Lea Francis.

Also met someone even madder than us - a man called Daniel Roberts on a tricycle made entirely from the contents of skips on the Isle of Wight. Apparently it has a top speed of three miles an hour.

1pm - by text - Just south of Santander and Jonny already has his carb in pieces...