Left Seahouses at 7.30 pm and got home 21/2 hours later with one stop at Birtley services.
First long drive in the dark for some years.
Stayed overnight then back up again.
Heavy fog between Harrogate and Bedale so did not use the motorway.
My overall fuel average 43 mpg, great but did cheat a bit in that over about 62 mph the fuel consumption goes up.
I was trying to just see what the car will do as 2.2 litre SUV and now has 101,400 miles on it.
The only adverse thing was that there was a small van with ladder on the roof sticking to the middle lane on a 3 lane motorway and that was for a distance of over 20 miles before I pulled off for Ripon turning.
I was pleased that I did the return trip without a stop but would have had too if I had not completed the journey in time. A case of deliberately pushing it
2 hours used to be my normal limit, but trip took 2 1/2 and the last 15 miles no parking places to stop so pushed on and not tired at all.
An interesting exercise for me after all the layoffs due to COVID etc.
Allan C.
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