sun race

[palkanetoijala31]

Emulating Top Gear on June 24th a sunday 2012 i be attempting to beat the sun from Lands End to Lowestoft.This is before i drive to Newcastle and either a flight or boat across to norway to participate in the midsummers night marathon 6 days later.

[The Raven]

Sunset 9:31pm at Lands End
Sunrise 4:30am in Lowestoft

That gives you 7 hours to do about 450 miles
That's an average of 64 miles an hour

Good luck that's all I can say!

[Urzzz1871]

RAC route planner reckons 7 hrs 1 minute for the 430 miles, so completely doable in theory with just a smidgen of excess speed on the motorways.

[Starkey7]

Andi, surely you'll want to do it in the other direction? You'll then be pursued by the sun, rather than going in opposite directions ... and you'll probably have a few minutes more, too.

[The Raven]

Andi, surely you'll want to do it in the other direction? You'll then be pursued by the sun, rather than going in opposite directions ... and you'll probably have a few minutes more, too.

The other way round
Lowerstoft sunset 9:21pm
Lands End sunrise 5:14am

"And you run, and you run
To catch up with the sun
But it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again"

[palkanetoijala31]

well i have decided to do it that direction its perfectly possible does anyone want to do it with me that lives near london . 2012 will be a 1st year for me for reasons that i cant say but know this i make this race a tight one.

[tubeguru]

How did anyone remember this and dig it out?

[snudge27]

Blimey! You didn't see me [censored] with the [censored] in the [censored], did you?

[Sam]

Are you doing this tomorrow Andi? Good luck if so!

Now obviously you won't get a reply to this

[The Raven]

I did query Andi about this. He couldn't get the time work so will not be attempting to beat god in a race!

As a side note I'm also interested in what mode of transport is quicker, train or car, from Aberdeen to Penzance. Google maps says they take the exact same amount of time.

[Sam]

Trains don't tend to get stuck in traffic...

[Sam]

One good thing: You shouldn't get held up by an accident in a train

[tubeguru]

How on earth could a car be quicker, given a clear run for both and no breaking of speed limits?

Then you have breaks and fuel stops. The train would have a higher average speed, surely?

[The Raven]

The Train

08:20 depart
20:52 arrive
Changing twice at Edinburgh and Birmingham. Fastest journey I can find.

Jouney time: 12h32m

The Car

Jouney time: 12h31m
692 miles
Average speed: 55mph

(Doesn't include fuel stops though)

[tubeguru]

And of course, the car will be traversing some roads which will not be bringing the average speed down.

I bet if you did this "race" in real life (and did NOT race the car!) the train would probably win. I'd love to have a go at it myself ...