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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.

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!

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.

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.

Starkey7 wrote: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"

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.

How did anyone remember this and dig it out?

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

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

Now obviously you won't get a reply to this

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.

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

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

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 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)

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 ...