The Noble Roads

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A Tale of Two Clocks… And Two Vintage Cars

The curious story of two clocks and the vintage cars they accompanied

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In the Footsteps of Lord Hastings – India 2017

Following Lord Hastings' 1814 expedition across India, discovering how two centuries have changed the landscape

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Part II – Our Journey to India 2016

The second part of our 2016 Indian expedition - November through December

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Part I – Our Journey to India 2016

A month-long vintage automobile journey across India in October 2016

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Gaoled in Stambul

An encounter with Turkish authorities that led to an unexpected night in an Istanbul police station

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London – Cape Town 1998 – Lanchester 40 hp 1925

A fragment from our 1998 London to Cape Town rally in the Lanchester

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Anxiety on the Offenpass

A terrifying night on the Swiss Alps in our Bentley Continental - sliding backward on black ice toward a cliff edge

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London to Acapulco 1995

The 1995 International FIVA rally from London to Acapulco in our Bentley Continental

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Part III – Vietnam & Home!

The final leg of the 1992 London-Saigon Rally through Vietnam

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Breakdown on the Takala-Makan Desert Sept 1992

The first story in The Trilogy of Troubles on Hero's Travels - a catastrophic belt failure in the desert

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Part II – China & Tibet

The second leg of the 1992 London-Saigon Rally through China and Tibet

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Part I – From Tower Bridge through Russia

The first leg of the 1992 London-Saigon Rally - Tower Bridge to the Chinese border

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