DRIVE-IT DAY SPECIAL
Has Drive-It Day fired you up for an adventure with your classic? Here are our expert picks of the trips, tours, rallies and runs heading your way this year
We all love driving our classics – that’s what they’re there for. Sometimes there’s nothing better than a good drive to clear your mind or even a big adventure to discover somewhere new and soak in the sights through the windscreen, and you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to runs, tours and rallies in which you can explore the glorious countryside with like-minded enthusiasts.
So, we’ve put together a selection of the top adventures across the spectrum to book and plan for. From weekend getaways to continental cruises, there’s plenty to choose from if you’re looking to get out and about.
30 APRIL-25 MAY
This event spans from John o’Groats to Land’s End, linking all of the MGCC’s regions on a fundraising mission for the Alzheimer’s Society and Lupus UK. There will be a series of road runs with regions passing the baton from one to the next as they go on with some important sites visited en route, such as the British Motor Museum, Kimber House and MG100 at Brooklands. . This all originates from Geoff Mansfield who in his 80th year took on JOGLE (John o’Groats to Land’s End) with his then 90-year-old car in 2021.
❚ Free to enter, but charitable donations appreciated ❚ mgcc.co.uk
5-8 MAY
This tour takes in some excellent locations around England. Day one starts out with a brilliant collection of petrol-head places – the Bentley showrooms in Crewe and Oulton Park – before aiming for Cholmondeley Castle, the Shropshire Hills and more. The tour continues over the subsequent days through the Forest of Dean, Malvern Hills and Severn Valley Steam Railway. For three nights away, it’s a well-packaged tour with plenty to see. If you’re after a nicely relaxed drive, then take a look at this and the other options from MK Classic Car Tours.
❚ £1599 per car and two people ❚ cctmk.co.uk
5-19 MAY
Before you balk at the price for this one, factor in what’s included and what the average holiday incorporating less than this trip offers could cost. With that in mind, how does 14 nights at four- and five-star hotels sound as you wend your way down the Adriatic Coast? With breakfast each morning and eight three-course dinners with wine included, plus ferry crossings to and from Hvar Island in the bundle, we’d say that this is quite a reasonable prospect.
A mechanic is on hand throughout the tour, along with a brace of guides and at the end you get a hardback photo book to remember the adventure with. A further £900 each way has your car transported there and back, or you could build in your own adventure down to the
