David Ward’s Smart ForTwo might be tiny but that didn’t stop him from tackling a trip from the northernmost point in Europe to the southernmost.

Avoid the European coastal clichés and head to Croatia for a seashore drive to savour. Simply sit back and enjoy a fantasy made reality– twisting round sea cliffs with a panorama of islands stretching to the horizon and skirting pine forests hanging above glittering sandy beaches. Expect to cross mountains where you’ll rise high for distant views and then drop down to drive along the water’s edge as the Adriatic Highway twists and turns along the whole length of Croatia’s coast.

Bring oxygen. If ever there was a view to take your breath away it is that from Montenegro’s coastal route.

Kos to London through the Balkans in an eBay banger marked the start of a beautiful relationship.