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Detour Pit Stop #54: The Oyster Shed, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Pit Stops Nik Berg 8/11/21 Pit Stops Nik Berg 8/11/21

Detour Pit Stop #54: The Oyster Shed, Isle of Skye, Scotland

It’s a sketchy sheep-dodging drive down an extremely narrow track, but it’s well worth it to reach the Oyster Shed in Carbost on the Isle of Skye.

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Detour Pit Stop #53: Hexagon Classics, London
Pit Stops Nik Berg 8/4/21 Pit Stops Nik Berg 8/4/21

Detour Pit Stop #53: Hexagon Classics, London

This North London landmark has been reinvented as a destination for lovers of fine food, fine wine – and the finest classic cars of course.

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Detour Pit Stop #52: The Tallest Waterfall in Wales
Pit Stops Charlotte Vowden 7/26/21 Pit Stops Charlotte Vowden 7/26/21

Detour Pit Stop #52: The Tallest Waterfall in Wales

The world both falls away and opens up at the top of Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall, the highest in Wales and considered one of the country’s seven wonders. It’s even taller than Niagara Falls.

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Detour Pit Stop #51: Cité de L'Automobile, Mulhouse, France
Pit Stops Nik Berg 7/21/21 Pit Stops Nik Berg 7/21/21

Detour Pit Stop #51: Cité de L'Automobile, Mulhouse, France

The world’s biggest collection of Bugattis is not at the brand’s home in Molsheim, but 60 miles south in Mulhouse.

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Detour Pit Stop #50: The Oaks Glamping, Norfolk, UK
Pit Stops Charlotte Vowden 7/7/21 Pit Stops Charlotte Vowden 7/7/21

Detour Pit Stop #50: The Oaks Glamping, Norfolk, UK

Bohemian-hearted glamping in Norfolk offers Charlotte Vowden a break on another adventure with Frisky, her old MGA.

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Detour Pit Stop #49: Little A'Le'Inn, Nevada, USA
Pit Stops Luke Ponsford 6/25/21 Pit Stops Luke Ponsford 6/25/21

Detour Pit Stop #49: Little A'Le'Inn, Nevada, USA

After a hard day, or night, of UFO hunting in Area 51, it’s nice to know that there’s a good hostelry you can repair to.

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Detour Pit Stop #48: Brooklands Museum, Surrey, UK
Pit Stops Nik Berg 6/9/21 Pit Stops Nik Berg 6/9/21

Detour Pit Stop #48: Brooklands Museum, Surrey, UK

‘The right crowd and no crowding’. That may sound like the perfect covid-friendly slogan, but it’s one Brooklands has coined since the 1930s.

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Detour Pit Stop #47: Volo Cars, Illinois, USA
Pit Stops Nik Berg 6/2/21 Pit Stops Nik Berg 6/2/21

Detour Pit Stop #47: Volo Cars, Illinois, USA

Imagine a car museum, packed with your favourite TV and movie machines, but where the exhibits are actually for sale. Well, that’s Volo Cars.

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Detour Pit Stop #46: Lindner Nürburgring Motorsport Hotel, Germany
Pit Stops Nik Berg 5/24/21 Pit Stops Nik Berg 5/24/21

Detour Pit Stop #46: Lindner Nürburgring Motorsport Hotel, Germany

More than two million people visit the Germany’s legendary Nürburgring every year. Consequently there’s no shortage of accommodation from four star luxury to boutique B&Bs.

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Detour Pit Stop #45: Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, UK
Pit Stops Luke Ponsford 5/19/21 Pit Stops Luke Ponsford 5/19/21

Detour Pit Stop #45: Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, UK

While Indianapolis, Le Mans and Monza are frequently cited as some of the most historically important motor racing destinations in the world, none of them have been around as long as Shelsley Walsh.

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Detour Pit Stop #44: Airstream Retreat, Devon, UK
Pit Stops Nik Berg 5/10/21 Pit Stops Nik Berg 5/10/21

Detour Pit Stop #44: Airstream Retreat, Devon, UK

An Airstream represents the shiny silver dream of a great American road trip. Or does it? For a Devon family it means sharing spectacular views with guests at one of Britain’s most distinctive bed and breakfasts.

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Detour Pit Stop #43: Lane Motor Museum, Nashville, USA
Pit Stops Luke Ponsford 5/3/21 Pit Stops Luke Ponsford 5/3/21

Detour Pit Stop #43: Lane Motor Museum, Nashville, USA

The USA is dotted with auto museums, most of which contain the usual suspects – muscle cars, chromed and be-winged 50s leviathans, Model Ts, Duesenbergs, Harley-Davidsons, maybe even an Italian supercar or three. The Lane Motor Museum doesn’t have any of those.

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Detour Pit Stop #42: Kersey Mill, Suffolk, UK
Pit Stops Charlotte Vowden 4/26/21 Pit Stops Charlotte Vowden 4/26/21

Detour Pit Stop #42: Kersey Mill, Suffolk, UK

Kersey Mill welcomes classic car enthusiasts with hearty breakfasts and bumper burgers, says Charlotte Vowden.

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Detour Pit Stop #41: The Madonna Inn, California, USA
Pit Stops Luke Ponsford 4/19/21 Pit Stops Luke Ponsford 4/19/21

Detour Pit Stop #41: The Madonna Inn, California, USA

The Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo is possibly the most amusing motel for a pit stop on the legendary Pacific Coast Highway.

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Detour Pit Stop #40: The Seafood Shack, Ullapool, Scotland
Pit Stops Charlotte Vowden 4/14/21 Pit Stops Charlotte Vowden 4/14/21

Detour Pit Stop #40: The Seafood Shack, Ullapool, Scotland

For the best and freshest seafood supper, make The Seafood Shack in Ullapool a port of call on your NC500 itinerary, says Detourist Charlotte Vowden.

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Detour Pit Stop #39: America's oldest surviving gas station, Pennsylvania, USA
Pit Stops Nik Berg 3/29/21 Pit Stops Nik Berg 3/29/21

Detour Pit Stop #39: America's oldest surviving gas station, Pennsylvania, USA

Reighard’s has been pumping gas since 1909. It may not have been the first service station in the USA, but it’s the oldest that’s still filling tanks and cleaning windshields today.

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Detour Pit Stop #38: Salvation Mountain, California, USA
Pit Stops Luke Ponsford 3/17/21 Pit Stops Luke Ponsford 3/17/21

Detour Pit Stop #38: Salvation Mountain, California, USA

Just outside the small town of Niland in the Californian desert, around a one and a half hour drive south-east from Palm Springs, you’ll find Salvation Mountain, quite one of the weirdest, most profoundly strange art installations you’re ever likely to encounter.

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Detour Pit Stop #37: Daikoku, Tokyo, Japan
Pit Stops Nik Berg 3/10/21 Pit Stops Nik Berg 3/10/21

Detour Pit Stop #37: Daikoku, Tokyo, Japan

The best car park in the world sits below an expressway intersection on a man-made island in Tokyo bay.

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Detour Pit Stop #36: Bike Shed Motorcycle Club, London
Pit Stops Nik Berg 3/2/21 Pit Stops Nik Berg 3/2/21

Detour Pit Stop #36: Bike Shed Motorcycle Club, London

Hidden under some railway arches in Shoreditch is a haven for bikers, wannabe bikers and, frankly anyone who fancies fine food and drink in very cool surroundings.

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Detour Pit Stop #35: Lakeland Motor Museum, Cumbria, UK
Pit Stops Nik Berg 2/22/21 Pit Stops Nik Berg 2/22/21

Detour Pit Stop #35: Lakeland Motor Museum, Cumbria, UK

There are many, many reasons to visit the Lake District: climbing, hiking, riding, sailing and sausages are but a few. The perilous passes and lakeside roads make Cumbria a must-have on any keen drivers’ tick list and the delightful Lakeland Motor Museum simply makes any trip to the lakes even more compelling.

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