
Detour #191: Shooting the Shuto, Tokyo, Japan
You might have raced around it playing video games, but Tokyo’s Shuto Expressway is even more exhilarating in real life.
Detour #190: Across communist China in the most capitalist of cars
A Rolls-Royce and a Corvette whisked Ben Coombs from Kazakhstan to the V8-Nam border.
Detour #189: Monument Valley, USA
Monument Valley is surely the ultimate backdrop to any great American driving adventure.
Seven of the World's Most Spectacular Road Bridges
In Detour’s book there’s no such thing as a bridge too far. Leaving solid ground to shoot across the span of suspension bridge is the closest thing to flying you can experience behind the wheel.
Detour #188: Break for the Border, Northumberland, UK
Between Scotland and England there’s a road so special it will make you hit the brakes and pause for thought.
Detour #187 Prosecco Time, Italy
The pocket-sized hilly area where Prosecco is produced remains one of Italy's unsung driving delights.
The 10 most popular Detours of 2022
Detour added 52 new Road Trips, dozens of Pit Stops, interviews and stories from the road during 2022, and these ten have proved to be the most read road trips of the year.
Detour #186: Christmas in Cymru
With satellite navigation instead of a guiding star Detour takes a festive road trip to Bethlehem.
Detour #185: Seeking Shakespeare on "The Scottish Drive", Scotland
Searching for a particular gnarled oak tree, said to have been The Bard’s inspiration, Samantha Priestley heads into Scotland.
Detour #184: The Highway to Hell, Norway
Driving to Hell and back in a loathsome little car is just the sort of madcap road trip that only Ben Coombs would cook up.
America's most dangerous roads
The riskiest road trips in the USA have been revealed by the American Automobile Association, and they’re not all the hair-raising hairpin-strewn mountain roads you might imagine.
Detour #183: The Legends of the Wales Way, UK
Scotland has the North Coast 500, England has the South West 660 and Wales weighs in with 440 magical, mythical miles of the Wales Way.
Detour #182: Drive free in Yosemite
Take an epic drive in the Sierra Nevada mountains, passing by ancient forests, Old West Towns, tumbling waterfalls and tranquil lakes…
Detour #181: Dales, Moors and Much More, Yorkshire, UK
A one-day dash across God’s Own Country leaves Nik Berg wanting Yorkshire more.
Detour #180: The hidden mountain road that's Norway's most spectacular secret
You won’t find it in your satnav but with a bit of local help Will Gray discovers a switchback-strewn mountain pass to the biggest ice field in Europe.
Detour #179: Tackling the Hai Van Pass on two wheels, Vietnam
If Clarkson, Hammond and May can manage it then so can you.
Detour #666: Monster hunting in the American Midwest
Are you brave enough to seek out the spookiest monsters on this grisly Great Lakes road trip?
Detour #178: The Jim Clark Trail, Scotland, UK
Jim Clark was the greatest Formula 1 driver of his generation and if you want to find out why then you’ll need to follow in his wheeltracks.
Detour #177: The Stone Road that took a century to build, Turkey
Next time you complain about roadworks, spare a thought for the residents of Kemaliye who had to wait 132 years for the Stone Road to be completed.
Drive like The Boss to 10 of Bruce Springsteen's favourite destinations
Thunder Road may not be a real place but Bruce Springsteen lives up to being Born In The USA by filling his songs with these all-American destinations.