
Detour Pit Stop #09 ~ Kessler's Kulm Hotel, Davos
The hotel is moments from the start of the Flüela Pass, with the very best of Swiss driving all within reach.
Detour #18: Col de Turini, France
This is one of the greatest mountain roads in Europe, and whether you’re cranking your pedals or pressing them to the metal, it’s one for the bucket list.
Detour #17: Flüela Pass, Switzerland
When the winter sports crowd (and the economists) have gone then Davos becomes a destination for drivers.
Detour #16: Stelvio Pass, Italy
Top Gear once called the Stelvio Pass the world’s best road. So, if you’ve got a passion for four wheels or two, a pilgrimage is obligatory.
Detour Pit Stop #08: Millau Viaduct, France
Rising 1,100ft from the floor of the Tarn gorge this Norman Foster designed wonder is the tallest bridge on the planet.
Dreaming of St Moritz and a Caterham Seven
Is there another sports car you could buy today that more intimately connects you with the road than the Caterham Seven?
Detour #15: Kancamagus Highway, USA
If there’s a surefire way to fall for New England in the fall, it’s a drive down the Kancamagus Highway.
Detour Pit Stop #7: Villa d'Este, Lake Como, Italy
The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este is a rareified environment where the beautiful people like to go.
Detour #14: Black Mountain Pass, Wales, UK
There's a good reason Britain's car magazines and YouTubers head to Wales so often. The Black Mountain Pass over the Brecon Beacons ticks all the necessary boxes.
Memories of man and machine
Stopping only to refuel and snack we cut through France, arriving just before dawn. Dispatching the length of a country in a day (and a night).
Detour Pit Stop #06: Belle Tout lighthouse, Beachy Head, UK
A great drive is made even better by a great stopover with an equally great view.
Detour Pit Stop #05: Caffeine and Machine, The Hill, UK
This is where gastro pub meets gasoline.
Detour #13: Grossglockner High Alpine Road, Austria
The engineers who blasted this road out of the Austrian mountainside clearly loved to drive.
Changing gears for Dad
It doesn’t matter who is driving. And it doesn’t matter what the car is. What matters is the moment the driver turns to the young, impressionable passenger and asks, ‘Would you like to change gear?’
Detour #12: Furka Pass, Switzerland
Bond fans will recognise this from the movie Goldfinger, where 007 runs Tilly Masterson off the road.
On Any Sunday: the film that Steve McQueen couldn't say no to
We all have a film that we remember as first inspiring us to hit the open road. For many, On Any Sunday is one of those films.
Detour #11: Britain's Bendiest Road
No sooner have you changed up to third than you have to brake again
Detour #10: Dades Gorge, Morocco
For telegenic twists and turns this road is hard to beat.
Detour Pit Stop #04: Prada Desert Store, USA
Makes for a great ironic Instagram shot, doesn't it?
Cars and coffee tables
Milled from a single block of aluminium it’s the first of a limited series of just ten tables.