Detour Pit Stop #14 ~ The Vault at The Petersen Museum, Los Angeles, USA
It’s the darker, grimier underbelly of the Petersen – The Vault – that will make your visit most memorable.
Detour #24: Uluru to Alice Springs, Australia
If it’s real adventure you’re seeking, then avoid the Lasseter Highway and do as the locals do. ‘Go bush’ in a 4x4.
Detour #23: Llanberis Pass , Wales
You can literally drop a pin on a map of Wales at random and find an amazing driving road
Detour Pit Stop #13: Bicester Heritage, UK
On the site of a former Royal Air Force base is the future of motoring’s past.
Detour #22: Tour de Corse, France
In Corsica the post is never late. To cross from one side of the 3,350-square-mile island, which is one vast mountain range, you have to conquer the wildest roads in Europe.
Detour #21: Transfagarasan Highway, Romania
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have a lot to answer for. Before Top Gear visited Romania, the Transfagarasan Highway was near enough a secret.
Detour Pit Stop #12: Parker Palm Springs hotel, California, USA
Palm Springs is a glamorous oasis in the desert and the Parker is the place to stay, finds James Mills. Especially for a roadtrip on the nearby Palms to Pines Scenic Byway.
Detour #20: Targa Tasmania, Australia
For the past 27 years, the island state of Tasmania has given itself over as playground to a rally quite unlike any other.
Driving to Le Mans in a racing legend because Jeremy Clarkson was too tall
It was largely down to Jeremy Clarkson. He simply couldn’t fit in a GT40, so I was drafted in at the last minute.
Detour Pit Stop #11: Ristorante Montana, Modena, Italy
Ristorante Montana is quite simply the Ferrari of restaurants. Or maybe that’s the restaurant of Ferrari.
Detour Pit Stop #10: Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel, Wales
Time has stood still at the Pen-y-Gwryd. Take a seat in the bar, lift your gaze to the ceiling and there are the signatures of explorers including Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay.
My first sunrise in the Alps
Like all good things, it happened by accident. There had been no planning, no alarm set for an oh-my-Lord-o-clock start and no intention of driving into the mountains as the sun peered over the horizon.
Detour #19: Nardo Ring, Italy
The are few places in the world where you can legally and safely exceed 200mph. Nardo is one of them.
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.