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R.A-S.H: The Citroën XM
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Every week Jeff Glucker of this parish is privileged to drive shiny new deep-waxed cars of significance; he undoubtedly has Hooniverse’s headline gig. As soon as the keys are handed over the maker knows they have nowhere to hide. Reputations are forged based on the reviewers opinions, and often their instincts. How many of us…
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Postcards from a Peugeot: Part 3
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[singlepic id=3243 w=720 float=] Another morning, another amazing view. Through the morning haze we could make out the purplish hues of the German Alps. We had been flanked by valley sides for much of our drive from Austria the previous night, it was so dark that mountains merged with sky, but occasionally the lights of…
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Postcards from a Peugeot: Part 1.
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[singlepic id=3172 w=720 float=] Calais, France, is hell on Earth, designed with the sole intention of confusing disorientated foreigners. I found myself here, along with my girlfriend Nicola, having already been travelling for over four hours. We had taken it upon ourselves to go on a bit of a holiday, not, of course, by plane…
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Postcards from a Peugeot: Part 2
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[singlepic id=3181 w=720 float=] Considering how the day before had ended up, we both slept surprisingly well. Severe tiredness had probably contributed to our success in finding slumber, but looking at our surroundings this morning, and hearing the trucks as trundle past our parked Peugeot, we would almost certainly have struggled to kip under any…
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Postcards from a Peugeot: Part 4.
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[singlepic id=3267 w=720 float=] I’ll admit it. It’s a strange thing to like, but I really enjoy sleeping in motorway service areas. I mean In Europe, anyway; I can’t honestly say I’ve tried it in England without recourse to a Travelodge or some similar mischievous-night-away-with-the-secretary establishment. But in the big, well lit rest areas of…
