New for 2023 - it's Chateau TVR
This week, we've been able to finalise our fourth tour of 2023 - Chateau TVR. This trip will take place between the 13th and 19th May,...
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Ben Coombs
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
Drives on the Horizon - our Plans for 2023
When it comes to our guided European trips, 2022 was our best year yet. We had the inaugural Beer Italia trip, which proved to be a...
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Ben Coombs
- Sep 13, 2022
- 1 min
From the Cameras of the Beer Italia
A few weeks ago, we ran a brief into into the Chimaera Jubilee, our first post-Covid trip. Well, the Jubilee wasn't the only trip we've...
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Ben Coombs
- Aug 22, 2022
- 1 min
Memories from the Chateau - The Chimaera Jubilee
In our last blog post, before 2022's glorious, post-Covid relaunch of our guided road trips, we were getting all excited about the fact...
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Ben Coombs
- Nov 24, 2021
- 5 min
We Have a Chateau! Chimaera Jubilee Update
Hi folks, it's now a couple of months since we unveiled our plan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the TVR Chimaera - and the 75th...
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Ben Coombs
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
Eye eye - It's the Barnard Castle Memorial Run!
Over the past few months, we’ve been mulling over the question of what form our first ever UK run should take. We came up with the basic...
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Ben Coombs
- Oct 19, 2021
- 5 min
Ciao! It's the Beer Italia Itinerary...
You've probably heard of the Beer Italia - that glorious galivant to the supercar factories of Italy which we were all set to launch in...
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Ben Coombs
- Sep 24, 2021
- 3 min
A Fiesta in Fibreglass* - The Chimaera Jubilee
*Disclaimer - don't worry, this post has nothing to do with rebodying Ford Fiestas in fibreglass. So, do please read on... In the last...
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Ben Coombs
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
Third Time Lucky...
Have you ever suffered from deja-vu, that feeling that somehow, you've experienced it all before? We have. In fact, we're going through...
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Ben Coombs
- Apr 16, 2021
- 3 min
Ten years in a TVR, Fifteen on the Road
This week calls for a bit of a celebration, as not only does it mark the release of my latest book - The Road to the East - but it also...
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Ben Coombs
- Apr 12, 2021
- 3 min
Pub2Pub's Spring Update
A new book, a change of dates and a Mini called Daisy - just because we're grounded by the pandemic, it doesn't mean we've not been...
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Ben Coombs
- Jan 6, 2021
- 6 min
Pub2Pub and the Pandemic
Happy New Year folks! And with apologies to cheesy '90s supergroup D-Ream, remember - things can only get better... So, what did 2020...
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Ben Coombs
- Oct 28, 2020
- 5 min
The Eagle Rally - 2019 Edition
I changed down a gear as the tunnel beckoned, intent on enjoying the mellifluous drama of my TVR Chimaera’s V8. Flooring it, the roar...
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Ben Coombs
- Oct 20, 2020
- 3 min
News - The Return of Kermit
It all began so naively, back in February. I set about giving the TVR a quick going-over to prepare it for the year's coming road trips,...
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Ben Coombs
- Oct 6, 2020
- 1 min
Why you need to drive the Arctic Highway
Okay, so times aren't ideal for road tripping right now, but if 2020 has shown us anything, it's that things can always change, and as a...
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Ben Coombs
- Sep 19, 2020
- 5 min
The 84 Hours of Le Mans
This weekend sees the first ever socially distant running of the Le Mans 24 hour race. To mark the occasion, we're taking a look back to...
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Ben Coombs
- Sep 7, 2020
- 3 min
Great Drives 05 - The Snow Cruiser
Does a drive actually have to be successful to qualify as great? Or, if a journey is attempted with sufficient panache, can a failure...
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Ben Coombs
- Aug 17, 2020
- 3 min
News - The 2020 Effect
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that...
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Ben Coombs
- Aug 6, 2020
- 7 min
The Slovenian Job
That time we bought a Renault 4 in Slovenia and took it on a road trip back to the UK...
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Ben Coombs
- Jul 30, 2020
- 5 min
The Power of Four
It was a simple idea. Visit four different racetracks, in four different countries, in four days. Our steed? The world's foremost...
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Ben Coombs
- Jul 29, 2020
- 6 min
The Art of Overlanding 03 - Five Quick Hits
A quick overlanding hit? Surely that's an oxymoron? After all, overlanding is all about covering the big distances which are required...
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Ben Coombs
- Jul 28, 2020
- 4 min
Great Drives 04 - The South Pole. By Tractor.
Here at Planet Pub2Pub, we like to push the boundaries of what it's possible to achieve with apparently unsuitable vehicles. Our idea of...
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Ben Coombs
- Jul 22, 2020
- 5 min
The Art of Overlanding 02 - Five Routes Across the World
It's the idyll which many folks think of first when the subject turns to overlanding. The line on the map, audaciously bounding across...
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Ben Coombs
- Jul 16, 2020
- 4 min
Paradise Island - Exploring Cuban Car Culture
...If Goodwood's events are museums to the dinosaurs of motoring, Cuba is the long-lost island on which they still roam free...
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Ben Coombs
- Jul 16, 2020
- 3 min
Great Drives 03 - The Nairn Buses
I've driven across a few deserts in my time, and generally, these journeys haven't gone smoothly. Thanks to the harshness of the...
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Ben Coombs
- Jul 15, 2020
- 3 min
The Art of Overlanding
The Art of Overlanding - a series of articles providing all the inspiration and knowledge you need to make your overland dreams happen.
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Ben Coombs
- Jul 10, 2020
- 7 min
Two Pints and a Panda - an NC500 Adventure.
A few years ago, while teetering uncertainly on a barstool in my local Dartmoor boozer, I had an idea. One of the best ideas ever to...
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Ben Coombs
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Great Drives 02 - Half Safe, the Ben Carlin Story
So, you think you're adventurous? Unless your idea of a honeymoon is crossing the Atlantic in an amphibious truck, you're not even on the...
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Ben Coombs
- Jul 7, 2020
- 2 min
The Pub2Pub Expedition, in Numbers...
Everyone loves a good statistic. Regular people love them because they cut through the noise and distil a question down into a simple...
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Ben Coombs
- Jul 3, 2020
- 2 min
Welcome to Planet Pub2Pub
Why hello there, and thank you for checking out Pub2Pub's shiny new web presence, at which we've been beavering away to while away the...
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Ben Coombs
- Jul 1, 2020
- 3 min
Great Drives 01 - The Darien Gap
Did Trump's much-vaunted wall have the potential to be the greatest barrier on the American landmass? In his unique mind, I'm sure it did.
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Ben Coombs
- Jun 30, 2020
- 5 min
The 2019 Camembert Run
We’ve all heard of the Cannonball Run. That uncouth stampede across the United States, from sea to shining sea. All those big engines...
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Ben Coombs
- Jun 27, 2020
- 7 min
Ten Priceless Moments from the Road
While this website is named in honour of our TVR-based Pub2Pub Expedition, that particular adventure was only the latest in a long line...
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Ben Coombs
- Jun 26, 2020
- 4 min
Review - The Best Maps for European and World Road Trips
For us car enthusiasts, grabbing a map and getting stuck into planning your next adventure is one of the great pleasures in life. Used...
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Ben Coombs
- Jun 26, 2020
- 3 min
TVR Chimaera - Probably the Best Car in the World...
What’s the best car in the world? Now there’s a question which has caused many a lively pub debate since Rolls Royce decided the title...
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Ben Coombs
- Jun 24, 2020
- 2 min
Why fly, when you can drive?
As the Covid storm gradually - hopefully - fades into the distance and experiencing the world gradually returns to our radar, thoughts...
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Ben Coombs
- Jun 11, 2020
- 10 min
The Pub2Pub Expedition
This was where this whole Pub2Pub thing began; an eight month odyssey to the ends of the world, behind the wheel of a TVR. It turned out...
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Ben Coombs
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
A Moment in Time - Arctic Norway
0300 hrs, 02nd January 2007. A blissful epiphany while driving the incomparable Arctic Highway in a plucky little Fiat. The further north...
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