Where Would Your Last Drive Take Place And Why?

Fuel - petrol and diesel

Let’s just say that you had your last tank of fuel. Ever. Not just until your next pay packet, but your final ever tank of pure, sweet fuel. What would you do with it? Where would you go and why?

Well, you’d need to take into account of course just how far you could get on a single tank. For my car, I reckon on it being about 300 miles or so, but realistically probably less. That’s still quite a distance. I think for my journey, I’d start of following the North East coast of England, passing all of my local haunts and going through Tynemouth, Whitley Bay and Seaton Sluice.

My route would then follow the A1068 and take me along to Amble and Bamburgh. If you’ve never followed this coastal route, you really should. On a warm summer day and with the windows down nothing will beat it. The scenery is sublime, the locals will be welcoming and roads are good.

As I’d still have petrol left, naturally I’d want to keep going. I think that my route would continue to take me north (why head south when Northumberland and further up the country are so beautiful?) and on to Eyemouth and Dunbar. My ultimate objective would be to reach the Orkney mainland – but whether I’d reach it or not would be another matter, depending on how the car sipped (or not) at the fuel.

Ultimately, the last tank of fuel isn’t about anything as mundane as where you end up. Much like life, it’s the journey that matters. Live it, drive it, enjoy it.