Britain's Best Drives
Richard Wilson takes a journey around Britain by car, following routes raved about in motoring guides of 50 years ago
Britain's Best Drives - Lake District
Richard Wilson drives a convertible Triumph TR3A around some of the Lake District's most famous roads. He gets the lowdown on the area from author Hunter Davies.
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Britain's Best Drives - North Cornish Coast
Richard Wilson gets to grips with a retro VW camper van as he drives the coast road from St Ives to Lands End and learns about St Ives's 1950s art heyday.
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Britain's Best Drives - North Wales
In a Ford Zodiac, Richard Wilson drives the circular route from Caernarfon that loops through some of Snowdonia and gets a Welsh lesson at Caernarfon Castle.
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Britain's Best Drives - North Yorkshire Moors
Richard Wilson follows routes raved about in motoring guides of the mid-20th century. Here, he drives from Scarborough to Whitby via the Yorkshire moors.
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Britain's Best Drives - Richard Wilson Learns to Drive
In preparation for a car trip around Britain, Richard Wilson learns how to use a gearstick again, having driven only automatics for the past 30 years.
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Britain's Best Drives - The Trossachs
In his final drive, Richard returns to the country of his birth in a splendid 1950s Bentley and discovers what it is about great vistas that gives us such a thrill.
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Britain's Best Drives - The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean
Richard Wilson drives an Austin Cambridge around an area claiming to be the birthplace of British tourism, culminating at a renowned viewpoint.
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