Great Escapes
Ready-made runs, built from the 233 roads in the app. Each one loads straight into the planner — add your meeting point, print the run sheet, share one link with the club.
The Wales Weekend (2 days, 5 roads)
The classic South Wales two-dayer. Saturday takes in the Top Gear road over the Black Mountain and the long empty sweeps of the Beacons; Sunday climbs Gospel Pass — the highest road in Wales, single-track and shared with ponies — before the reservoir run through the Elan Valley and the Devil's Staircase hairpins. Book somewhere around Brecon or Llandovery for the night.
Snowdonia in Two Days (2 days, 5 roads)
North Wales at its best. Llanberis Pass squeezes between Snowdon and the Glyderau, the Crimea Pass drops into slate country at Blaenau, and Aberglaslyn threads the gorge to the coast. Finish with a lap of the Evo Triangle — the magazine's own testing loop — and the Berwyn crossing at Milltir Gerrig.
Highlands & Applecross (4 days, 5 roads)
Four days through the north-west. Glen Coe sets the tone, the A87 runs the Five Sisters to Skye, and then the Bealach na Bà — Britain's most alpine road, hairpinning to 626 metres with the Cuillin across the water. Applecross coast road brings you back the long way round, and Kylesku adds the far north-west if you have the day spare.
Lakes & High Pennines (2 days, 5 roads)
England's steepest tarmac. Hardknott and Wrynose hit 1-in-3 with hairpins that punish a cold clutch, Honister and Kirkstone carry you across the Lakeland passes, and then the moors: Hartside's long climb and the Buttertubs run over the Dales.
Kerry & the Beara (3 days, 5 roads)
The south-west peninsulas. The Ring of Kerry is the famous one, but the Healy Pass over the Beara and the climb to the Conor Pass — Ireland's highest — are the roads people remember. The Gap of Dunloe is here too, with a warning attached.
The Great Alpine Passes (7 days, 7 roads)
The week most drivers have on the list. Stelvio's forty-eight numbered hairpins, the Gavia's narrow shelf, Umbrail across to Switzerland, then the Bernina beside the glacier and the Furka–Grimsel–Susten triangle — three passes in a day, and the best-engineered tarmac in Europe.
Dolomites Long Weekend (4 days, 6 roads)
The Sella Ronda and the roads around it. Four passes in a single loop — Sella, Gardena, Pordoi and Campolongo — under limestone towers that go pink at sunset, plus the Giau and Falzarego on the Great Dolomites Road toward Cortina. Short distances, enormous drama.
Norwegian Fjords (7 days, 5 roads)
Trollstigen's eleven hairpins climbing a waterfall-lined wall, the Eagle Road's view down Geirangerfjord, the Atlantic Road hopping island to island on its curved bridges, and Sognefjellet over the roof of Norway. Lofoten if you have the time and the ferry money.
Route des Grandes Alpes (5 days, 5 roads)
Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean, over seventeen Alpine cols. The Galibier and Izoard are Tour de France legend, the Bonette claims Europe's highest through road, and the Turini finishes it with the Monte Carlo Rally's night stage before the drop to Menton.
Picos & the Pyrenees (6 days, 4 roads)
Take the overnight boat across Biscay and wake up on the right side of France. The Hermida gorge cuts through the Picos de Europa, the Beyos gorge follows it, then east along the Pyrenean axis over the Coll del Cantó and the Aubisque's cliff-cut balcony road.
Transfăgărășan & Transalpina (4 days, 3 roads)
Romania's two great mountain roads, both built for reasons that had nothing to do with driving pleasure. The Transfăgărășan switchbacks to 2,042 metres past Bâlea Lake; the Transalpina runs higher still along the ridge. The Bicaz Gorge threads a limestone canyon barely wider than the car.
Corsica by Ferry (5 days, 3 roads)
An island of roads that feel like they were laid out by someone who enjoyed driving. The Calanques de Piana cut through red granite pinnacles above the sea, the Col de Vergio crosses the spine at the island's highest pass, and Cap Corse rings the northern finger on a ledge above the water.