Paddy & Chris Road Tripping

I know there’s lots of TG haters on here, but not a bad way to spend an hour.  Helps that Sweden looks bloody amazing.

I enjoyed it. They just seem like mates having a good time, occasionally chatting about things you’d only talk about with your best friends.

I prefer Chris as a motoring journalist , it was ok, had some good moments and some less good ones as well.

Really enjoyed it – definitely worth a look.

I enjoyed it. They just seem like mates having a good time, occasionally chatting about things you’d only talk about with your best friends.

Slight Mortimer and Whitehouse vibes at times.

Really surprised Harris is 10 years younger than me.
He has no right to moan about feeling old!
I preferred the League Of Their Own road trips though.

Urgh, annoying Paddy  McGuiness and a yet another potential TG script.  Might be a while before I can convince  myself to drink enough to have a look.

Watching it now. Still don’t rate Chris but he is improving, just lacks the personality that Paddy has for TV.

Entertaining enough and now looking at how to get my motorhome to Sweden, not as easy since they stopped the ferrry from Newcastle to Norway.

Urgh, annoying Paddy McGuiness and a yet another potential TG script. Might be a while before I can convince myself to drink enough to have a look.

Thank you for sharing

Surely motorhome and Sweden means ferry to France and roadtrip to Sweden…no?

I enjoyed that. Nothing like Top Gear

Surely motorhome and Sweden means ferry to France and roadtrip to Sweden…no?

One option yes, a ferry to Norway from just down the road would have been a lot easer.

Newcastle to Rotterdam.Then the Frederikshavn to Oslo ferry for SW Sweden?

Or drive to Malmö? Or take the German ferry from Sasnitz?

Not watched this yet but we are planning a big road trip for our 20th wedding anniversary next year with our caravan.

Thinking of Harwich to hook of Holland, up through a bit of Germany then Kiel to Gothenburg and the Volvo museum!

Thank you for sharing

You’re welcome, not everything in life is positive and afaik personal opinion is still allowed to be expressed freely.

Nothing like Top Gear

Good to hear, home alone Friday and celebrating 5 weeks of sobriety so I may give it a try, despite not enjoying McGuiness.

Thought that was alright. Will watch the rest of them.

I get McGuinness annoys some people, but my opinion of him shifted quite a bit when he was on Question Time – he was better prepared than most panellists and came across really well.

Newcastle to Rotterdam

Yes, that is an option I’ve looked at. Need to make a plan for trips next year and now Sweden is on the consideration list.

Surely motorhome and Sweden means ferry to France and roadtrip to Sweden…no?

I tried to make it work for this summer mixing up Sweden and Norway. It depends how much time you’ve got but for a fortnight it’s a lot of driving to get to the good stuff. If you boost up to get there it’s tedious, if you try and add in interesting places it takes ages. 2 ferries makes it eye wateringly expensive.

To go to even the fairly accessible places like Trysil seemed to be considerably longer and more complicated than going to the Alps. Sticking in Southern Sweden would be easier but maybe misses out on the good parts.

home alone Friday and celebrating 5 weeks of sobriety so I may give it a try, despite not enjoying McGuiness.

An ideal opportunity for a Guinness 0.0 and McGuiness zero

I clocked it last night.  I will watch it now.

This guy did Norway.  We drove to and from Corfu in the summer over three weeks and it was tough at times.  I was thinking this would be the next road trip, but I bet its expensive, Switzerland a few years back was tough feeling so poor, even buying veg in a supermarket made us wince!

https://www.t6forum.com/threads/your-longest-trip-away.53047/#post-694708

Don’t think the good old Volvo museum is at the factory any more. Think it is now “World of Volvo” next to the theme park with about half the exhibits 🙁

Cheers MrHoppy. Fortunately I won’t really have a time limit, but as it stands Sweden is a big trip. May have to consider flying and hiring instead.

Enjoyed that, not like top gear, more just 2 mates talking. Much better than I expected.

I get McGuinness annoys some people, but my opinion of him shifted quite a bit when he was on Question Time – he was better prepared than most panellists and came across really well.

I’ve just had a quick look at this on YouTube and I’d totally agree.

Turned it on with low expectations and found it really entertaining and funny in places. Will definitely watch the next episode. It did help that sweeten looks stunning and has a good attitude to life.

Enjoyed the first two, got bored of the third as it involved bicycles.

It’s a bit of lighthearted entertainment on TV which let’s face it we need more of at the mo :-/ and good to see blokes’ 50+ health being addressed, great scenery too, I watched the 3 episodes on iplayer, more please…

LOL Paddy is the funny one and Chris isn’t so funny? Yadontsay??

He’s the motoring expert. Paddy’s an entertainer. Have you not seen them before?

Depending on your location, ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland and then a two day trip through the Netherlands, Germany & Denmark will get you to either Helsingborg (ferry) or Malmö (bridge). After that, pick a direction that involves “North”.

North and West gets you Gothenberg and up towards Norway. North and East gets you Skåne, Västmanland and then Stockholm and the east coast towards Finland.

For a slightly different out / in drive, you can go out the short hop Germany to Denmark at Puttgarten, cutting out a chunk of driving for a not too expensive ferry (and there are a few not very exciting MTB trails at Mons Clint).

If you get up far enough to visit some of Norway, you can return via Ferry from Bergen to the top of Denmark overnight (seeing some interesting bits of coast in the afternoon/ evening).

I watched the first one last night after reading this thread. I was slightly disappointed overall – it had its moments but it felt like they focussed on some bits for too long (like the sauna bit). My wife correctly pointed out that it felt very similar to that road trip one with the three chefs.

And who goes to a sauna wearing shorts?  May as well just wear a t shirt with “I’m British” on it.

Someone trying to act typically British for laughs.

Yadontsay??

He’s the motoring expert. Paddy’s an entertainer. Have you not seen them before?

I thought thought Chris had the funniest, possibly unscripted, line…

Paddy: Nice building

Chris: when did you start to have architecture sympathies….cos, I’ve seen your house.

Don’t think the good old Volvo museum is at the factory any more. Think it is now “World of Volvo” next to the theme park with about half the exhibits 🙁

Correct – the touring T5R is no longer in the display.

Paddy and Chris’ V70 Cross Country was lovely – I wonder if Volvo lent it them as they are quite rare? (I very nearly bought a red one but it wasn’t as described when I went to pick it up)

I thought it was great, thoroughly enjoyed it, in spite of Paddy, who I usually cannot stand. He seemed alright outside of his “comedy” persona.

Watched 3 last night. Definitely need to go back to Switzerland too.

Yes Paddy was more controlled in his character came out with a very line last night about short cuts. You can tell they are genuine mates despite being very different characters and backgrounds.

Paddy and Chris’ V70 Cross Country was lovely

+1. A nice analogy with aging Swedes – looked bloody brilliant for 23 years old.

Only watched the first one last night. I need to try a more Swedish approach to life.

You’d be amazed at the large number of old Volvos and Saabs that are still on the roads. I nearly bought an XC70 Ocean Race when I was looking for a car (the trim level is really nice and having AWD is a positive in winter) and, because of the age of them (20+ years old) they are usually a bargain. like this one:

https://www.blocket.se/annons/1001898228

As long as people have taken care of it and the winter driving is away from salty roads, you can get some cracking cars. This 244 looks amazing:

https://www.blocket.se/annons/1401317037