Corsica, August 2004 from the mountain town of Zonza to the sea port of Solenzara and then on to the cliff-top citadel of Bonifacio. We started on a good 2 lane made up road that twisted through the peaks into the clouds and then dropped away through the pines into a ravine where it narrowed to three metres. Rubble and rocks had crumbled away from the cliff and dug some nice round pot holes in the road, but the sun was high and the contrast between the grey granite outcrops green firs and blue sky was startling. The going was slow and the air was cool and quiet. Up ahead we could hear the roar of a waterfall and see sparkling droplets of spray. The low wall at the road edge ran out but the road carried on. We followed it through the mists of the waterfall until the road opened up and wound through miles of uncultivated maquis covered foothills to the coast. The temperature rose and the air grew clear and sharp with salt. The beaches of Solenzara rolled out before us, a white and blue ribbon of sand and sea. To our right the sun hovered low over the mountains, to our left the Tyrrhenian Sea. From here it was blacktop and sunshine all the way to the clifftop citadel of Bonifacio where we watched the sun slide over the horizon before supper at La Castille.

South on the A75 in France, passing over the magnificent and majestic Viaduc de Millau. Not only an engineering miracle in itself! Its design fits wonderfully into the glorious countryside that surrounds it. The massive bridge looks beautiful from any angle, any location - a true triumph of engineering beauty that is sympathetic to its surroundings.

Driving through Leadhills and Wanlockhead (off M74) in Scotland (a tricky drive) passing the highest golf course in the UK along the way - and smelling the freshness of the air, the peaty earth and the heather – magic

Is the sunset lowering over the mountains of the Welsh coast on the way to Abersoch.
The light and sky make a wonderful sight to behold and as you come round the corner of the hills to see the somewhat tropical site of the Abersoch penisular ahead you are forgiven to think you are in a far off island paradise.

The drive through Glen Coe in the west coast of Scotland must be the most visually stunning and atmospheric drive in the world. No matter what time of year, what time of day or night or what the weather brings, it is an exciting and exhilarating drive at any speed.

The Ring of Kerry with views of the brooding Mcgillicuddy's Reeks and the Skellig islands with their amazing secular history and magnificent wildlife including the second largest Gannetry in the world.

The A686 from Penrith in Cumbria to Haydon Bridge in Northumberland. It is a mix of open sweeping roads with great views, testing hairpins & a beautiful tree lined valley with the sun glinting through the trees. And, as importantly, virtually no traffic.

Travelling from Gloucester to Southwold, I've done this trip every year since childhood to visit my grandma & I love the changing scenery across the country from rolling Cotswolds to vast landscapes of East Anglia culminating in the beach & north sea. Some of the unsung gems of English countryside.

One that I made this year and didn't involve even going out of the U.K. The Moray Firth ,where I live, the farmer's fields only have post and wire surrounding their boundaries. My wife and I returned to Cornwall in late Spring, the first time in 30yrs, and joy of joys to see all the flowers in the banks in the field hedges, all the wild bluebells ragged robin scarlet pimpernel and even dandelion!
But the drive to beat all drives, I'd lived in Cornwall off and on for nearly 20 years but had never been along the road from Mousehole to the Minack Theatre. Oh boy what a route to take in a hire car. With my wife telling me to get out from the side of the road in case there were any granite slabs that had been pulled out of the hedges by other unwary drivers. Great but that meant that I was then running into the brambles and anything else my side of the road! Uphill, down dale, round hair-pin bends. BUT all the while this marvellous vista of all these glorious flowers almost shoved in your face.

The magnificent roads in Madeira cascading waterfalls touch the roads from north to south as you drive along sheer cliff face! Wonderful!

Driving around the coast of Jersey, Channel Islands not knowing where you’re going but not having to worry about getting lost as you just follow beach after beach sometimes not seeing another car or person you feel like you have the Island to yourself!

Going through the Alps in Austria and viewing all the beautiful mountain tops in the summer with just the tips covered in snow and all the greenery below this. To take in all these sights as you are driving along was absolutely amazing and breathtaking.

The drive up to the Halekala volcano in Maui which I took in 1992 and the memory has stayed with me since, it was like being at the top of world and the centre of the earth at the same time! Truly wonderful driving up beyond the low lying clouds to a barren crater with lava bubbling deep below! Fantastic!

Driving up through the Swiss Alps heading to the Grand St Bernard Pass with a azure blue sky, not a cloud in the sky, clean mountain air, a gentle breeze and the most majestic of mountains all around. That's as close to perfection as it gets.

From Sharjah on the UAE coast of the Arabian Gulf through the desert to the Buraimi Oasis and on to Nizwa at the base of the Jebel Akhdar in the Oman.

Over the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus. The road winds on and on for what seems like an eternity. Great views all the way and the road is a real driver’s road. If you are into driving, I think this is one of the best drives in the world.