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== Outstanding Tasks ==
== Outstanding Tasks ==
* Get two-way radios.
* Get two-way radios.
** https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-TLKR-Extreme-two-way-radio/dp/B00UBTVGSA/ref=pd_bxgy_107_img_z Premium option, but has a long advertised range which may be needed for inter-car talk.
* Create custom routes and get app that can navigate them (Google Maps seems rubbish in this regard).
* Create custom routes and get app that can navigate them (Google Maps seems rubbish in this regard).


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* Yingke in 2012 Nissan 370Z
* Yingke in 2012 Nissan 370Z
* Lmm in 2008 Lotus Exige S
* Lmm in 2008 Lotus Exige S
* AIM - car undefined
* AIM - Audi A1 Sport back S


== Itinerary ==
== Itinerary ==
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** The other side of where we want to be, http://www.drivingforpleasure.co.uk/roads-and-tours/post.php?s=2011-12-01-the-cheddar-gorge ??
** The other side of where we want to be, http://www.drivingforpleasure.co.uk/roads-and-tours/post.php?s=2011-12-01-the-cheddar-gorge ??
* Spend night somewhere in England?
* Spend night somewhere in England?
* Proposed route: https://www.myscenicdrives.com/road-trip-directions?i=c2f2354b-cbd4-4ae6-b698-448702e679ad comes out as 4:13 --lmm
* Proposed route: https://www.myscenicdrives.com/road-trip-directions?i=c2f2354b-cbd4-4ae6-b698-448702e679ad comes out as 4:13. GPX track is [[File:WalesRoadTrip2017-Thursday.gpx]].
** Lunch: perhaps http://www.thespringinn.co.uk/
** Lunch: perhaps http://www.thespringinn.co.uk/
** Evening: https://www.thermaebathspa.com/treatment-prices/spapackages/package/twilight-package ?
** Evening: https://www.thermaebathspa.com/treatment-prices/spapackages/package/twilight-package ?
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=== Fri, 03/03/2017 ===
=== Fri, 03/03/2017 ===
* Cross Severn into Wales.
* Cross Severn into Wales.
* [https://goo.gl/maps/SZRmfPUwnhL2 Bath to Rhayader via Black Mountain Pass.]
* [https://goo.gl/maps/QFkMaLWrE6D2 Bath to Mid Wales Inn via Black Mountain Pass.] GPX track is [[File:WalesRoadTrip2017-Friday.gpx]].
** http://www.drivingforpleasure.co.uk/roads-and-tours/uk-road.php?s=2011-09-16-black-mountain-pass
** http://www.drivingforpleasure.co.uk/roads-and-tours/uk-road.php?s=2011-09-16-black-mountain-pass
** Picked Rhayader because it looks like it has more accomodation.
** Picked Rhayader because it looks like it has more accomodation.
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=== Sat, 04/03/2017 ===
=== Sat, 04/03/2017 ===
* Drive up to Conwy.
* Drive up to Conwy.
* [https://goo.gl/maps/8wLPRytPL3T2 Rhayader to Conwy with detour to Evo Triangle]
* [https://goo.gl/maps/sYUHW1EzcbD2 Mid Wales Inn to Conwy with detour to Evo Triangle] GPX track is [[File:WalesRoadTrip2017-Saturday.gpx]].
** http://www.drivingforpleasure.co.uk/roads-and-tours/uk-road.php?s=2011-08-30-the-evo-triangle
** http://www.drivingforpleasure.co.uk/roads-and-tours/uk-road.php?s=2011-08-30-the-evo-triangle
** Llanidloes, further up the A470, has a Texaco that has high octane unleaded.
** Llanidloes, further up the A470, has a Texaco that has high octane unleaded.