brilliant
I LOVE the 'races' :)
We did something similar with some friends a while ago...
I started from London and a friend started in Quimper, we saw who could get to Tignes (in the french Alps) first...
He beat me by 15 minutes
( Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Sun 3 Jul 2005, 19:46, archived)

I have been to Tignes and that mountain road is scary as shit

( Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Sun 3 Jul 2005, 19:49, archived)

it was mental
started snowing just as I got to the bit with all the anti-avalanche tunnels
in a fairly powerful front-drive car it was a bit skiddy :)
( Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Sun 3 Jul 2005, 19:51, archived)