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Travel has changed. There was a time when travel meant glamour. It meant Brunel, Stevenson, Younghusband and Livingstone. But not any more. Elegance to blandness.

The ongoing adventures of the people behind the Pub2Pub Expedition - a record-breaking drive from the northernmost pub on the planet, to the southernmost, at the wheel of a classic British sports car... It meant proud ocean liners plying the oceans from Ceylon to Constantinople, and elegant railways sweeping overland to the Orient. It was the rarefied domain of well heeled clientèle, swathed in th

e latest London fashions as they set off on their grand tour. And it meant achieving the impossible against the odds, while never letting one’s style or dignity waver even for a moment. The very word ‘traveller’ has been lost to the masses, diluted by a thousand grimy hostels and dreadlocked wanderers. Once, there was the majestic audacity of the journey; now a thousand anodyne Boeings sweep their cargoes blandly across the globe. The infinite allure of the unknown has been banished by tick-list tourism and off-the-shelf adventures. Bespoke has given way to budget. Panache has been swept away by humdrum. But it doesn’t have to be like this. There is still a place in this world for the lost art of travel. Because while the golden age of travel may have passed, its spirit still exists. A spirit of conviction that travel goes far beyond simply visiting a place; it should be a stylish expression of how life should be lived – bold, daring, elegant and stylish; and with just a hint of glorious madness. This is the rationale behind 80breakdown’s latest project, the forthcoming pub2pub expedition – a very British blend of elegance and eccentricity. A 24,000 mile overland journey from the northernmost bar on the planet, to the southernmost. From the Arctic to the Antarctic, across oceans, continents and cultures; travelling by grand touring car, kayak, yacht and ocean liner. All undertaken with a style and panache which harks back to that glorious age when travel was an art form.

15/08/2026

An early weekend workshop update for you - do we have any distributor experts in the house?

Last weekend, we attempted to remove the drivegear from the end of Kermit's distributor shaft, and fit it to the working distributor which a Pub2Pub-er has so kindly sent us (thanks Jon!). However, the hole for the roll pin which holds the drivegear in place is sitting about 5mm higher on the new distributor, preventing it from fitting (the second photo shows the difference).

Following some moderate confusion as to why this should be, the answer seems to have came when we removed a rubber b**g on the side of the unit - below the centrifugal advance mechinism, a sealing plate is sitting at a slight angle, possibly preventing the distributor shaft from slotting all the way down into position (see photo). Would anyone know how to cure this? So far the brute force approach (sticking mole grips in through the hole to try to level it) has failed, and the reluctor ring doesn't want to budge either, preventing the distributor from being stripped down sufficiently to gain access...

On the plus side, every day's a school day with these old cars - have a great weekend, everyone! :)

11/08/2026

Road trips, done right.

07/08/2026

A little ray of sunshine to end the week.

05/08/2026

Great success!

Pub2Pub Colombia's fifth - and possibly shiniest - Renault 4 has now made the eight-hour drive from Bogota to our base in Colombia's coffee district.

And yep, the rumours are true - it's not red...

03/08/2026

A belated weekend workshop update for you, from Pub2Pub.

Firstly, we haven't fired Kermit up yet, as it's been a weekend of work on the other members of the fleet. The Range Rover now has a new (working) door handle and aircon compressor, and following a regas the climate control is now blowing cold - a real bonus given its off to Morocco on the Sandstorm Rally in a few months.

The Rover cabriolet has had a service too, along with a change of gearbox oil, a fixed power steering system and a new battery too. It's run up 13,000 miles since we acquired it before the Snowstorm Rally, and so was certainly due some attention.

And finally, we've been putting some more miles on Daisy the Mini, in preparation for future adventures.

Oh, and one more thing - isn't the Pub2Pub community great?! After our post about Kermit's rusty distributor last weekend, a Pub2Pubber who had a working dizzy on the shelf got in touch, before posting it over to us - thanks Jon, and thanks too, to everyone else who got in touch with suggestions for how to proceed.

We'll be fitting the new dizzy shortly, and then it'll be time for third time lucky when it comes to firing up Kermit...

31/07/2026

You can't beat a bit of alpine TVR-time!

26/07/2026

Kermit, Round Two - so near but yet so far...

After last weekend's attempt to start Kermit was stopped by a faulty starter motor, on Thursday we installed a new one, ready for round two.

And the good news is, Kermit now cranks over.

However the bad news is that it won't start, as there's no spark. We have 12 volts at the coil, which is new, as is the ignition amplifier, rotor arm and cap, HT leads and plugs. So, we checked all the wiring for continuality (the blue lead from the ignition amp to the distributor had high resistance through a corroded connector, so we bypassed it), and still no spark. Which leads us to suspect the distributor.

Now the distributor has had an eventful time of things recently - we removed the magnetic trigger from it at the start of the Beer Italia to get a customer car back on the road, enabling them to complete the trip. And as we did so, we noticed just how rusty the reluctor ring is.

After returning from the tour a few weeks ago, we tried to source a replacement serpentine distributor, but the search came up blank, so we fitted a new trigger sensor to Kermit's current, rusty distributor. And now it doesn't seem to be triggering.

We'll be double checking everything over again before our next attempt at starting, and in the meantime, if anyone knows where we can source a distributor for a Serpentine Chimaera, or get ours rebuilt at a sensible price, please do let us know...

25/07/2026

Dartmoor Daisy.

24/07/2026

Have a great weekend folks.

We'll be spending the time in a predictible manner - crossing our fingers for the second weekend on the trot as we turn the key on Kermit's restoration once again. The new starter motor is already fitted, so it's all good to go.

Second time lucky - wish us luck!

21/07/2026

A day on the road with the Alpine Traverse.

Filmed by Caroline Grubb Photography - thanks Caroline!

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