Saturday, 4 September 2010

Van Life 3 - Trip Statistics

The Journey

Start date: 24 April 2010
End date: 06 September 2010
Duration: 132 days
Parents' houses nights: ~20
Other non-van nights: 3 (2 x alpine hut, 1 x ferry cabin)

Start mileage: 105,007
End mileage: 118,632
Distance (miles): 13,625
Distance (Earth circumferii): 0.55



Average speed: 103.2 miles per day
During the continuous drive to/from Lofoten did a number of 600+ mile-days, as the figure shows.

Top speed: 163 km/hr (Autobahn near Nürnberg, slight downhill...)

Countries visited: UK, France, Italia, Schweiz, Belgique, Danmark, Sverige, Norge, Deutschland, Österreich, Slovenija, Hvratska

Fuel

Diesel used: 1563 litres
Average miles per gallon: 39.9
Best tank mpg: 46.4 (Norway - open roads, 80 km/hr speed limit)
Worst tank mpg: 35.7 (Switzerland-Italy alpine passes)
Longest tank: 732 miles

Average cost per litre: £1.10
Cheapest: £0.902 (Split, Croatia)
Most expensive: £1.27 (Kongsvik, Norway)

Maintenance

Pre-trip service
Front tyres and tracking adjustment (Germany)
Replacement fuse on leisure battery relay (Dolomites)
Oil and filter change (Switzerland)

Ferries

Dover to Dunkirk
Dunkirk to Dover
Ullapool to Stornoway
Leverburgh to Berneray
Lochboisdale to Oban
Harwich to Esbjerg (overnight)
Lofoten to Bodo
Foroy to Agskardet
Jetvik to Kilbogham
Dunkirk to Dover

Podcasts subscribed

Science Weekly
More or Less
Global News
NewsPod
Friday Night Comedy
The Infinite Monkey Cage

Photos

Photographs taken: 2668

The Nokia 5800 phone has a built-in GPS receiver that can record the position where a photograph is taken. The places that I took photos on my phone are plotted below. These include most of the places where we spent a night.

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