11 days touring the best driving roads in Spain and Portugal.

In 2011 we went East—so 2012 is Go West year and we’re heading for the land of the Conquistadors. This part of Spain, next to the Portuguese border offers some of the best driving in Spain so we’re going through it twice.

There will be stops at Belmonte in Portugal—always a favourite -and Tavira on the Algarve where we have a waterside restaurant dinner planned with water taxis to get us there.

There will—of course—be a professionally organised trackday at Guadix

Circuit where Clive Greenhalgh and his team always look after us very well, the track is booked just for us so there will be an open pit lane. Clive will doubtless be looking out for cars he sold when he was a TVR Dealer!

The trip will start with a 24 hour crossing from Portsmouth on Cap Finistere and the first hotel is the Parador at Leon—for those who crave adventure there is a spectacular drive there. Stops at Trujillo and Guadalupe put us in the heart of Conquistador country whilst we finish the trip in Spain just outside Segovia at the new Parador at La Granja before an early evening ferry departure from Bilbao.

The roads in Spain offer brilliant driving, there is little traffic off the main routes and the hotels at journey’s end provide a comfortable spot to relax, do a little sightseeing or socialise with other members of the group. There is no regimented convoy driving—go at your own pace and in your own way—we’ll see you at dinner! Plenty of places left!