Grantown and the rest of Route 57 now on line
A new video diary of a mega road run which came through Grantown has gone on line.
Jess Shanahan was treated to a meeting with local hero Bill Sadler as she drove 2,500 miles across Britain in an electric car on her “Route 57 Road Trip” electric car came through the Cairngorms National Park on part of an epic 2,500 mile trek.
Jess is now sharing her experiences and encounters of driving Route 57, the Great British & Irish Road Trip: “For years people have strived to tick America’s Route 66 off their bucket list but for Brits, it’s a long and often expensive journey. Now there’s something much closer to home. Route 57 was born out of the need for the UK and Ireland’s own bucket-list road trip and was designed using the local knowledge of hotel chain Jurys Inn.
“I was the first person to drive it, visiting every one of its 57 destinations. One of the best things about it is that it’s broken up into 10 smaller road trips, so you don’t necessarily have to tackle all 2,580 miles of it all at once. This means you can do one over a week and complete the full trip in sections or you can pick and choose the areas that interest you most.”
You can see the video and journal of the drive, including the Cairngorms National Park stage here (route57.org.uk).
