We’re back on the road again in our new transport, a Renault Espace. It’s large and comfortable and is capable of going more than twice as fast as DYK. Tom is now ‘making time’.

Having been effectively abandoned by the RAC (cancel your policies now everyone) we are nursing the taxi to a garage to see if anything can be done.

The reason for the noise on the last 50 miles into Calais. Several slightly loose wheel nuts.

Tom is back in the hot-seat as we head towards Rouen

Over 150 bottles of the finest (sorry cheapest) french lager.

Just over an hour until the end now, with the Audi looking like a cert.

Yes, we know it’s dangerous to go through the woods to the side of the track - that’s why we took the man with the torch’s advice and came back…

Only ten minutes to the start.