Small roads, one tank, home by dark.
Two-Lane Weekend is a notebook of day drives: circle routes on the small roads around your own city, with a proper stop for coffee, a market and a picnic from the trunk — no hotels, no highways, no planning software.
See the route notes The full Sunday drive
Seven route notes, in driving order
Planning a circle route
Why a loop beats an out-and-back, the 200-kilometre ceiling, and picking three dots before you pick a road.
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The golden-hour departure
Leaving an hour after sunrise: empty roads, soft light, the best bakery stop of the day — and why late starts sink day drives.
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The glovebox kit
Paper map, small cash, a cloth, a bag for rubbish: the tiny kit that turns any car into a day-drive car.
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Reading the small roads
How to spot the good thin roads on any map, when to trust the app and when to overrule it, and the detour rule.
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The art of the stop
Every ninety minutes, something: viewpoints, village markets, the church square — how stops make the drive.
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Lunch from the trunk
The tailgate picnic: what to pack at home, what to buy on the road, and where to park it with a view.
Read the note →The two-lane rule
If the road has more than two lanes, we're on the wrong road. A day drive is about the driving — the curves, the villages, the stops — not about arriving. One tank, one loop, home by dark.
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