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✓ Published: 16-Apr-2024

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A madcap motorhead drove his battered Citroen 2CV 1,023 miles from England to Ireland – using only B-roads and a COMPASS.<br/><br/>Matthew Hollis, 41, took ten days to complete the epic trip from Ness Point in Lowestoft, Suffolk, to Dunmore Head, on Ireland's west coast.<br/><br/>He finished his coast-to-coast journey on Friday (12/4), after relying on a compass to find his way and only sticking to B-roads.<br/><br/>He almost drove into trouble on the final stage of his challenge when he got lost driving the last ten miles from Dingle to Dunmore Head.<br/><br/>What should have been a 20 minute journey turned into a two-and-a-half hour ordeal after Matthew took a wrong turn and ended up driving 50 miles out of his way.<br/><br/>After reaching his final destination following ten days on the road, Matthew said: \