This trip took me down a wide range of challenging roads. (Image: Jack Mortimer)
We take too long to travel in sat-nav. Please don't get me wrong. I use Google Maps as much as the following people: It helped me find my destination without dozens of U-turns. But where is the fun?
More and more drivers are making this happen, spending their days off on road trips where the main focus is not a specific attraction or venue, but something they can discover along the way.
However, many of the UK's most popular trips, such as Scotland's North Coast 500 and Sussex's South Downs, have drivers stick to certain roads and eagerly researching roadmap.
For many, this is what you would expect from a road trip, but should you do this? As part of a daily adventure campaign, Dasia suggests drivers try a spontaneous road trip. Here, the driver proposes to plan a starting point and flip the coin to decide on his next trip.
To determine if it works, I decided to give it a try myself. I took one of the company's latest generation Duster SUVs in case the coin led me out of the beaten track.
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The idea saw my passenger flip the coin and decide whether to take the future junction (Image: Jack Mortimer)
As if the idea wasn't ambitious enough, I recommended starting my road trip with the infamous snake pass in the Peak district. If you think you've heard the name before, you probably have – traffic reports usually mention that it is completely closed in snow conditions.
There is a very good reason for this. In addition to highlands, narrow lanes and bent hairpins, hilly environments are particularly susceptible to strange landslides. When I visited, nothing fell apart in the entire lane and after sliding down the hills, one stretch of one road was plagued by temporary lights.
Overall, snake paths certainly do not focus for faint people, but they still provide ample concentration, but they are still a particularly enjoyable path. What's more, after all, it was far from the most challenging path I'd encountered while traveling.
On several occasions, Penny took us to the dead end road, and they all had great views (Image: Jack Mortimer)
As I approached the junction, my passenger flipped the penny over. In other circumstances, I would never have given the junction a second look and was somewhat nervous when trespassing on a farmer's private road.
Luckily, I was immediately relieved by the National Trust Sign, which explained that the citizens were allowed in Little Lane.
Unfortunately, the roads did not lead us anywhere. So after avoiding the 4-point turn falling into the valley, we returned to the snake pass towards Ladybower Reservoir.
Penny took us to Winnut Pass – a challenging yet incredibly scenic road (Image: Getty)
Sadly, there's not much space near enough to write about all the roads Penny took us to, but the most ambitious was Winnut Pass. Passing past Castleton's village, Winnut Pass is a much smaller path through various limestone ridges.
Compared to the snake pass, the winnut is much narrower. But don't be fooled by a single open gate on either side of the path. This is not a quiet road. For the first time with Winnats Pass (Damn Penny let me do it again later that day), I was kicked out to the truck while not off the side of the truck, trying my best to pass the approaching traffic. It was there.
However, there are few public roads I have encountered. Twist and spinning naturally means that the driver needs to keep his speed down, but slow pace helps give the driver plenty of time to take in the view, especially towards the top of the road that he's overlooked. Masu.
Overall, my penny-managed road trip was definitely interesting and took me to a road I've never visited.
Needless to say, there were quite a few U-turns and moments of hair lifting, but isn't that exactly what road trip is like? Even if I had no special knowledge when I was there, taking a randomised route, when I got home I tended to do research, and certainly boosted my confidence behind the wheel.
I definitely recommend that a one-day driver and an adventurous spirit give a try on penny road trips, but they still remind you that you should follow all driving methods – “Private Road “Let the passengers do everything away from the truck marked “” of coins flipped over to avoid distractions.