Honda vs the volcano

The new July 2010 issue of CAR Magazine dispatches the ever-adventurous Mark Walton on a road trip with a difference: he has to beat the dustcloud and return from Spain using only Honda machinery in less than 30 hours. That's the time it took HMS Albion to repatriate stranded tourists from Spain to the UK in the aftermath of the volcano. Welcome to an unusual trip using boats, bikes, quads, boats and more. Click on the links for video of our adventure, a digital issue preview and wallpapers of our trip.

How do you pack for a journey like this? Inspired by the adventures of returning holiday makers under the Icelandic ash cloud, Car Magazine has decided to send me to Spain, so I can make my way home again by a variety of wheeled and watery means. I stand in my house before I leave for the airport, looking around and trying to decide what to pack: bike leathers, swim suit, hard hat, cowboy outfit, it’s like the Village People are on tour again.

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