This month (as I’ve mentioned before) has been a bit of a hog when it comes to mileage done.

So far (and excluding the normal 350 miles per week for work/commuting) it’s involved…

• Down to Berkshire to drop off Hound – 300 mile round trip
• Odds and Sods for party organisation, ferrying stuff and the like – 50ish miles
• Across to Peterborough to collect Herself’s brother for the party weekend – 75 miles
• Down to Berkshire to collect Hound – 300 mile round trip
• Down to London to deliver Herself etc. for her break – 200 mile round trip
• Down to London to collect Herself etc. from her break – 200 mile round trip
• Up to Manchester and back – 600 mile round trip

That’s just over 1,700 miles this month.  If you include the work commute, we go up to just over 3,100 miles.

I don’t mind the driving, it’s not resented or anything – for the most part it’s actually enjoyable (except for a small dollop of aquaplaning on the A1, but the less said about that the better) but it does amaze me on occasion just what kind of mileage I do knock up over time – although this July has been pretty excessive, even by my standards.

I probably need to check when the car’s due for its next service, don’t I?