The competiton

In October we asked members of the public to submit their 'ultimate journey' on our Facebook page for a chance to win an Astra GTC for 3 months. The submissions were open to the public vote and with over 500 votes five lucky winners made it to the top. You can follow their progress as they review this incredible new model right here and on our Facebook Page.

Tuesday, April 24

A night out in Blackpool

So I've not been to Essex yet and I'm absolutely gutted :( It turned out only 2 of us could go so we thought we'd wait until all 5 of my friends can go down in the next few weeks. That just means the best is yet to come!!!
  My boyfriend invited me to the Rangers Legends game a few weeks ago! Not to be polite, just so I would drive and he could have a beer!! It's this kind of situation where you fall in love with the eco-friendliness of the GTC!! I genuinely think we sat in traffic longer getting in and out of Ibrox than we did watching football! But the car just turns itself off thanks to the startstop technology - you save fuel, and lots of it! It wasn't all a bad night though, Ally McCoist scored the one and only goal in the whole game and the crowd went wild. It was my first time at Ibrox too, and the Stadium Bar after! It was an experience!!



 
Talking of saving fuel, I can't believe all the panic buying at Petrol Stations!




  Linzi and I decided to head down to Blackpool for our night of glitz & glamour. By glitz and glamour I mean vodka & redbull, and chicken kebabs!! Blackpool is the poor man's Las Vegas and I love it!! It’s amazing!! The drive down is just one long straight road and I just put the cruise control on let the car drive itself! And we used just under half a tank of petrol to get there!! If we'd taken my old car it would have probably been about 2 full tanks just to get there! But we got to Blackpool and back home on 1 full tank! Perfect :)


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Lucky for us, the weather was lovely in Blackpool! Windy as always but perfect for "seeing the sights!" ha! We had a great breakfast in the New Yorker Cafe, and because we got lost, we ended driving down the entire length of the promenade! We headed straight out as soon as we got to our B&B to enjoy the nightlife and had great fun! We even had a little dip in the sea!!





The weather the next day was horrible so as you'll see from pictures we didn't get out of the car very much! But we still loved it and we're thinking about going back down soon!! Next on my list is Alton Towers which we will definitely be going to on Thursday 3rd of May (as I have a free tickets!) I am hoping that Essex will follow soon after!! 


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