The Grand Pricks

Cotswold Run 2026

Penistone to Broadway

Five lads. Four cars. Three days — south via The Hedgehog, the Cotswold loop for Salon Privé, then home through Escapade Silverstone.

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The film

Aftermovie.

Three days cut into one reel — Peak miles, Cotswold stone, Salon Privé, and Escapade Silverstone.

From the glasses

Through the glasses.

Ray-Ban Meta POV from the run — convoy miles, Cotswold stone, and the bits the aftermovie can't quite catch.

The itinerary

Three days. One convoy.

Day one hauls south from Flouch to Broadway. Day two loops Blenheim and The Farmer's Dog. Day three goes home the long way — via Escapade Silverstone.

The full run

374 miles on one map.

Flouch south to Broadway, the Cotswold loop, then home via Silverstone — colour-coded by day.

Peak District Midlands Cotswolds Oxfordshire Sheffield Burford Woodstock Towcester A515 A44 A422 132 MI · D1 71 MI · D2 171 MI · D3 N Flouch Penistone · home The Hedgehog Lichfield Broadway Cotswolds HQ Blenheim Salon Privé Farmer's Dog near Burford Escapade Silverstone
  • Day 1 · A515 · 132 mi
  • Day 2 · A44 loop · 71 mi
  • Day 3 · A422 · 171 mi
  • 374 mi total
Day 1 yellow · Day 2 stone · Day 3 brake red — open each day below for the Google Maps link.

Day one · the drive south

132 miles. Via the A515.

Flouch / Penistone out, through the Peak on the scenic A515 pull, via The Hedgehog in Lichfield, then into honey-stone Broadway.

132 miles
~4 hours
A515 spine road
3 waypoints
  1. 01 START

    Flouch / Penistone

    Hazlehead, Crow Edge — engines on at Flouch Engineering country. V8s rumble. The Up! pretends it belongs. Convoy pointed south.

    • S36 4HH
    • South Yorkshire
  2. 02 VIA

    The pit stop

    The Hedgehog / Lichfield

    Stafford Road, WS13 8JB. 18th-century country pub — gardens, cask ale, beds upstairs. Halfway south. Banter still running.

    • Staffordshire
    • Pub + beds
  3. 03 BASE

    Broadway / The Cotswolds

    Honey stone, gravel drives, and three serious motors parked like they own the place — plus one red Up! keeping everyone honest. Day one in the bag.

    • Cotswolds HQ
    • ~4 hrs total

Day two · the Cotswold loop

71 miles. Via the A44.

Out from Broadway in the blazers, Salon Privé at Blenheim Palace, beer and pizza at The Farmer's Dog near Burford, then home to Broadway.

71 miles
~2 hours
A44 spine road
4 waypoints
  1. 01 OUT

    Broadway / departure

    Blazers on. Sunglasses mandatory. Leave the gravel drive and point the convoy at Woodstock — Salon Privé doesn't wait for hungover Up! drivers.

    • Cotswolds HQ
    • Smart casual optional
  2. 02 EVENT

    Salon Privé

    Blenheim Palace / Woodstock

    OX20 1PS. Hypercars on the lawn, five lads pretending to behave, then posing like they belong in front of their own motors back at base.

    • Oxfordshire
    • Dressed up
  3. 03 REFUEL

    Beer + pizza

    The Farmer's Dog / Burford

    Asthall Barrow Roundabout, OX18 4HJ. Pints up, pizza down, tractor hanging from the rafters. Mind your head on the way out.

    • Near Burford
    • Tractor overhead
  4. 04 HOME

    Broadway / return

    Back to honey stone and the gravel drive. Loop closed. Golden-hour pints still very much on the cards.

    • Loop complete
    • ~2 hrs driving

Day three · the run home

171 miles. Via Silverstone.

Broadway out, pit stop at Escapade Silverstone on the circuit, then north to Penistone — convoy unbroken until the last mile.

171 miles
~4 hours
A422 spine road
3 waypoints
  1. 01 LEAVE

    Broadway / checkout

    Honey stone in the mirrors. Bags in boots. One more proper drive before the Up! has to face the M1-adjacent reality of home.

    • Cotswolds
    • Northbound
  2. 02 PIT

    Track day energy

    Escapade Silverstone / Circuit

    Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TN. Escapade stop on the way home — proper racing ground between Cotswold mornings and Yorkshire evenings.

    • Northamptonshire
    • On camera
  3. 03 HOME

    Penistone / Sheffield

    Back where it started. Engines off. Banter still running. The Cotswold Run: complete.

    • South Yorkshire
    • ~4 hrs total

The convoy

Four cars. One punchline.

Mustang. Challenger. Portofino. And a VW Up! — because somebody had to keep the group chat interesting.

Ford Mustang, Dodge Challenger, Ferrari Portofino and red VW Up! parked on Cotswold gravel
The five lads dressed up in front of the Mustang, Challenger and Portofino

The Grand Pricks

Callsigns only.

  • Dan “Death Arse” Maw
  • Kyle “Killerky” Wilkinson
  • Matt “Champ” Birdie
  • Sam “Angry Bastard” Birch
  • Joe "Fanny Hammer" Birch

Once we landed

Suited. Spied. Fed.

Broadway was base camp. From there: Salon Privé at Blenheim, beer and pizza at The Farmer's Dog, then Escapade Silverstone on the way home.

01 — Blenheim Palace

Salon Privé

Blazers on. Sunglasses mandatory. Five lads pretending to behave among hypercars — then posing like they belong in front of their own.

Dressed up for Salon Privé in front of the cars

02 — The Farmer's Dog

Beer. Pizza. Tractor.

Pints up in the Cotswold stone. A tractor hanging from the rafters. Mind your head on the way out — and try not to disturb the locals.

Crowd under a tractor hanging from the beams at The Farmer's Dog Outdoor crowd and picnic tables at The Farmer's Dog

03 — Broadway evenings

Golden hour pints

Honey stone streets, late sun, and five glasses raised like the Up! just won Le Mans.

Group selfie with pints outside a Cotswold pub in Broadway

04 — Day three

Escapade Silverstone

Homeward via the circuit. Escapade at Silverstone — Towcester NN12 8TN — before the final push north to Penistone.