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[TimV]

Norfolk isn't as flat as people make out !

On a round trip to Ypres, Belgium my LWT managed just a tad under 24 mpg, some hills were involved.

For sure terrain must have a bearing on your fuel consumption, someone in the Lakes won't do as well as someone in Norfolk.


 

Belgium? I drove to Belgium once in a van, on the way back the first hill I encountered was coming out of Dover!
Edited to change 'only' to 'first'.

[Gareth]

It’s pretty hilly around here. On the edge of the Peaks, so most runs out either involve going into town with lots of stop start, or going to the Peaks with plenty of 3rd or even 2nd gear hills. Having said that, for every up there is a down!

[jkhackney]

We've got a few hills here, too    and you have to keep 2 gallons in the tank to make sure the pickup doesn't suck air when you point up one of them. This reduces the useful capacity to 50 liters (45 to be safe) and maximizes my range at about 160 miles (109 sixpot). It'll do a few dozen more miles than that, but then I start biting my fingernails.
-Jeremy

[Genem]

Now you are trolling us Alan. The highest hill around Ypres is Kemmel, the locals warned us about the "mountain" when we did the 3-day walk around the old Salient battlefield, we walked over it without noticing..... Kemmel is less than 450ft high, the surrounding countryside is at about 300ft.

I suppose if your reference point is Beacon Hill, highest point in Norfolk, that extra 100ft in elevation could seem quite Alpine

 

[Paul4978]

I live up a hill and along a half mile of rough track. Each trip , of 10 to 20 miles starts and finishes with stop/start for 3 gates
I'm averaging 16-17mpg. 2.25 petrol 88 FWHs,  no o/d max speed 55 downhill with the wind behind me.

[andyjb]

I thought it was all flat between Norfolk and Belgium 

[Genem]

I thought it was all flat between Norfolk and Belgium 

....and quite wet. 

[Wittsend]

There's quite a big hill going over the Dartford crossing 

Maybe no hills but I was cruising on good roads at 55 to 60 mph 


You can read all about my adventures in the LWT in B2L issue #106 (2013) page 27 - also made the front cover