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Your pictures on the theme of 'road trip'

10 November 2024

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "road trip". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.

Victor Tregubov: "Taken in Glen Etive, Scotland."

Victor Tregubov A deer in the wing mirror of a car — Victor Tregubov: "Taken in Glen Etive, Scotland."

Hilary Steele: "Whilst on holiday in New Zealand we were stopped by a police officer and asked to park up as a large vehicle was coming through. We then experienced a whole new meaning to moving house."

Hilary Steele A lorry moves a mobile home along a road — Hilary Steele: "Whilst on holiday in New Zealand we were stopped by a police officer and asked to park up as a large vehicle was coming through. We then experienced a whole new meaning to moving house."

Geoff Watson: "Finding Elvis."

Geoff Watson An old car is parked in front of a sign with a picture of Elvis — Geoff Watson: "Finding Elvis."

Nigel Collier: "A walk with my dog Boo around West Yorkshire."

Nigel Collier A dog on an empty road — Nigel Collier: "A walk with my dog Boo around West Yorkshire."

Carolyn Montgomery: "Just me and the open road…"

Carolyn Montgomery A woman on a bicycle in Fuerteventura — Carolyn Montgomery: "Just me and the open road…"

Sonja de Klerk: "The road trip was to Namibia and the photo was taken riding the dunes as part of the Namib100 hike."

Sonja de Klerk A pick-up truck in the desert — Sonja de Klerk: "The road trip was to Namibia and the photo was taken riding the dunes as part of the Namib100 hike."

Carsten Schnoor: "When I saw this vintage car, I couldn't help but photograph it because it reminded me of my childhood. Karmann Ghias were manufactured from 1956 to 1974, many of which were convertibles."

Carsten Schnoor A Karmann Ghia beside the road — Carsten Schnoor: "When I saw this vintage car, I couldn't help but photograph it because it reminded me of my childhood. Karmann Ghias were manufactured from 1956 to 1974, many of which were convertibles."

Pat Foreman: "Oraiste (our Irish Wolfhound ) loves a road trip - especially in a car with a bit of headroom."

Pat Foreman A wolfhound sits in the back of a car with an open roof — Pat Foreman: "Oraiste (our Irish Wolfhound ) loves a road trip - especially in a car with a bit of headroom."

Craig Vaughton: "Off road."

Craig Vaughton A Peugeot rally car in 1986 — Craig Vaughton: "Off road."

Clancy Smith: "Roadtripping like it’s 1966."

Clancy Smith A model of Batman and Robin in the Batmobile — Clancy Smith: "Roadtripping like it’s 1966."

Anne Bostwick: "A bygone age of motoring, posing beside the family 1954 Vauxhall Cresta on Woodbury Common, Devon, in 1960."

Anne Bostwick A father and his children beside a 1954 Vauxhall Cresta on Woodbury Common, Devon, in 1960 — Anne Bostwick: "A bygone age of motoring, posing beside the family 1954 Vauxhall Cresta on Woodbury Common, Devon, in 1960."

Shona Thornhill: "Bolivia road trip, a chance for reflection."

Shona Thornhill Two motorbikes and a ride on the salt flats in Bolivia — Shona Thornhill: "Bolivia road trip, a chance for reflection."

Rick Woodward: "A male ostrich leads his young on a road trip near the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa."

Rick Woodward A car follows a group of ostriches on a road — Rick Woodward: "A male ostrich leads his young on a road trip near the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa."

Shai Shotts: "I think I’m hilarious company on a road trip. But clearly not everyone feels the same way."

Shai Shotts A woman in the passenger seat looks behind her while a man drives the car — Shai Shotts: "I think I’m hilarious company on a road trip. But clearly not everyone feels the same way."

Ann Gibbs-Jordan: "One of my final camps on my solo tour of the remote and arid Corner Country of New South Wales. I was about to crawl into my little tent when I spotted the last rays of the sun highlighted on the side of my car, so I grabbed my phone and shot a few pics."

Ann Gibbs-Jordan Sunlight reflects on the side of a car at dusk — Ann Gibbs-Jordan: "One of my final camps on my solo tour of the remote and arid Corner Country of New South Wales. I was about to crawl into my little tent when I spotted the last rays of the sun highlighted on the side of my car, so I grabbed my phone and shot a few pics."

Megan Waugh: "Wellies required!"

Megan Waugh An old motor car passes through a flooded road — Megan Waugh: "Wellies required!"

Mark Ashmeade: "The road is only a path. It is what you see along the way that makes the trip."

Mark Ashmeade A road lined with trees covered in autumn leaves — Mark Ashmeade: "The road is only a path. It is what you see along the way that makes the trip."

Maria del Pilar Londoño: "A perfect light and a dusty window made for a fun self- portrait on an early morning road trip."

Maria del Pilar Londoño A woman takes a selfie in the window of car — Maria del Pilar Londoño: "A perfect light and a dusty window made for a fun self- portrait on an early morning road trip."

Leonardo Fugoso: "Motorbikes crowd Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City in the Philippines. This is the widest street in the Philippines, about eight lanes in each direction. I remember as a child in the 1970s when this was a one-lane road, surrounded by tall grass on each side."

Leonardo Fugoso Motorbikes seen from behind on a wide road passing through a city — Leonardo Fugoso: "Motorbikes crowd Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City in the Philippines. This is the widest street in the Philippines, about eight lanes in each direction. I remember as a child in the 1970s when this was a one-lane road, surrounded by tall grass on each side."

Marin Offer: "Heading on 190 from the Furnace Creek heat to the cool of the Sierras."

Marin Offer A road passes through a barren valley — Marin Offer: "Heading on 190 from the Furnace Creek heat to the cool of the Sierras."

Sara Bickley: "Not sure I would want to take a road trip on this steam roller, which was on its way to a local fair."

Sara Bickley A traction engine passes a house — Sara Bickley: "Not sure I would want to take a road trip on this steam roller, which was on its way to a local fair."

Jason Shrubb: "We took an older relation on a road trip to where they once lived and worked. The house had been demolished and the roads and buildings were all closed."

Jason Shrubb An old white transit van outside brick buidlings — Jason Shrubb: "We took an older relation on a road trip to where they once lived and worked. The house had been demolished and the roads and buildings were all closed."

Kirsten Weller: "Who says you need four wheels for a proper road trip?"

Kirsten Weller An alien figure on a fairground ride — Kirsten Weller: "Who says you need four wheels for a proper road trip?"

The next theme is "autumn walks" and the deadline for entries is 19 November 2024.

The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able to find them, along with other galleries, on the In Pictures section of the BBC News website.

You can upload your entries directly here or email them to [email protected].

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