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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 A deer in the wing mirror of a carVictor Tregubov

Victor Tregubov: “Taken in Glen Etive, Scotland.”

Hilary Steele A lorry moves a mobile home along a roadHilary Steele

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 An old car is parked in front of a sign with a picture of ElvisGeoff Watson

Geoff Watson: “Finding Elvis.”

Nigel Collier A dog on an empty roadNigel Collier

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

Carolyn Montgomery A woman on a bicycle in Fuerteventura Carolyn Montgomery

Carolyn Montgomery: “Just me and the open road…”

Sonja de Klerk A pick-up truck in the desertSonja de Klerk

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 A Karmann Ghia beside the roadCarsten Schnoor

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 A wolfhound sits in the back of a car with an open roofPat Foreman

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

Craig Vaughton A Peugeot rally car in 1986Craig Vaughton

Craig Vaughton: “Off road.”

Clancy Smith A model of Batman and Robin in the Batmobile Clancy Smith

Clancy Smith: “Roadtripping like it’s 1966.”

Anne Bostwick A father and his children beside a 1954 Vauxhall Cresta on Woodbury Common, Devon, in 1960
Anne Bostwick

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

Shona Thornhill Two motorbikes and a ride on the salt flats in BoliviaShona Thornhill

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

Rick Woodward A car follows a group of ostriches on a roadRick Woodward

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

Shai Shotts A woman in the passenger seat looks behind her while a man drives the carShai Shotts

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

Ann Gibbs-Jordan Sunlight reflects on the side of a car at duskAnn Gibbs-Jordan

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 An old motor car passes through a flooded roadMegan Waugh

Megan Waugh: “Wellies required!”

Mark Ashmeade A road lined with trees covered in autumn leavesMark Ashmeade

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 woman takes a selfie in the window of carMaria del Pilar Londoño

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 seen from behind on a wide road passing through a cityLeonardo Fugoso

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 A road passes through a barren valleyMarin Offer

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

Sara Bickley A traction engine passes a houseSara Bickley

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 An old white transit van outside brick buidlingsJason Shrubb

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 An alien figure on a fairground rideKirsten Weller

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

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