Top Gear and Grand Tour producer Andy Wilman remembers a remarkable convoy across Botswana's salt pans after filming his final television special.
An unforgettable drive need not take place on a perfectly surfaced mountain pass. In Porsche's Sunday Drives series, television producer Andy Wilman recalls crossing Botswana's Makgadikgadi Salt Pans after filming the final Grand Tour special, with the landscape and company making the journey memorable.
The road was an open salt pan
The convoy moved from Kubu Island towards camp across a vast, uneven surface, where soft salt could disrupt the line of vehicles. Wilman remembers the shared challenge of the return journey as vividly as any formal motoring sequence.
The stories behind the camera
His career on Top Gear and The Grand Tour involved travel through very different landscapes and often required crews to solve practical problems away from the lens. That experience shapes the way he describes a good drive: setting and company are as important as the machinery.
A quieter chapter in Italy
Wilman also talks about driving his Porsche Macan with his wife and dog to their place in southern Italy, a different kind of pleasure from expedition filming. The contrast provides a useful perspective on road trips: a journey need not be extreme to be worth remembering.
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