WHAT LIES BENEATH
“It’s the first gasoline car that’s ever been down here. Actually, it’s the first car. Definitely the first Bentley,” ponders Teitur Samuelsen, CEO of P/F Eystur-og Sandoyartunlar as we gingerly drive a brand-new Bentley Continental GT into a giant and appallingly dirty hole. “Are you sure it’s going to be OK? It can get pretty rough.”
“Everything is fine,” I mutter back through the walkie-talkie, quietly yet firmly stabbing the lift button on the Conti’s air suspension. “We have raised the suspension and have four-wheel drive. This car is essentially made for this kind of environment.”
I can feel the side-eye through 20ft of clear air and a double-glazed, 70kg car door.
Probably because I’m lying. The Continental – in this spec – is a £202k super-sports GT, and I’m crawling it into a very much unfinished subsea tunnel over rocks the size of grapefruits. The Bentley’s red, glossy paintwork slides under the harsh, wildly intermittent lighting like a clot of blood oozing through an artery. I am beginning to regret my overconfidence. Again.
“We’ve paused the blasting for 90 minutes,” replies Teitur, with only the slightest of dubious pauses. “So we need to do whatever
