Jon Ronson as James Bond

1964: Sean Connery leaning against his Aston Martin DB3 in Goldfinger Photograph: Kobal

Ronson on the Dover to Calais ferry, not quite the start he'd hoped for Photograph: Duncan McKenzie/Duncan McKenzie

Driving his, for a short time, Aston Martin Vantage with all the gadgets aglow Photograph: Duncan McKenzie/Duncan McKenzie

Arriving in Orléans Photograph: Duncan McKenzie/Duncan McKenzie

Outside the station Photograph: Duncan McKenzie/Duncan McKenzie

Making do with dinner at Le Cosy, because the Bond's Hôtel de la Gare has closed, Ronson nevertheless manages to over-eat and over-drink Photograph: Duncan McKenzie/Duncan McKenzie

Time to move on from Orléans Photograph: Duncan McKenzie/Duncan McKenzie

Driving towards the misty foothills of the Jura mountains, where Bond stops for a meaty and boozy picnic Photograph: Duncan McKenzie/Duncan McKenzie

Finally arriving at the suitably opulent Hôtel des Bruges, Geneva Photograph: Duncan McKenzie/Duncan McKenzie

Taking in his final moments as Bond in the hotel bar Photograph: Duncan McKenzie/Duncan McKenzie

And finally, exhausted and channel flicking in the hotel room Photograph: Duncan McKenzie/Duncan McKenzie

Jon Ronson, well and truly in character gives Sean Connery a run for his money Photograph: Duncan McKenzie/Duncan McKenzie