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Author: | RH944 [ Tue Aug 06, 2013 12:42 pm ] |
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Scenery looks beautiful and awe inspiring. Love the look of the Devils Bridge. Don't suppose many current engineers would get that to support itself? |
Author: | Sean Smallman [ Tue Aug 06, 2013 12:53 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Euro Tour This Summer (pic heavy) |
Very good itinerary, we'll be following your tyre tracks on some of those passes next month. ![]() |
Author: | Paul Mabley [ Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:39 am ] |
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For those doing euro trips this year, watch out, the Gendarmerie are known for targeting British drivers and they're pretty hostile to boot. We don't really go too much over the limit (keep around 90mph generally) any more but if you really want to risk it their favourite hiding places are exits from the toilet stops, I always slow down a bit and try and have a good look in there as passing. Keep to lower limits for sure like the 90 and 110 especially when raining (lower limit), look out for gendarmerie signs as they are near their base and in approaching toll booths (normally well signed in advance). There are several little hideaway laybys behind bridge abutments and over the brows of hills too they like to sit in. We've fallen foul of this a few times and always carry a decent amount of cash with us just in case (they are not honest to your speed either) as the trip we had to make to the ATM one year thanks to Kerry's speeding cost us a couple of hours ![]() http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23619783 |
Author: | WazzerM [ Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:03 pm ] |
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VERY useful Paul - ta!!!! |
Author: | Paul Mabley [ Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:23 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Euro Tour This Summer (pic heavy) |
Same really applies to Belgium and where they have limits on Autobahns too. You'll find many more on the road police with hairdryers all over Europe than over here. |
Author: | Althejazzman [ Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:23 pm ] |
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Those passes are truly cornering bliss. |
Author: | JasonGibson [ Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:30 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Euro Tour This Summer (pic heavy) |
Sounds like a great trip, you'll be needing a few bags of Wurthers ![]() |
Author: | Paul Mabley [ Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Euro Tour This Summer (pic heavy) |
![]() In como tonight been over grimsel, furka and gotthard passes. Furka is nearly 2500m altitude and very narrow at the top, we were scared! Precious little edge protection and suicide bikers! Vertigo ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Author: | Lee 944 [ Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:30 am ] |
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Author: | Paul Mabley [ Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:22 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Euro Tour This Summer (pic heavy) |
Got a bit too close to making Ben sick in the back of my car yesterday on the Corsican twisties, a relentless 80k of left, right, up and down! |
Author: | tr7v8 [ Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:24 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Euro Tour This Summer (pic heavy) |
Lee 944 wrote: :thumbright: looking good and I'm quite jelouse that I'm not going this year. I am hoping to get away next year though. Don't worry Le we'll send pics back from the tour so you know what you're missing! |
Author: | Paul Mabley [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:50 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Euro Tour This Summer (pic heavy) |
Some pics from our first day on corsica on Monday. Sick stop ![]() ![]() The roads here are exceptionally narrow and have relentless left rights but are really exciting with the views and drop offs! The Panamera takes a lot of room up, the combination of length and width makes it so that you need to be totally sure you know the car but if you do it's a lovely thing to drive here with the torque and paddle shift helps when you can keep both hands on the wheel when 'making progress'. ![]() ![]() ![]() Looks like young Jimmy has been making progress around the campsite too! ![]() |
Author: | Sean Smallman [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:12 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Euro Tour This Summer (pic heavy) |
Good photo's, nasty Daddy making Ben ill ![]() We should run a sweep on the shade of green Haley will go on the first day on the twisty stuff. She's usually ok after that, too worried about flying off the edge to feel sick ![]() |
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