Sorry to hear that Hope the meds do the trick.

Maybe if you're within reasonable driving distance from our first stop in France you could pop over to meet us?
Take it easy, eh!

 

Cheers missy!

 

Sorry to hear that Frenchie - hope you make a full recovery soon

As for the weather - I have been reliably informed that a good few of the passes have been closed due to bad weather (thunderstorms), so hopefully it will all have gone by the time we go away.

 

Let's hope for an indian summer STi-Frenchie, hope we can still meet up somewhere nearer to you, best of luck with the treatment

Got my pack this morning Minor prob with confirmation, but hopefully sorted now

Now let's see where we are going ....

Oh, no need for Vignettes in Switzerland!

 

Impressed with the route-book - very professional.

I think that those with sat-nav systems need to get busy

Gravel rally stage on day 2 anyone???

Cheers

Terry

 

Just to reassure everyone that we are keeping an eye on the weather and will update you at the end of next week with a full prognosis.

If anyone hasn't received their pack, please let me know.

regards,
V12v8

 

Got mine today, top quality

Have to get the Europe maps on my PDA now!

 

Addendum: Page 9 seems to have the actual name of the hotel missing

<Hotel llink removed - will get Terry to email it out>

Just got my 2Gb CF card this morning, so will put Memory Map Europe on that and TomTom5 on the 1Gb SD card

 

hey all, was at the ring a couple of weeks ago and i can tell you quite a few cars didn't return from the laps, you guys and gals be safe out there.

T

 

Yeah right

 

Normally I would be well up for a gravel road, but MissyC is insisting that the car is spotless and waxed until it sparkles so I think not on this occasion

I'm putting the route into Autoroute in daily segments, and identifying favourable fueling stops etc. already got the Shell sorted for day 1

TomTom & Memory Map waypoints to follow

 

Thanks mate - presume you must be Nick then??

Cheers

Terry

 

Hey!! Who says I'm not up for a bit of off-roading Mister

Your motor will G L E A M when I've done with it next weekend.

But I'll have a collapsible bucket and a bottle of car detailing spray in my bag at all times for our trip - wherever the route takes us LOL

 

Got a cargo net and collapsible crate for the boot, slowly filling it up:- toolkit, warning triangle, home made first aid kit and bulb kit, maps, tyre weld, camera batteries, 2 way radio set(on offer at Maplins-£29.99 instead of £50), new set of Mintex 1155 pads for the AP 6 pots, in car video camera mount etc etc.

Tuesday 6th September can't come soon enough

 

Spot on.

 

Current position is not too good - all of the major passes that are in the routebook in central Switzerland are currently closed. The worst affected area appears to be around Interlaken. However, the prognosis is that all roads will be open this weekend. Stelvio is currently open.

The Austrian authorities seem the best prepared of the bunch, although the Swiss are busy constructing emergency roads and they expect all roads to be accessible as normal by the weekend. Couldn't see that happening in the UK!
The position in Germany is unclear, but we are working on it. Our expectation is that our proposed route will be unaffected.

I will update you as often as I can with as much information as we can get our hands on.

regards,
Nick

 

Cheers Nick

I've looked at the route in some detail, and it all looks very good

One option I am still considering is to get a 'Vignette' for the motorways in Switzerland for a number of reasons:

1. If we are not careful we could end up on the Autoroute by mistake
2. It might give us an alternative route in case of trouble (like this weeks floods)
3. Some less fun or repeated legs, e.g. back from Chur on day 3 would be a lot quicker (day 3 is long enough anyway)
4. We can avoid some town centres more easily
5. There are some nice tunnels to appreciate the flat four burble

What does everyone else reckon?

 

The Bern/Interlaken etc areas have certainly suffered from the torrential downpours!

Current situation on lower ground - Real player news report

Forecast for Interlaken next week tho is sunny with some showers later, which should help the water to recede.

 

I think you are right - it gives you more flexibility when you want it. Personally, I would get the vignette.

 

Lovelly day up there today peeps http://www.solda2000.com/webstelvioen.htm

El forcasto metriologicos http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissin...t_r&name=meteo

 

Pack received and looking good

Best pull my finger out and start planning !!

11 days to go

 

Planning?

I've already started packing!

Can't wait!

 

Road closures and traffic info in Suisse here

Most passes open atm but still probs on the lower roads from the adverse weather.

Charlie's got our road book, so will check against this page with him next weekend.

Looking forward to meeting everyone.

CW42 Hope you had a lovely hol in Spain with Joh and the kids. Will catch you on MSN.

 

thanks missyc, still here last day today
got some catching up to do as well I think.
If nobodys taken you up on the offer of the wheel charliewhiskey, I'll have it off you
See you all soon,
chris.

 

OK mate, will save you the best one

You gonna meet us @ Christine's & convoy down (as far as A12)? We should be going mid afternoon.

 

I'm off work now for some time so gonna do it all this week !!

Now where's that shopping list !!

Swiss francs
Euros
Driving gloves
Maps
etc
etc

 

... spare set of car keys? ... losing keys on hols would not be good

 

Sustenpass & Grimselpass are still closed, will have to keep an eye on developments.
Google translated Traffic report

I'm currently trying to arrange to meet up with STi-Frenchie some time on Wednesday if possible

 

Hoping to meet up with you guys all being well.

Keith, I'm having a bit of bother getting the early back issues of Sub magazine but will keep trying. Now that the holiday period is over hopefully they will pick up the phone and we'll get a result!

 

thanks charliewhiskey
I'm off down to MRK's in essex on the monday, where are you staying overnight on monday? A convoy down would be fine.
Had a quick look at the tour book when I got in this morning at 5am, very professional and very detailed, I just hope the weather doesn't get the better of us.
Got some major organising to do this week
chris.