7 cars, 8 countries, 10 days

7 cars, 8 countries, 10 days

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_Leg_

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Thursday 4th September 2014
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Got back yesterday from our annual european roadtrip. This year we covered 8 countries in 7 cars including 2 x Ferrari 458 Spiders, 1 x 981 Porsche Cayman S Techart, 1 x BMW Z4M Roadster, 1 Alfa GTV, 1 Renault Megane and 1 Audi S4 Cab Supercharged.

Our route was:

York - Start
Hull - Ferry
Rotterdam - Landing
Stuttgart - 1 night
St Moritz - 2 nights
Martigny - 1 night
Nice - 2 nights
Monaco - visit
Milau Bridge - visit
Narbonne - 1 night
Andorra - passing through
Jaca - 2 nights
Santander - Ferry
Portsmouth - Landing
York - Finish

We covered just about every mountain pass on the route or close by and discovered a couple of new ones this year. Whilst the Stelvio, Fluela etc are all great the best stretch by far was between Martigny and Nice.

If anyone fancies details of the route I'm happy to share hotel details and the waypoints for the passes themselves.

Here's a bit of footage from my (red) 458 Spider....

http://vimeo.com/105184776

http://vimeo.com/105156155

From my brother's Porsche

http://vimeo.com/105140091

We used radios all the way round and had no incidents or trouble whatsoever. Another great trip enjoyed by all. This year we introduced three 2 night stops so we could either play out a bit (St Moritz) or have a night out without worrying about driving the next day (Nice and Jaca).

I'm just wading through 10 days x 6 GoPro cameras worth of footage now!

Some pics...



















_Leg_

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Friday 5th September 2014
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I've started organising next year's now.

Ive got the waypoints for the trip. Ill put them all into google maps and post it.


_Leg_

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Monday 8th September 2014
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cashmax said:
Hi,

I see no plate on the front of you 458. Going to be taking mine across Europe shortly and was worried about the French in particular. (the only place I ever had trouble in my Elise.)

I don't even have one for it. Did you carry it in the boot?
I do. No trouble at all in Europe (and we were spot checked by the Dutch and Swiss police who didnt even mention it) but I was stopped on the M1 on the way back specifically for no front plate but I told plod it fell off in Spain and was in the boot and he didnt care. Didnt even tell me to fix it. I suspect as its just a fine he simply thought, "Whats the point?".

Norman, didnt get your email?

Sorry for the lack of waypoints/maps as yet. Mrs Leg had me doing jobs all weekend!


Edited by _Leg_ on Monday 8th September 14:42

_Leg_

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Monday 8th September 2014
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Waypoints below. We ended up ad libbing a couple of bits when we found good passes we hadnt know of but this is essentially the trip.

Days 1, 2 and 3.

• York – Hull
• Ferry
• Rotterdam – Stuttgart
• Stuttgart – St Moritz

Day 4 Part 1

St. Moritz to Bormio via Stelvio Pass (85 miles)

TomTom Way Points:

• St. Moritz, Switzerland
• Zernez, Switzerland
• Tschierv, Switzerland
• Mustair, Switzerland
• Maso Di Fuori, Italy
• Passo Stelvio, Italy
• Bormio, Italy

Day 4 Part 2

Bormio to St. Moritz via Davos & Splugen Pass (160 miles)

TomTom Way Points:

• Bormio, Italy
• Livigno, Italy
• Zernez, Switzerland
• Susch, Switzerland
• Davos, Switzerland
• Thusis, Switzerland
• Splugen, Switzerland
• Chiavenna, Italy
• St. Moritz, Switzerland

Day 5

St. Moritz to Martigny (218 miles)

TomTom Way Points:

• St. Moritz, Switzerland
• Bergun, Switzerland
• Tiefencastel, Switzerland
• Bonaduz, Switzerland
• San Gottardo, Switzerland
• Motto, Switzerland
• Bedretto, Switzerland
• Ulrichen, Switzerland
• Martigny, Switzerland

Day 6 Part 1

Martigny to Col du Galibier (218 miles)

TomTom Way Points:

Martigny, Switzerland
Orsieres, Switzerland
Bourg Saint-Bernard, Switzerland
Saint-Rhemy-En-Bosses, Italy
Aosta, Italy
Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France
Val d'isere, France
Modane, France

Saint-Martin D'arc, France

Day 6 Part 2

Col du Galibier to Nice via Col d'Izoard (185 miles)

TomTom Way Points:

• Saint-Martin D'arc, France
• Valloire, France
• Briancon, France
• Arvieux, France
• Jausiers, France
• Saint Dalmas Le Selvage, France
• Isola, France
• Clans, France
• Nice, France

Day 7

We just chilled on the beach in Nice this day

Day 8

Nice to Narbonne via Millau Bridge (437 miles)

TomTom Way Points:
• Nice, France
• Mandelieu La Napoule, France
• Agay, France
• Sainte Maxime, France
• Hyeres, France
• Toulon, France
• Montpellier, France
• A75/E11 La Meridienne, Millau, France
• Camares, France
• Narbonne, France

Day 9

Narbonne to Jaca via Andorra (349 miles)

• Narbonne, France
• Couiza, France
• Ax Les Thermes, France
• Pas De La Casa, Andorra
• Soldeu, Andorra
• La Seu D’Urgell, Spain
• Llavorsi, Spain
• Vielha, Spain
• Castejon De Sos, Spain
• Jaca, Spain

Day 10

Chilled out in Jaca

Day 11

Jaca to Santander - Ferry