Johnny 550 Passing Out
Discussion
After driving Johnny "not quite 550 yet" in the week I felt the need to crack on and finalise his first Euro Tour
As we have an obsession with passes and the Alps it seemed only right for him to "Pass Out" round the Alps
We've decided to get down there in one day, try and stick to around 250 miles a day after that and stop in a place at least two nights where we can.
So here's the plan!
Day 1 – (634 Miles)
Folkstone to Alps
Overnight @ www.lamaisonduguil.com
Day 2 – (140 Miles)
D205 Chateau-Queryas to Casteldelfino (Col d'Agnel)
Loop of Lake Serre Poncon
View point at Savines le lac
Overnight @ La Maison du Guil again
Day 3 – (226 Miles)
Col de Vars South
Col de Bonette (Gold Run South)
D30/D28 St. Sauveur sur Tine to Guillaumes
Gorges de Daluis (south through tunnels)
Gorges du Cians (Silver Run)
Col de Bonette (Gold Run North)
Col de Vars North
Overnight @ La Maison du Guil again
Day 4 – (229 miles)
D902 Château Queryas to Briançon - Col de l'Izoard
N91 Col du Lautaret
D902 Col du Telegraphe & Col du Galibier (Bronze Run)
N6 Modane – Lenslebourg
Mont Cenis & lake for lunch
D902 Lanslebourg to Bourg St. Maurice - Col de l'Iseran (Bronze Run)
D217 Bourg St. Maurice - Cormet de Roseland - Flumet (Silver Run)
Overnight @ www.lafermeduchozal.com
Day 5 – (77 Miles)
Avoiding Mont Blanc Tunnel
Aiguille du Midi, Pans dans le Vide (step into the void) & Mont Blanc Panoramic Gondola
OR Montenvers rack railway from Chamonix to Mer de Glace (glacier) & Ice Cave
Overnight @ La Ferme Du Chozal again
Day 6 – (280 Miles)
SS26.N90 Bourg St. Maurice to Aosta - Petite St Bernardo)
Moulin Dam
Great St Bernardo pass
Barrage d'Emosson
Lower Furka Pass
Overnight booked @ www.alpenhof-oberwald.ch
Day 7 – (163 Miles)
Gletsch to Andermatt - Upper Furka Pass (Gold Run)
Andermatt to Airolo - Gotthards Pass & Tremola
Airolo to Ulrichen - Nufenen Pass
All the above = Andermatt Loop
Belvédère Ice Grotto
Gletsch to Interkirchen - Grimsel Pass (Silver Run)
with Oberaarsee dam/glacier, dam & Gelmer Venicular (glacier walks?)
Interkirchen to Wassen - Susten Pass (Bronze Run)
Steingletscher glacier
Overnight @ Alpenhof again
Day 8 – (448 Miles)
San Bernardino Pass
Nufenen Pass
Splugen Pass
Munt la Schera Tunnel (one way - toll)
Umbrial Pass
Stelvio
Timmelsjoch trail & sculptures
http://www.timmelsjoch.com/en/content/10005/map.as...
Overnight @ www.bergwald.net
Day 9 – (268 Miles)
(1 day pass for both) Gerlos strasse & waterfall
Gross Glockner Pasterze glacier & cobbled road up to the Edelweißspitze
Overnight @ Bergwald again
Day 10 – (300 Miles)
Neuschwanstein castle for early lunch Near castle @ Schloss Restuarant
Some nice back roads
Schaffhausen Rhine falls Europe's largest waterfalls
Overnight @ www.klostermeisterhaus.de
Day 11 – (368 Miles)
Black Forest Panorama Strasse
Hohenzollern & Lichtenstein Castle??
B500 Black Forest High Road (ducati test route)
Speyer Technical Museum
Overnight @ Sinshiem Tech Museum Hotel (package deal 1 night & 2 museums)
www.hotel-sinsheim.de
Day 12 – (273 Miles)
Sinshiem Tech Museum
http://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/en
Some nice back roads
Overnight @ www.etoges.com
Day 13 – (445 Miles)
La Coupole WW2 V2 rocket launch site & lunch
Drive to Calais & home
There will be a couple of special guests on this one who I'm sure will add to the experience and enjoy themselves!
Getting impatient now and looking forward to driving Johnny 550 round all these passes!
As we have an obsession with passes and the Alps it seemed only right for him to "Pass Out" round the Alps
We've decided to get down there in one day, try and stick to around 250 miles a day after that and stop in a place at least two nights where we can.
So here's the plan!
Day 1 – (634 Miles)
Folkstone to Alps
Overnight @ www.lamaisonduguil.com
Day 2 – (140 Miles)
D205 Chateau-Queryas to Casteldelfino (Col d'Agnel)
Loop of Lake Serre Poncon
View point at Savines le lac
Overnight @ La Maison du Guil again
Day 3 – (226 Miles)
Col de Vars South
Col de Bonette (Gold Run South)
D30/D28 St. Sauveur sur Tine to Guillaumes
Gorges de Daluis (south through tunnels)
Gorges du Cians (Silver Run)
Col de Bonette (Gold Run North)
Col de Vars North
Overnight @ La Maison du Guil again
Day 4 – (229 miles)
D902 Château Queryas to Briançon - Col de l'Izoard
N91 Col du Lautaret
D902 Col du Telegraphe & Col du Galibier (Bronze Run)
N6 Modane – Lenslebourg
Mont Cenis & lake for lunch
D902 Lanslebourg to Bourg St. Maurice - Col de l'Iseran (Bronze Run)
D217 Bourg St. Maurice - Cormet de Roseland - Flumet (Silver Run)
Overnight @ www.lafermeduchozal.com
Day 5 – (77 Miles)
Avoiding Mont Blanc Tunnel
Aiguille du Midi, Pans dans le Vide (step into the void) & Mont Blanc Panoramic Gondola
OR Montenvers rack railway from Chamonix to Mer de Glace (glacier) & Ice Cave
Overnight @ La Ferme Du Chozal again
Day 6 – (280 Miles)
SS26.N90 Bourg St. Maurice to Aosta - Petite St Bernardo)
Moulin Dam
Great St Bernardo pass
Barrage d'Emosson
Lower Furka Pass
Overnight booked @ www.alpenhof-oberwald.ch
Day 7 – (163 Miles)
Gletsch to Andermatt - Upper Furka Pass (Gold Run)
Andermatt to Airolo - Gotthards Pass & Tremola
Airolo to Ulrichen - Nufenen Pass
All the above = Andermatt Loop
Belvédère Ice Grotto
Gletsch to Interkirchen - Grimsel Pass (Silver Run)
with Oberaarsee dam/glacier, dam & Gelmer Venicular (glacier walks?)
Interkirchen to Wassen - Susten Pass (Bronze Run)
Steingletscher glacier
Overnight @ Alpenhof again
Day 8 – (448 Miles)
San Bernardino Pass
Nufenen Pass
Splugen Pass
Munt la Schera Tunnel (one way - toll)
Umbrial Pass
Stelvio
Timmelsjoch trail & sculptures
http://www.timmelsjoch.com/en/content/10005/map.as...
Overnight @ www.bergwald.net
Day 9 – (268 Miles)
(1 day pass for both) Gerlos strasse & waterfall
Gross Glockner Pasterze glacier & cobbled road up to the Edelweißspitze
Overnight @ Bergwald again
Day 10 – (300 Miles)
Neuschwanstein castle for early lunch Near castle @ Schloss Restuarant
Some nice back roads
Schaffhausen Rhine falls Europe's largest waterfalls
Overnight @ www.klostermeisterhaus.de
Day 11 – (368 Miles)
Black Forest Panorama Strasse
Hohenzollern & Lichtenstein Castle??
B500 Black Forest High Road (ducati test route)
Speyer Technical Museum
Overnight @ Sinshiem Tech Museum Hotel (package deal 1 night & 2 museums)
www.hotel-sinsheim.de
Day 12 – (273 Miles)
Sinshiem Tech Museum
http://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/en
Some nice back roads
Overnight @ www.etoges.com
Day 13 – (445 Miles)
La Coupole WW2 V2 rocket launch site & lunch
Drive to Calais & home
There will be a couple of special guests on this one who I'm sure will add to the experience and enjoy themselves!
Getting impatient now and looking forward to driving Johnny 550 round all these passes!
Edited by mikey k on Saturday 4th January 20:19
mikey k said:
There will be a couple of special guests on this one who I'm sure will add to the experience and enjoy themselves!
Getting impatient know and looking forward to driving Johnny 550 round all these passes!
Yeah, I heard there were a really cool couple who also have a BR Special V8S going on tour with you Getting impatient know and looking forward to driving Johnny 550 round all these passes!
Just imagine the SOUND!!! Good job it will be summertime or there would definitely be danger of avalanches!
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