tvr power swiss trip

[cmr2payne]

Managed to get home ok, tvr will follow be back within 14 days.

What an awesome trip even with my break down. Great work by tvr power and the driving adventures guys

Did everyone else get home o.k ???

was thinking we should find a place that everyone can upload their pics to
so we can get a massive gallery, anyone up for this ???

Chris

AKA sheep shagger

Edited by cmr2payne on Wednesday 13th September 22:23

[Gaffer]

We got home ok as well

I quite fancied the sheep that was on the coffee table in reception at the last hotel.



Claire & Ian (Crystal Topaz Cerb)

[jeremyc]

Gaffer said:

Claire & Ian (Crystal Topaz Cerb)

Its not the first time that car has been in that region ....



Hope you had a great trip.

[johnbear]

Changed the clutch fluid on exiting the tunnel and gearbox came back to life. Had a moment with it after 10 miles but got home OK at 9.45.

Handling was a bit werid with all that lager in the back!!!

The roads are crap over here and too slow.

Just brought Pinnacle video software. Has anyone got any footage of the Champagne region and the top of Stelvio?

Great trip - Thanks Dom and Driving Adventures.

Will start posting photos tomorrow.

Cheers

John - Austin Powers

[Gaffer]

jeremyc said:

Gaffer said:

Claire & Ian (Crystal Topaz Cerb)

Its not the first time that car has been in that region ....



Hope you had a great trip.

Damm and I thought we were the first - I wanted to stop by the Verve field but Ian wouldnt stop knowing I would have taken half of the vines to bring back home.

John - I want the cow driving shoes from your missus. They are fantastic

Claire

[johnbear]

I didn't realise you were the Gaffer. I would have had loads of questions for you if I'd known.

Has Ian relaxed a bit now?

How long did it take you to get home?

Cheers

[Gaffer]

Thats why I kept a low profile

Will PM you, yea, I ended up taking a tuscan to Power at Midnight last night so even more knackered now. Ian was/is struggling as well today.

Speak laters

Claire

[Chim573]

Hi Guys,

We managed to get home OK also, although after talking to Chris (sheep shagger) yesterday I am a bit worried what may be coming through the letterbox due to the average speed cameras on the M1 roadworks. I was so tired I have no idea what speed I was doing through there so I will have to wait & see on that one.....

What a great trip though! Fantastic roads, great scenery, great weather and great people! A big thank you to Darren, Graham, Amy & Dave as well as Dom & Ian for their help and advice with my own car problems during the trip.

After blasting down the French motorway with you guys on Monday Cat is now determined to get her own TVR also...

Cheers for now

Jon

[johnbear]

That photo on your profile looks suspiciously like the one on your phone.

[Cat01]

Really enjoyed the trip.. What a fantastic experience! A big thank you to all the guys, especially Dave who navigated us to the hotel safely on the last evening after breaking down.

Glad to hear you got home ok John (Austin P). How many crates of larger did you manage to stow away in the back of your Cerb...? Very handy, all that extra space. I had to store mine in the footwell. Surprised my champers didn't pop its cork from the heat with having to keep the blowers on to prevent the chim overheating!

Being given the chance to drive some of the way back through France on the last morning has prompted me to look for a TVR of my own (what a buzz). Hopefully will have one ready for the South of France trip, I really want to go. Will be going at it alone this time. Anyone booked yet?

Edited by cat01 on Wednesday 13th September 20:54

Edited by cat01 on Wednesday 13th September 20:56

[cmr2payne]

just setup an account on www.photobucket.com
username
swisstvrtrip

password
tvrpower

If everyone whats to use it.

I will upload some soon

[cmr2payne]

i want to book the south of france one but need my TVR back first :-)

[driving Advs]

Hi folks - I thought it was time a visual angle was put on this thread.

So which one to choose from best part of 1000 shots?

I decided on the one Kerry (ref Griff) took for me when I jokingly suggested he climb the mountain behind us to get an overhead picture of some of the cars with 2 of Switzerlands most infamous passes beneath them.

To my amazement, he grabbed my camera and did exactly that - and this was the result.

[johnbear]

Working on the Stelvio video at the moment. Got hours to get through.

Will update pics tomorrow evening.

Cheers

Austin (Yeah, baby, yeah)

[cmr2payne]

John Austin the power bear

I know what you mean we have 5 hours of video to go thought, Glad to hear you got Pinnacle its great softwear.

Just upload pictures now to photo bucket

Edited by cmr2payne on Wednesday 13th September 22:41

[cmr2payne]

here you go

link to some photos

http://s107.photobucket.com/albums/m3

[lazyitus]

cmr2payne said:

link to some photos

http://s107.photobucket.com/albums/m3

What a fab looking trip!

MUST do that one year, looks brilliant.

[cmr2payne]

I would recommend it, It was awesome even with my break down and the other guys on the trip were great.

[yellow peril]

Please would someone descibe in more words than 'Awesome' what it was like driving the Stelvio Pass.

It's on my wish list of places to go...looks just.... well....awesome.....

Great pics...

YP

[woody-oTT]

Driving with your head looking out of your door window (or if its a left hander, thru the left windscreen pillar) up the hill (checking for it to be clear of push bikes, motorbikes and cars) so you can use all the road, in 2nd gear pushing the back end round now looking ahead. A huge snowscaped peak in the background off the edge of the hairpin just gets closer and closer on every hairpin, waterfalls appearing on nearly every one, watch out for the large one coming down! Well I tried my best..for now! I went on the racing green one Darren did 2 weeks before this one.