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Post by Humph on Feb 10, 2019 19:17:48 GMT
Got those.
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Post by Humph on Feb 13, 2019 20:10:16 GMT
Bit of a TG type challenge tomorrow. Leaving Milan at 05.00 Italian time, and looking to get home before midnight. Valentine’s Day and so on...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2019 21:00:14 GMT
16 hour drive and 900 miles?
She must be worth it....
Got the Milk Tray?
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Post by tyrednexited on Feb 13, 2019 22:07:03 GMT
But of a TG type challenge tomorrow. Leaving Milan at 05.00 Italian time, and looking to get home before midnight. Valentine’s Day and so on......I fear the detour to take in the girlfriend may put that a little bit in peril.......  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2019 22:37:13 GMT
Let me know what time you're dropping the Brasato off.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 8:39:38 GMT
You need to get back before your carriage turns into a horse and cart, and your passport turns blue.
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Post by Humph on Feb 15, 2019 9:39:13 GMT
Made it, with 6 minutes to spare ! Milan-Aosta-Courcheval-Mont Blanc-Dijon-Troyes-Calais-Eurotunnel, and home via M20-M25-M40-M42-M6. 950 miles, the car just ate it. Ideal bit of kit for that sort of nonsense, even with a monstrously big roofbox on top.
Sorry chaps, but I had to abandon the deliveries !
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 9:41:01 GMT
How many breaks, and how long were they?
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Post by Humph on Feb 15, 2019 9:42:11 GMT
Some, and I didn't time them. Felt fine, kinda used to it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 10:00:48 GMT
I haven't driven for that length of time since I was about 21. I don't think I could handle it now.
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Post by Humph on Feb 15, 2019 10:08:48 GMT
Joking aside, I do think keeping reasonably fit helps quite a lot. And of course a lifetime of being used to regular long distance driving. Enjoyed the run actually. Alps were stunning. I had just reached the Italian side of them as the dawn was breaking, the views were outstanding. Northern France was, as usual, a bit monotonous, but the roads were clear and in good condition. It was only when I got back onto our broken infrastructure that there were any delays or significant traffic.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 10:15:01 GMT
Yeah, I'm a bit out of shape and a bit out of practise. I remember being stunned by the Austrian Alps first time I saw them, driving down to Belgrade one summer. That was a holiday though and we took a week to get there. I still much enjoy a good long drive, although 5am to midnight is a bit too much like hard work. The ones I did in Oz last summer were a bit monotonous though and plagued with roadworks. Looking forward to the run to the Vendee again this summer, but I'll be doing that over 2 days, stopping overnight in Normandy.
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Post by Humph on Feb 15, 2019 10:32:25 GMT
Trying to decide whether to take the roofbox off or just leave it. I'll need it again on Thursday/Friday next week so it makes sense to leave it where it is, but it is a bit noisy, and I've got a few longish trips over the intervening period. Rips the fuel consumption a bit too. Might just turn the radio up though. Line of least resistance and so on.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 10:48:44 GMT
Wouldn't be able to cope with that. Off with it. My sister's Volvo which I punted around Oz was fitted with some roof bars, which whistled annoyingly at speed. I didn't need them on, but sis had lost the key and the local dealer couldn't provide a replacement. So they had to stay on. Urgh.
As an aside sis is moving back to the UK next month, and the Oz authorities won't let her sell the car in Oz. She had it shipped out there 4 years ago from the UK and it has to be returned to its country of first registration. So it has to be sea containered back to the UK, at the tax payer's cost (she's there on a government job). Then she's going to sell it immediately as she has a replacement car here already. Most annoying.
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Post by Humph on Feb 15, 2019 11:18:51 GMT
Yeah, but then I'd have to keep it in the back garden, and the dog would wee on it. Normally it lives in one of our warehouses but I'm not going anywhere near them this week. Too big to go in the shed or garage.
Difficult isn't it, life, sometimes...?
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