2008 road trip

[postmanpat]

After speaking with Steve (who as done an exceptional job over the last 2 years) he as asked to take a back seat on this one. Taking on board comments in the other thread I have come up with this proposed itinery:

Originally Posted by simonsheil

DAY ONE FRANCE

00.00 Dover - Dunkeque
03.00 Dunkerque - Millau 582 miles (Millau Bridge) http://rehmeier.de/wp-content/millau_bridge.jpg
05.00 - 05.15 Petrol stop as required
07.15 - 07.45 Breakfast services between Paris and Orleans
10.00 - 10.15 Petrol stop as required
12.30 Millau
15.30 Millau- Nimes 105 miles
17.30 Nimes

Total 687 miles, approx 10 Hrs driving (This is the longest day )

Overnight

DAY TWO FRANCE

09.00 Nimes - Carpentras 45 miles
10.00 Carpentras - Bedoin 9 miles
10.15 Bedoin - Malaucene 26 miles (Mt. Ventoux, Hill Climb, First raced 1902 ) http://www.frankfeuerberg.com/typo3t...bc260447d3.jpg
11.00 Malaucene - Sault 24 miles
11.40 Sault - Carpentras 26 miles (Gorge de La Nesque)
12.30 Carpentras
Lunch
13.30 Carpentras - Cannes 151 miles
15.45 Cannes

Total 285 miles, 5 hours 30 mins driving (time allowed for photo stops )

Overnight

DAY THREE FRANCE

Free Time in Cannes

DAY FOUR FRANCE

09.00 Cannes - Castellane 52 miles (Route Napoleon)
10.00 Castellane - Moustiers-ste-Marie 29 miles (Verdon Gorge) http://www.levieux-moulin.co.uk/sitefiles/Verdon.jpg
11.15 Moustier-ste-Marie - Comps-sur-Artuby 30 miles (Corniche Sublime)
12.30 Comps-sur-Artuby lunch
13.30 Comps-sur-Artuby - Castellane 18 miles
14.00 Castellane - Gap 86 miles
16.00 Gap
16.35 Baratier

Total 237 miles 5hrs 30 mins driving (time allocated for photo shoots)

Overnight

DAY FIVE FRANCE - ITALY(Courmayeur) - SWITZERLAND (Sion)

08.30 Baratiers - Gap 25 miles
09.00 Gap - Grenoble 65 miles (Route Napoleon) (France)
10.45 Grenoble - Courmayeur 121 miles
12.00 - 12.45 Moutiers lunch (France)
14.45 Courmayeur - Sion 60 miles (Mont Blanc Tunnel) (Italy - France - Switzerland)
16.30 Sion - Grimentz 13 mile (switzerland)
17.00 Crans Montana

Total 282 miles 7 hours driving

Overnight

DAY SIX SWITZERLAND

09.00 Crans Montana - Hospental 76 miles
11.15 Hospental - Airolo 15 miles (St. Gothard Pass)http://www.tourenland.de/paesse/p_bilder/gothard4.jpg
11.45 Airolo - Bellinzona 37 miles
12.30 lunch
13.30 Bellinzona - Chur 72 miles (St. Bernardino Pass)http://images.gadmin.ch/11538/images/biking_6_0_b.jpg
15.30 Chur

Total 203 miles 5 1/4 hours driving

Overnight

DAY SEVEN SWITZERLAND - ITALY

08.15 Chur - Davos 40 miles
09.00 Davos - Zernez 24 miles
09.45 Zernez - Schluderns 33 miles (Italy)
10.40 Schluderns - Sondalo 45 miles (Stelvio Pass) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...px-Stelvio.jpg
12.30- 13.30 lunch Sondalo
13.30 Sondalo - Edola 35 miles
14.45 Edola - Bolzano 80 miles
17.00 Bolzano

Total 257 miles 7 1/4 hours driving

Overnight

DAY EIGHT ITALY - AUSTRIA

09.00 Bolzano - Cortina 75 miles
11.l15 Cortina - Lienz 50 miles (Austria)
12.30 -13.30 lunch
13.30 Lienz - Zell am See 60 miles ?(Grossglockner road and galcier. The highest road in Austria, first raced in 1935, one of the toughest Hill Climbs in the world Toll £18 app. (note must take dead end spur to Edelweisspitze original cobbled hairpins and veiwpoint) http://www.channel4.com/life/media/0...rives/main.jpg
15.30 Zell am See

Total 184 miles 5 1/2 hours driving

Overnight

DAY NINE AUSTRIA - GERMANY

09.00 Zell am See - Adenau 453 miles
12.30 - 13.30 lunch
17.00 Koblenz
Total 430 miles 6 Hours driving

Overnight

DAY TEN GERMANY - FRANCE - UK

09.00 Nurburgring (Gand Prix circuit , First Race 1927)

(possible early departure from ring (12.00) and return to Dunkerque via Reims (Grand Prix Circuit First Race 1925))
17.00 Nurburgring - Dunkerque 258 miles
21.00 Dunkerque
22.00 Ferry to Dover

Tootal Depends on your number of laps


Total estimated miles covered 2,767 but when budgeting for fuel remember your mpg will be down

In the event that there is also Cz trip taking place I am planning on setting off on the Morning of Friday the 5th of September allowing anyone who wishes to travel from Zell am See to Prague in time for the Sat. Dosky meet and join up with that.

As it stands the route (exc. UK and Cz) is approx 2767 miles. I am budgetting on accomodation in the region of £400 pp (hopefully will be cheaper but we will be staying in Cannes on a Saturday night ), road and bridge/tunnel tolls £200, + spend + meals. So for 2 people in a petrol Vrs bank on approx £1300 per person.

The trip will consist of early starts and many hours of hard driving on some of the finest and most challenging roads in the world, for this reason it is soley a driving holiday and no side trips/excursions are planned with no free time during the days other than photo opppurtunities and rest stops.

If there are many people interested then unfortunately there will be a maximun number of places available due to restraints of accomodation probably 8 to 10 cars in total. I will not require a minimum number to organise this trip as I want to do it myself in anycase

Again this is only a feeler thread at the moment but would like to give interested parties the oppurtunity to start saving, and envisage having to start looking to book accomodation early in the new year, at which point a non-refundable deposit will be required.

Please Note:
If there is any difficulty in finding suitable accomadation the Overnight stopover destinatons are not set in stone.

If any of the routes mentioned are impassable due to inclement weather/ road closures alternatives are available but may not be quite as scenic (tunnels etc )

This trip is not organised by BRISKODA and is not an Official BRISKODA event usual disclaimers etc apply.

I welcome any comments suggestions but would point out that adding extra roads/ routes could go on for ever and imo think what we have should provide an entertaining and worthwhile experiance. If you are seriously interested and will be able to do this please add your names to give me some idea.


Individuals will be responsable for arranging their own medical/health/travel insurance....a must in the countries we are visiting, also recovery cover for their own vehicles in the case of breakdown or accident, suitable vehicle insurance and meeting the laws of the country being travelled through. Whilst i will provide a route for each day and endevour to have everyone stay together it will be the responsability of the individual to make it to the evenings accomodation, sat nav with european maps is reccomended, at the very least a good map (neither of which is provided)

Andrew

[Makefish]

Feck me mate, you dont hang around do you

Sounds like an awesome trip and one I'd deffinately be interested in

[Kaiserb_uk]

+1

[cheezemonkhai]

Inteterested yes; £1300 will have to see when the car insurance comes out.

[mdk1]

Wish you well trying to organise that, sounds like an epic

[irin]

I am interested to , but until next september you never know !

[vRSLen]

Might be able to manage this one

[smstext]

count me out cant justify 1300 in my household sorry.

[Loz]

Interested. Will book that time off work after new year, so any changes of dates I would appreciate very advanced warning as the holiday sheet fills up mighty fast!

[Shifty]

Originally Posted by Loz

Interested. Will book that time off work after new year, so any changes of dates I would appreciate very advanced warning as the holiday sheet fills up mighty fast!

Can I be a passenger? Or does it not work that way round?

Having looked at the plan, looks like a cannonball/gumball type event to me

I'm interested anyway

[Loz]

Originally Posted by Shifty

Can I be a passenger? Or does it not work that way round?

Having looked at the plan, looks like a cannonball/gumball type event to me

I'm interested anyway

LOL! As if you'd go for that!! You complained enough when I drove you to the malt house! It was bliss when you fell asleep

[vRSLen]

Originally Posted by Shifty

Can I be a passenger? Or does it not work that way round?

Having looked at the plan, looks like a cannonball/gumball type event to me

I'm interested anyway

Might have room Dave

[Loz]

Originally Posted by vRSLen

Might have room Dave

As if he wouldn't want to drive lol!

[Shifty]

Originally Posted by Loz

It was bliss when you fell asleep

It was my body's coping mechanism

Pat - 3600 miles for us northerners, in 9 days, in a Skoda. Gonna have to say it seems a bit much tbh.

Gumball/Canonball is 3000 miles, usually done in a very high powered fast car, in Stuart's case a very fast Skoda. Id be interested in his input in the milage and route before I commit if I'm honest, as I think a convoy of cars doing so much distance in so little time might not be as easy as you imagine. Just my 2p's worth. And Im quite often mistaken lol.


PS Thanks Len, but I'm kidding. As Loz says, something I would have to drive myself.

[vRSLen]

Originally Posted by Shifty

It was my body's coping mechanism

Pat - 3600 miles for us northerners, in 9 days, in a Skoda. Gonna have to say it seems a bit much tbh.

Gumball/Canonball is 3000 miles, usually done in a very high powered fast car, in Stuart's case a very fast Skoda. Id be interested in his input in the milage and route before I commit if I'm honest, as I think a convoy of cars doing so much distance in so little time might not be as easy as you imagine. Just my 2p's worth. And Im quite often mistaken lol.


PS Thanks Len, but I'm kidding. As Loz says, something I would have to drive myself.

No problem Dave

[andy2407]

Originally Posted by Loz

It was bliss when you fell asleep

He just shut his eyes because he couldn't bear to look where he was going

[Loz]

Originally Posted by andy2407

He just shut his eyes because he couldn't bear to look where he was going

yeah, yeah, funny

[ZootyRS]

I have to agree with Shifty... it sounds an awful lot, although I haven't mapped it out yet. I like driving, especially on interesting roads, but I think that would be too much for me without enough rest days. And the slog to Dover as well

[postmanpat]

Route miles added as shown by sat nav.

[ric04vrs]

Originally Posted by Loz

LOL! As if you'd go for that!! You complained enough when I drove you to the malt house! It was bliss when you fell asleep

must have missed his afternoon nap