The Italian Job 2022

The final installment of the blog! aahhh collective sigh, tears and grimaces! We started out with our short trip up the coast today to...

Forgive me bloggers for I have sinned! It has been 2 x days since my last blog and I am now writing this from the UK. Why? Various...

So today started with the drivers fetching Arthur, Susie and Leroy from the Underground car park during rush hour! Short detour for Andy,...

Started today with a dodgy Nabbs Nav, wanted to take us to Metz via Croatia and a 450 miles diversion. So we set off blindly have...

After a well earned break at the Wellness Hotel, upsetting as many Germans as we could during the process! We set off to tackle the...

Today we had our first proper taste of switch-back driving, no that's not the movie about the cowboys and the mountain! We left Lugano on...

Today we started out, opening the windows at the Hotel Miralago at 7am to be greeted by 26% degree heat already..."hmmm - I thought,...

So today we decided would be a down day, after we looked at the temp for the day and mid 30's were the order of the day. So 8:30 we had a...

Short 100 mile drive and Car Ferry today, something new (well in the car anyway), with Jan saying "How long will it take for the...

Again apologies for our avid followers for the late posting, but I did have a slight health issue yesterday and ended up with Sun Stroke...

Today was a very leisurely 9 miles, peppered by roadworks (as the italian's do love a bit of roadworks in the morning). Andy took us on a...

The 4 Horseman of the Apocolypse! Everything looked so promising as we awoke to glorious sunshine and a nice 26 degree's, even Jan got up...

So sorry we are a little late posting Day 4, great start to the day in Lyon driving through town and an area called "le Confluence" (as...

Great start some of us had, Jan and Steve were kept awake by "youths" drinking, joking and smoking something wonderful outside their...

Yesterday a long hot trek across Reims to the Visitor experience. Frog marching 6 people, on a 4km hike, doing 40 min walk, in 30... So...

Ok so Jan only upset around 2 x French drivers today, a few late manoeuvres and hand gestures is acceptable... Hit Reims at 12 noon,...

So we have made it to Ashford, all up bright and early and writing this from the train itself. More to come later as we head to San...

So we discussed world poverty, earthquakes in Afghanistan. Now dinner and drinks and world poverty

So lunchtime start from Shipston, all going well ....until M25 that great Friday afternoon car park around London. 3 hours later and 5...

Great day out with the crews today, lovely meat feast at Casa Brasil in Port Solent. All back home again, some have been out with the...