Four weeks to go

[milanbenes]

bl@@dy 'ell, eternal optimist, I read your Norway piece, you is one brave man travelling up there in winter without winter tyres !!!

your question:

'So please, notallthere, can I get from NW France to Naples without the need for chains, and is switzerland a non starter at that time of year (end of march)?'


You know what, you know what the safest thing you can do is ?

What car have you got ? If it's a mondeo type car, buy yourself (from the scrappy or new) a set of steel wheels/rims, buy four winter tyres, michelin/firestone/nokian etc and do the trip with winter tyres

what will it cost you for a mondeo type car ? 4 x steel rims at 10quid a piece = 40 quid, four time nokian W's winter tyres at 70quid a piece

and there you are, you and your son, piece of mind


and will it be a waste of money for the future ?

NOT AT ALL,

because like middle europe (germany/switzerland/austria/cz/pl/hu)

you can run your car on the winter tyres each winter (yes even in the UK)

and the summer tyres in the summer

and you won't be buying new tyres for another three years


and even in the UK winter tyres will be safest thing you can have in winter time


what do you think ?

Milan.

[Sockpuppet]

I'd reccomend switzerland - I loved it there

Is "it" a bloke with a one word name, like Prince?

[Bod]

Bought the Mrs an Alfa Spider last summer so we decided to take a road trip in it.

3.5 weeks, went something like this :

Manchester-Hull (yay)
Hull-Rotterdam
Rotterdam-Cologne
Cologne-BadenBaden + few days in the Schwarzwald
BadenBaden to Basel
Basel - Berne
Berne - Grindelwald + few days gawping at the Eiger
Grindelwald - susten pass - oberalp pass - to Vals + don't miss the Thermal baths @ Vals
Vals - Desentis
Desentis - Lukmanier pass to Belinzona
Belinzona - Lugano
Lugano - Como/Lecce (for the Moto Guzzi factory)
Lecce - Milan + shopping
Milan - Genova
Genova - Albegna + few days on beach
Albegna - inland for a few days - brilliant little sleepy villages
Albegna - San Remo + Few days on beach
San Remo - Monaco + Few days on beach, few nights in Casino
Monaco - Nice
Nice - Antibes
Antibes - Cannes
Cannes - Mad drive back to Calais + another mad drive back to Manchester

as the ad says..... "Just do it", the trip was truly incredible.

ps. but forget it unless you REALLY get on well with your other half.

[Ardesco]

Bought the Mrs an Alfa Spider last summer so we decided to take a road trip in it.

3.5 weeks, went something like this :

Manchester-Hull (yay)
Hull-Rotterdam
Rotterdam-Cologne
Cologne-BadenBaden + few days in the Schwarzwald
BadenBaden to Basel
Basel - Berne
Berne - Grindelwald + few days gawping at the Eiger
Grindelwald - susten pass - oberalp pass - to Vals + don't miss the Thermal baths @ Vals
Vals - Desentis
Desentis - Lukmanier pass to Belinzona
Belinzona - Lugano
Lugano - Como/Lecce (for the Moto Guzzi factory)
Lecce - Milan + shopping
Milan - Genova
Genova - Albegna + few days on beach
Albegna - inland for a few days - brilliant little sleepy villages
Albegna - San Remo + Few days on beach
San Remo - Monaco + Few days on beach, few nights in Casino
Monaco - Nice
Nice - Antibes
Antibes - Cannes
Cannes - Mad drive back to Calais + another mad drive back to Manchester

as the ad says..... "Just do it", the trip was truly incredible.

ps. but forget it unless you REALLY get on well with your other half.

Alfa hey..... So how many of those stop ofs were the result of a breakdown mid journey??? :P

[Bod]

Alfa hey..... So how many of those stop ofs were the result of a breakdown mid journey??? :P

Amazingly, none of the above ! 4.5k miles and she sang sweetly all the way.

[G8_Summit]

Why not let him drive with L plates on - by the time you get back he'll be ready for his test !!