Day 1 - Monday 30th June
Looking out the hotel window, it looked like another blistering day ahead!
Our first task of the day? To escape Geneva during Monday morning rush hour.
Once out of the city madness, traffic eased and a beautiful day awaited us.
Oliver noticed i had a bulb out. This bulb failed about 10 minutes after leaving Calais!
The first destination on the tour? The
Goat Village in Lindarets in the French Alps. To get there you take the winding twisty D308 Route du Col de la Ramaz from Mieussy, then up the D902 to Essert-Romand and finally on the D228.
Leaving the main roads we switch to the backups roads.
Goat Village!!
Feeding time.
While here, we also had lunch.
Leaving the Goat Village, we rejoin the official Route des Grande Alpes (D902) via the D338 and head towards
Col de la Colombière. Although not high at only 1613 metres, it is our first mountain pass of the tour and a chance for some cooler air. The cars also got a little hot with Richard losing 3 gears in his M6.
The Love Birds, Mads and Line.
I also received a warning about oil temperature. The 38 degrees heat and hard driving is pushing the limits of factory cooling. Maybe an upgrade is required.....?
Transferring to the D909, we head towards our hotel in Beaufort for the night, the lovely Hotel de la Roche.
First narrow road of the trip......
Heading in to the town.
Hotel for the night.
View from the balcony.
Again, it didn't take long for the first beer!
Then of course, food.
And of course, it was time for another car park party!
Drinking some Norwegian "poison" and some Clarkson's Farm beer.
This is when Steven pulled out his pink unicorn!
It was then the lady at reception came down to pay us a visit and ask us to turn the music down! Oops. Of course, we obliged and turned the music down. The underground car park actually had an open front and the noise was travelling to the outside and disturbing others.
Marek decided he needed to fix his exhaust after a valve broke.
Final stats for the day.
