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Day 2: Calais, France to Sarnen, Switzerland
21 September 2007
ZZZzzz.
Driving through France is, frankly, a very dull thing to do. Mile after mile there was little beyond flat ground and a few vines. There were, however, hundreds of is British cars, which didn't help us in our task.
After the big start from Calais docks, which saw some 270 cars assembled in some sort of order before taking over the French road system, it was time to play Number Plate Scrabble. Using only the letters from 30 French car number plates that were to be photographed on the way, we were to play Scrabble with the final points score going to our rally total. With the word 'dazzle' on a triple word score, we're confident…
The high point of the day was the fact that less than 10 meters from the start line one of our party got nicked by the local Gendarmes for having a blue flashing light and looking a tiny bit like a police car. They didn't care about all the other flashing lights of the furry cars, the tin foil covered cars, the one with the golf course on top or the cut in half Volvo… just the blue flashing light!
We arrived in Sarnen ready for beer and a pizza (being as we were in Switzerland we wanted to eat something authentic).
Mostly motorway miles, we covered around 960km with nothing more than an unusual vibration at speeds above 120kph. No problem.
Driving through France is, frankly, a very dull thing to do. Mile after mile there was little beyond flat ground and a few vines. There were, however, hundreds of is British cars, which didn't help us in our task.
After the big start from Calais docks, which saw some 270 cars assembled in some sort of order before taking over the French road system, it was time to play Number Plate Scrabble. Using only the letters from 30 French car number plates that were to be photographed on the way, we were to play Scrabble with the final points score going to our rally total. With the word 'dazzle' on a triple word score, we're confident…
The high point of the day was the fact that less than 10 meters from the start line one of our party got nicked by the local Gendarmes for having a blue flashing light and looking a tiny bit like a police car. They didn't care about all the other flashing lights of the furry cars, the tin foil covered cars, the one with the golf course on top or the cut in half Volvo… just the blue flashing light!
We arrived in Sarnen ready for beer and a pizza (being as we were in Switzerland we wanted to eat something authentic).
Mostly motorway miles, we covered around 960km with nothing more than an unusual vibration at speeds above 120kph. No problem.
Labels: Staples2Naples 07
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