DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

yoda wrote:
I wish we took more time to appreciate the surrounding - more food and coffee breaks would have been great. The stops we had were great fun, exchanging notes, banter and the food was really good.

The more trips I do and possibly the older i get , I think this is more important than people realise. Sometime you need to stop and look around, take in the atmosphere.

Looks a great trip

hot66 wrote:The more trips I do and possibly the older i get , I think this is more important than people realise. Sometime you need to stop and look around, take in the atmosphere.

Agreed - we usually do and in fact have made a point to stop more on some previous trips.

Something to do with hamster bladders someone once said but I could never see any hamsters?

yoda wrote:

hot66 wrote:The more trips I do and possibly the older i get , I think this is more important than people realise. Sometime you need to stop and look around, take in the atmosphere.

Agreed - we usually do and in fact have made a point to stop more on some previous trips.

Something to do with hamster bladders someone once said but I could never see any hamsters?

Only two reaons to stop mate: wee and petrol.
Oooh and frostbite.
..and if you hit a tree but that's definitely it.

Day 3 - Courmayeur to Andermatt......Great Saint Bernard - Fourclaz - Simplon - Furka....

....yet more glorious weather on a day of big contrasts and some big names......and for me the finale was just Furking awesome....







....what else would you find at GSB!.....



....this one has no pedigree!....



...but then these certainly do! .....





...GSB has to rank as one of the best with some incredible stretches of tarmac.....





....next on to Fourclaz and Simplon....



....glorious views at every stop....





....the best was yet to come....





....fortunately for Rob not as quick as sheep!.....



....blue skies now left well and truly behind the visability disappeared the higher we climbed.....quite a drop the other side of those bollards! ....



....down the other side and the scene of another great film....







....it would have to be much colder before Feroz ditched his shorts....



......Rob's best Sean Connery impression....



....about 11 hours after we started we finally rolled into Andermatt....



.....a truly epic day!

That's spectacular. An epic road trip by any measure!

Magnificent photos of superb cars, roads and scenery. Good work Boys and thanks for sharing!

Fabulous thread, great trip and wonderful pictures! Away on a road trip myself at the moment, will post report when we're back next week....

Incredible pics and breathtaking photos. Awesome

Top drawer!

Wonderful pics, wonderful trip, great weather,



How about this picture, how amazing is the similarity from James's photo 8 years ago on our trip. Wow,

Darren65 wrote:
....about 11 hours after we started we finally rolled into Andermatt....



.....a truly epic day!

Regards
Mike

Last went up GSB in a june month .........+25 c at the bottom ,light snow coming down at the top !

.. id forgotton we'd driven through there Mike .. and I'd planned the route too . Great trip that was

210bhp wrote:Wonderful pics, wonderful trip, great weather,



How about this picture, how amazing is the similarity from James's photo 8 years ago on our trip. Wow,

Darren65 wrote:
....about 11 hours after we started we finally rolled into Andermatt....



.....a truly epic day!

Regards
Mike

It were lad, it were....

Time for another I'd say.......


Regards
Mike

humungous pics!!!!!
I'm incredibly jealous.

Day 4 - Andermatt to Bormio......Oberlap - Splugen - Bernina - Livigno....

....again a day of contrasting weather and a grey wet start in Andermatt. A quick check on local webcams and plans to drive Furka/Grimsel/Susten were soon ditched as we decided to head east along Oberlap...







....fuel stop a short while later and a bit of head boiling! .....









....at this point the weather seemed to be clearing and looked like the worst had blown over so we headed back...



....but the higher we climbed it was obvious we were kidding ourselves! ....



....so back to plan B...



...no real hardship! ....





....scenery on the way up was spectacular....



...and across the border...









....as we headed down it didn't get any less pretty...sorry for the heavy photo content but these were the most picturesque spots yet ...











...a nice swimming spot too (or is that pissing!)....



....only problem with this part of the world is that you can hit some slow local traffic....



....great fun following this lot for a while and amusing to watch a few three point turns on some of the tighter switchbacks where boot and slide was the order of the day!....



....they did sound great through the tunnels though! ...



.....bored of being slowed down by the local exotica we made a pitstop for lunch at a rustic eatery in a gorgeous location....lunch was just perfect and proper Italian! ....







....on to Bernina for some of the quickest driving of the trip so far....one of the best for sure! ....









.....rapid decents along Bernina and Livigno.....





...by now the initial frustration of a foggy wet start to the day was but a distant memory after a glorious 10 hours or so behind the wheel.

We checked into a great little hotel in Bormio which was to be our base for the next two nights, followed by a delicious meal at another excellent restuarant chosen by Feroz (I think we even went for a run! ).

Day 4 was a good day

Cheers,