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Beasts of Burden and Fruits of the Earth
... of great thanks for the beasts of burden and the fruits of the earth. Landy was hurtling down the Val Mustair when we spied a milling together of many humans by the village of Valchava. 'Stop, we must jump out here!' we unanimously yelped at Landy. He obligingly parked up in a field where he joined a festival of other metal beasts of burden. Our four feet and four paws took us to a sea of waves surrounding ...
Back to Stelvio pass we wind
... due to his mistrust of Hitler! The pass was lovely but was not worth the 24 Euro we had to pay to get over it!!!
We reached the bottom of Stelvio pass at 5.30pm and were standing on top just before 6pm – I had made it with no dramas! The ride was great, 48hairpins and some spectacular views. I really enjoyed the ride and felt rather chuffed I had made it to the top of one of Europe’s hardest roads without dropping my bike, which ...
Travel day into Austria
Had a chocolate fondue for breakfast- Simons bad influence, and then packed up to hit the trains.
Had a few changes and waited around for another train to take us into Austria. So we are now in a place called Landeck in the Austrian alps which is quite cool. An extremely picturesque train journey here through all the mountains and alongside rivers and lakes.
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Over the Alps
Sareen to Bormio. Finally got some sleep last night after a few beers and food. Met the rest of the rally at a car park out of town and caught up with others to compare stories of the previous days traffic jams etc. Also a time to assess the damage to the wrapping paper. Decided the damage was too extensive to repair and we were going to let it shred further. After a group photo we headed over the ...
Camping for a night in Tesimo
We were due to go further East to the Grobglockner but decided that the 4 hour journey up winding roads might be a bit much for our poor van who has been put through it's paces for the last few weeks. So we left The luxury of the Miramonti hotel in search of a camp site, the 3rd site had spaces and a pool to keep the kids happy. It was the first time we've ever camped where it hasn't rained, relief for all of us as the van was beginning to smell of damp sleeping bags & ...