another day done.

A third 500+km day, it's been a challenge this year, we are now down in Italy at a campsite we stayed at in 2019. Camping Lido on the banks of lake Como.

A couple of vehicles have dropped out already, a red mini with a slipping clutch in 6th gear was retired yesterday, the band that came on tour this year had an issue with a turbo overpressure fault, we reset the code fault with the tools we brought with us (it's run well and got here today, fingers crossed they make it, they are providing some great evening entertainment (Mike made a guest appearance on bass guitar yesterday playing Dakota).

We stopped in Greyer today at the H Giger museum (the guy who invented the alien character) the museum was interesting and in a stunning location, well worth a visit.

The car made it up Great St Bernards pass today without skipping a beat, 310km estimate of fuel at the start of the climb became 70km at the top of the 25km climb, then 280km when we got back down the Italian side.

Lightening in the distant hills suggest it maybe a wet night, however we are braving it tonight and staying in the tents.

today's questions

We have a couple already

a wet night..

The tactical tent upgrade was definitely the right move last night it was horrendous with heavy downpour most of the night, even the walkways were covered with water this morning. So we headed out quickly and a short hop over the border to a breakfast near Basel.

Coolant topped up and the big mountains ahead of us. It should be a fun day today!

campsite acquired....

The second long day of driving is done, the car has so far done us proud.

Now near the Swiss border we have had a massive day of rain and have decided to upgrade to a tactical challet for the night, so no wet tents to put away tomorrow.

Refreshments at the ready, it looks like it might be a later start tomorrow.

day 3 questions

Most of these are on route so it'll be a challenge for guessing today.

from tours to castors

Leaving the campsite at tours this morning heading straight into the rising sun is making the driving interesting.

A couple of stops today and a lot of driving to do, so heads down and revs up. Let's see how we do.

end of day 2...

We made it to the end of day 2 in tours at the campsite before dark.

A very interesting day with some interesting stops, the oddest being an artists impression of a myan village.

The day included a tank museum and about 500km of driving.

It's fair to say the cars doing ok so far. The heater is the challenge so we have window assisted cooling (it was a problem before we started but wasn't really a challenge in the cooler UK weather). Apart from that and a wheel being slightly unbalanced it's not drinking fluids etc. so all good. We will see how it does in the mountains in a couple of days (hopefully).