ok , here we go …
monday mornng day one:
it is seven am and i am parked at scania in Lingfield with a problem with my lift axle, after a while and with a new valve fitted my lift axle is now lifting so its of to catch the train
we book on the train and get a decent cup of tea and bacon sarney then i queued up waiting for the next train to come.
its off at calais and a flying start down the 26 to reims then troyes where i parked up for the night, at the total just south of troyes.
day two:
im up and coffeed and now on the road by 7 going down the a5 then onto the a31 down to dijon when i get a phone call to divert for my first car. no problem, i then take the a39 down to bourg-en-bresse and towards lyon then split onto the a40 for the blanc, going through the tunnel at nantua it was raining one side and sunny the other side onto the stilts
then we shoot across to the border at geneva
i fly through the french side don the empty lane and parked up, the first job i had to do was to change some money, then drive to the swiss side where i have got to get an id card, no problem there the log book and plating certificate does the job.
then through the swiss side and up the a1 to bern, i hit the bern ring road at rush hour but unexpectedly fly round. then onto the a6 to interlaken where i found a parking area 5km from the garage.
day three:
i nip into interlaken and find a chrysler voyager with no damage that i can see. after a close look the only thing i could come up with was that it had a head on collision with a gnat, i went to the office to find out more. i asked the girl what happened to the car and she said very seriously … it left the road and went onto the grass … MY GOD i said what a horrific way to go , yes she said , i agree , errr ok im leaving now .
its back to geneva with no poblems at the border then onto the a40 towards the blanc then off again and half an hour later i am in a town called thonon les bains where i load a bmw motorbike.
then its back to the a40 again then the 41 to chambery , up the 43 and onto the 48 for grenoble where i end up in a village called biol i parked in the village car park for the night.
day four:
round to the garage first thing and loaded a honda s2000.
a quick nip down the 48 gets me to fontaine on the outskarts of grenoble where i loaded a bmw m6.
which is a seriously nice car. i then took the a49 to valence where i joined the a7 to marsaille then got onto the a8 for nice. after going down some very small roads i arrived at a village called le rouret where i loaded a ferrari 360 and stayed at he garage for the night.
day five:
its a straight drive today back up to lyon then up toward dijon where i park about an hour south of dijon.
day six:
i set off early and met one of our drivers near reims for a coffee he got the short straw and had the trailer on but he had some nice cars on.
after an hour or so i left and got as far as the bp services on the a26 where i stayed for the weekend.
day eight:
an hour and a half drive gets me too a place called le parcq which is near boulogne where i loaded a peugeot 407.
then its acroos to boulogne then up the a16 past calais to dunkerque where i turned right for a small village called saint pierrebrouck. i loaded a volvo p1800 (a bit of a classic).
then a quick drive back to calais sees me heading home.
i get back to the yard at about 7pm. thats it for this trip another one comin soon
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