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More Alps Photos from the Group

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Sorry to the Brown and Furnell families for being so slow to upload these photos!
The families kindly gave me a CD each of their photos of the trip at the Peterborough Land Rover show, and Peter also gave all of us DVD copies of the video footage that has been uploaded onto Youtube [...]

Photos of the Alps trip by the group

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

For everyone on the trip, please send your best photos (of anything on the trip) to be included here - I’ll update this thread to show them all.
Here are a couple Neil sent me of my 109, one climbing up the early stages towards the glacier, and the other in the descent through some Fohn [...]

The Alps Trip Diary

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Saturday 26 July (Day 1)
Helena did the first day’s driving. We left Bedford at 0700, allowing an extra hour for the expected three hour drive to Dover, for the 1100 rendevous with the group. It didn’t take long for things to go awry, with a speeding caravanner loosing control and closing down the [...]

Meet the Participants

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

The trip was absolutely fantastic, in no small part due to the great people on it. There were a total of eight vehicles, including the two guide cars and our 109.
Pete Girling was leading the tour in his Toyota with his partner, Jo Austing. Peter is a former teacher, which is where he [...]

Ready for the Alps

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

The last few details have been done. All the fluid levels have been checked, the correct operation of all vehicle functions (gears, handbrake, all electrics, doors and windows and so on) have been inspected, and the final arrangements for stowage made.
The left Jerrycan locker now holds its 20L water can, while the right locker [...]