 | Rendezvous at St Omer, France on Day one.
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 | Leaving Hotel Du Tigre in Verdun |
 | Time to clean those screens and synchronise Sat Nav's! |
 | On the road on Day Two
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 | On the road on Day Two |
 | On the road on Day Two |
 | Rest stop on Day Two
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 | Lunch on the German / French border on Day two
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 | Rendezvous in Waldburg, Germany, at 8am on Day Three
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 | Leaving Waldburg, Germany and fuelling up for the BIG day crossing the Alps. |
 | Had to stop at the Austrian border to buy an Austrian motorway vignette. At less than 8 euros for 10 days, it is much better value than the Swiss one, which is why we avoided the Swiss motorways.
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 | The first climb of the Alps, just after entering Switzerland
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 | Toilet and ice cream stop just after crossing from Leichtenstein into Switzerland |
 | Coming down Fluela Pass, Switzerland
Yep, them brakes are a smokin'!
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 | Wet Alpine road
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 | Lunch in the drizzle at Suchs, at the bottom of Fluela Pass.
We ate and the brakes cooled ready for the next challenge.
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 | Through a Swiss village in the Alps.
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 | Climbing Stelvio Pass north side.
The Stelvio Pass is one of the highest Alpine Passes of Europe with its 2758 m. There are 48 hairpin turns on the northern side of the pass. The original road was built in 1820-1825 by the Austrian Empire to connect the former Austrian province of Lombardia with the rest of Austria, covering a climb of 1871 m. Since then, the route has changed very little. The 60 hairpin bends, 48 of them on the northern side numbered with stones, are a challenge to motorists.
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 | The C6 coming around one of the 48 hairpin bends on the north side of Stelvio.
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 | Dark and gloomy north side of Stelvio.
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 | The north side of Stelvio Pass. Yep, we went up there - but only just! Note for future: Climb the south side and descend the north side. The north side is a tough climb in a fully loaded ID! |
 | Hooray! We made it to the top of Stelvio pass.
Time for something hot and wet to calm the nerves!
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 | The south side of Stelvio Pass |
| Dinner in Florence, Italy. Day Four.
When you order a ham and pineapple pizza you would expect it to be on a tomato base wouldn't you? Not here it isn't, you get a dough base with ham, pineapple and cheese!
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| Our camp by Lake Bracciano, where we stayed for the duration of the ICCCR. The campsite was about 15 minutes drive from the ICCCR site.
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| Traction accessory grille mascot at our camping ground.
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 | Pictures from the ICCCR at Autodromo di Vallelunga, Italy.
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