A little video coming down stelvio

Bit of tunnel fun

Driving up huez

Day 5

Today we left Como for the drive to the next hotel in livigno, so we thought we would drive up the other side of Como perhaps it would be better than the side we were on so headed for lecco then went north waste of time, the sat nav said 19 miles to next turn off I think 15 miles of that was tunnel after tunnel so you can't even see the lake.
So we came out on ss36 then the 3 into Switzerland that when the roads became fun so did a few passes then lunch, then took the 27 followed by the 28 two really great roads really fast and I mean fast, great sweeping bends one after the other, some of the best roads yet, and great views.
Then the main reason for coming here,  passo stevlio, we came in off the 28 which was great because it was one pass that lead to the stelvio and little to no traffic even when we went up the stelvio part of the pass

Thoughts on Como

Forget it.... Drive here has lunch on the lake take a few photos just to say you've been and stay somewhere else... Over priced and to much traffic...

Now some more photos of great views

Day four

The driving didn't start good roads and traffic crap and the same at the end of the day, but the driving in the middle was great found some great roads. Took the back roads out of Como going up past lake lugano heading north forget it 2 1/2 hours of get stuck behind slow car trucks no overtaking small villages but once out of all of this head for the 416 at biasca the follow that to the 19.  At Muster turn left and follow 19 to Andermatt. The way back we followed the 19 up to Reicheaneu then took the 13 down to splugen the left onto the 567 great little pass and stunning views the other side of the pass back to the hotel was again traffic with no overtaking.

zoom in closely on second photo and you can see the road and tunnels stunning 

Day three

Day three was to pick up lady duck from Milan airport then up to Como, so the sun was up roof down and hit the road early, today was motorway or toll road to Milan, the first part was great big sweeping bends cutting through the snow capped mountains which you could take well over 100 mph again no traffic, but there was a price to pay for this driving nirvana, the tolls, ouch, and a 43euro tunnel toll, just over £60.00 just to drive a bit of motorway.
Arrive in Milan for 11.00 to pick up lady duck a choice of two terminals to go to...So 50 / 50 on this one let's just say I'm not going to make a good betting man.... Yes I picked 2 and lady duck arrived in 1, ok a phone call later,  it was chiao bella. Then off for lunch at Lake Como

Day two huez

So day two was the 211 up to hear, so out of grenoble again on to the d5 to vizlle then take the d1091 wow what a road again no traffic a super fast sweeping bends and great road surface some great fast straights.  Then arrived at the bottom of the 211 not a long pass but great fun as you will see in the video.  As for the michelin pilot super sports, with the suspension the car sticks like glue to the road

Driving down col de la bonette

first day route napoleon

Great roads down to col de la bonette out of grenoble on to the d5 then n85 d944 d14 n94 d944 taking d900 to jausiers then turn right onto the pass all the had little or no traffic great fast bends a real great route. The pass was quiet, very little car so could have some fun on the hairpin. As you can see by the photo I didn't quite make the top of 2860 m blocked by snow, so only managed 2700 m

on hols again

Lady duck and I are hols again, so left the boys and the bikes aback in uk,  weapon of choice is the mx5 of course me being me she not standard, full race spec gaz coilovers stiffer ultra racing front and rear antiroll bars again front and rear brace struts, ebc yellow stuff pads with black diamond vented discs all round, also trying michelin pilot super sport sticky tyres all round, there is also lots of tuning done to the engine.
This time we're heading south I'm on my own for the first few days in grenoble, find some great roads then up to Milan to pick up lady duck, then to Como, Switzerland, dolomites, Germany, and to top it all off aday at the nurburgring

on holiday with lady duck back in January

This is the last video of lady duck and I chapmans peak south Africa when the weapon of choice was a v8 cobra