Escadrille Ecosse Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Don't need to turn off the power. Just set a series of signals to red and the automatic train protection system will stop the train. I look forward to remakes of towering inferno and airport. Not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 No, they spin it out for six episodes, when surely the train and series would stop after one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 But life is not all bollocks. As the Paralympics end, with the Medal Table showing China, GB then the US at the top, I thought to look for the actual size of each team, and here they are: China, 220 medals from team of 284 GB, 124 medals from 215 athletes US, 105 medals from 225 athletes These give ratios of athletes per medal of: China 1.29, GB 1.7 and US 2.11 Not sure what that proves, but it makes me proud! John 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Gorge near Martigny. Much steeper than it appears in the pics! Going over the Grand St Bernard psss this afternoon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Top of the Grand St Bernard today…. and in 2019…. Pretty much the same day of the year FWIW…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteStupps Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 22 minutes ago, Nick Jones said: Top of the Grand St Bernard today…. Unlucky with the weather, or very lucky in 2019. That gorge looks impressive. A less discerning man might say gorgeous but I would never be so crass 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Vitesse in the Val Veny, looking across a rushing torrent to the Mount Blanc massif. Beautiful day, stunning scenery some of it quite bleak this is the Miage glacier, which seems to be more rocks than ice…. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 Big driving day today. Left Courmeyeur at 9 and headed for the Petit St Bernard pass (2,460m non optional). Spent a few minutes up there tweaking the barometric correction curve Down into Bourg St Maurice and the weather was holding up, so we turned south to Tigne, Val D’Isere and the Col D’Iseran, which is a bit of a monster at 2,770m. Helluva pass - stunning scenery. Not pretty but awe inspiring. Then onwards to the Galibier via the Telegraph. looong day, but the scenery was stunning throughout..,. along the way this happened That’s mileage from September 1989. It also means 1,164 since last Thursday morning and we’ve added another 50 or so since…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpbarrett Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 great photos and nice trip. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Great pics. Next June we plan to go via the Lago Maggiore , Aosta valley and the Route des grand Alpes towards Mediterranean Sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Driving in northern Italy has been spoiled…. Roads generally in good condition but speed limit mostly 50kph except where it’s 30kph. Occasional short stretches of 70 on bigger roads. Lots of traffic calming/speed bumps and literally 100s of speed cameras. Every few hundred metres in some places. Apparently many of those are fake…. But which ones? Autostrada boring and very expensive. At the top of the Grand St Bernard path the speed limit changes from 30 to 70 at the border and then to 90. Road is pretty beat up though. We were on the Rte des grand Alps for some of yesterday. Great roads, and not too busy (weekday, out of season) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrookster Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Today I, bollocks it looks like I might have taken on another project I think something might be wrong with me............ Nothing confirmed yet, but provisionally made an agreement to purchase a GT6. At least this one is a runner. It is one however that has meaning, it was the (literal) car that got me into Triumphs 2 decades ago! I'll update more when I know more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 16 minutes ago, thebrookster said: I think something might be wrong with me............ Well yeah, you're on here, with us Intrigued... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpbarrett Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 7 hours ago, Nick Jones said: Driving in northern Italy has been spoiled…. Roads generally in good condition but speed limit mostly 50kph except where it’s 30kph. Occasional short stretches of 70 on bigger roads. Lots of traffic calming/speed bumps and literally 100s of speed cameras. Every few hundred metres in some places. Apparently many of those are fake…. But which ones? Autostrada boring and very expensive. At the top of the Grand St Bernard path the speed limit changes from 30 to 70 at the border and then to 90. Road is pretty beat up though. We were on the Rte des grand Alps for some of yesterday. Great roads, and not too busy (weekday, out of season) we found driving thru French villages is very difficult now with very long high 20mph cushions, mostly with crossing on them, so high you cant go faster than 20 mph over them. Really slow progress thru the villages. I can understand why they have done it but it slows progress.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 42 minutes ago, Escadrille Ecosse said: Well yeah, you're on here, with us Ouch…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 20 mph? Try driving through Wales! And as for all those Araf! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpbarrett Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 36 minutes ago, JohnD said: 20 mph? Try driving through Wales! And as for all those Araf! John did that in April the problem was the drivers that thought the 20mph applied to all roads...... ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Two “Passerelles” or Himalayan foot bridges (one infested with primary school kids!) 8 miles of walking with 1800’ of climbing (plus the same down!). Scenery was decent. Now my feet hurt! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Pretty. And sunny / warm.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 1 hour ago, Escadrille Ecosse said: Pretty. And sunny / warm.. Pretty…. For sure. Sunny, sometimes. That’s when I take the pics…. Warm…? Hell no! Been a howling northerly the last two days and snow fell on the surrounding peaks while we walked. I did take my coat off on the walk back (steeply uphill) so was down to a measily 3 layers. To be fair it did wait until we were back in the car before pissing with rain, which further delayed an already very late lunch. Meant to be a bit more sunny, less windy and not wet at all for the next couple of days…. Fingers crossed. Meanwhile, the French seem to be adjusting their position on public sanitation. The answer to the question “do hikers in France crap in the woods” has always been, “yup, no choice”. But not any more. Composting toilets are springing up all over the place, along with slightly risqué encouragements to use them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 A new (to me) phenomenon is photographers lying in wait at the top of high Alpine passes and snapping your pic as you pass. We were papped by 3 separate ones… this just down from the top of Iseran https://www.foxphotos.fr/m/-/galleries/anne-2024/motos-et-belles-voitures/col-de-liseran/septembre-2024/mercredi-11-septembre/cote-val-d-isere/-/medias/0191e1e2-10fd-7f23-b824-6f6a5f7cbd12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Yes, along with bikes and motos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerguzzi Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 1 hour ago, Nick Jones said: A new (to me) phenomenon is photographers lying in wait at the top of high Alpine passes and snapping your pic as you pass. We were papped by 3 separate ones… this just down from the top of Iseran https://www.foxphotos.fr/m/-/galleries/anne-2024/motos-et-belles-voitures/col-de-liseran/septembre-2024/mercredi-11-septembre/cote-val-d-isere/-/medias/0191e1e2-10fd-7f23-b824-6f6a5f7cbd12 We had that on the Alpine Trip (not looked yet at what they snapped! Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gt64fun Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 13 hours ago, Nick Jones said: photographers lying in wait at the top of high Alpine passes and snapping your pic OK as long as long as they are not wearing uniforms and holding a speed gun! Ian PS Off to the IOM on Tuesday for the IOM Festival of Motoring. Outside of the towns there are no speed limits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 And today... I'm at the Kop Hill Climb, which untimed, not for competition, and more a fund raising shindig, but what a shindig! Cars from Lagondas and Bentleys, to the latest McLaren and everything in between, plus music (of a sort) fairground rides, everything for the kids, old and young. And rides up the Hill in some exotic machinery. I've been made most welcome at the Chilterns TRR Group, thank you all, and have met some interesting people who want to talk about my car. All great fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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