CRUMBALL RALLY 2012: COLLECTION SERVICE

Thursday, 10 May 2012

COLLECTION SERVICE

We had the Jag towed to a garage and now they're trying to repair the brakes. We've still got 300+ miles to get to our hotel. Looking grim.

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Darren10 May 2012 at 10:16
thats cos there not on a mission from God
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OUR JOURNEY STARTS 9th MAY 2012

The 2012 Crumball Classic is themed loosely on the seminal sixties motor racing film "Grand Prix", and so the route takes in several historic racing locations en-route to Monte Carlo.

In the main, entrants travel in "bangers" costing no more than £200 and the 1150 mile journey starts (for us) at Lancashire and ends in Nice, France.

There are 6 of us. We have an knackered old Jag and a knackered old Volvo. We are all travelling dressed as NUNS!

We'll start by travelling down to Dover to catch a ferry to Calais and then on to a hotel in Boulogne, ready for the start of the rally the next morning.

DAY-1 of the rally is a huge 450 mile journey through the Champagne country stopping by at the historic racing circuit in Reims before heading East to the medieval cobbled streets of Colmar, just South of Strasbourg for an overnight stay.

DAY-2 (230 miles) starts with a trip to the "Schlumpf Collection" of historic cars including the largest single collection of Bugattis. Then we head into Switzerland with its stunning passes and Alpine roads and pass over into Italy and Lake Como for a relaxing evening of lakeside eating and drinking.

DAY-3 (260 miles) takes us out of Italy along the lakes of Monza before heading South through Milan to Nice for the Saturday night Arrival Party!

DAY-4 we dump the old bangers and fly home!