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Chamonix Rafting Video (Directors Cut)

7/14/2013

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Now live on youtube. Enjoy !
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Day Sixteen 13 - Sadly The End Of Another Tour

7/7/2013

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So that's it then, the end of the second European Tour with some special friends and great cars (Bessie failed the MOT the day after).
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It worked well with no problems until we hit the English shore and the M25 , when all hell broke loose.
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The plan to make it to the Cherry Tree pub in Oxfordshire was completed only by Chris and Roger, everyone else ended up eating in Woking !
Anyway , hope you liked our 2013 tour, we certainly did !!!!!!
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Day Fifteen 13 - Boats and Beer

7/6/2013

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We thought we had managed to catch an early ferry, but it was not to be as the boat was ridiculously small. 
It would have been a money saver missing the superstores in Calais but like many of our better ideas putting the theory into action failed ..........

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...so we were stuck with treating ourselves to a few more beers instead.
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The trouble is after the coconut beer you begin to think you can see Freddy Mercury crowd surfing
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Day Fourteen 13 - Traffic And It's Cure

7/5/2013

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The problem with roads is that they occasionally contain traffic. A five hour journey can easily become a six hour journey , and so on. 
As Chris, our safety expert, says - there are ways to reduce the problems such as banning all cyclists and caravans from the roads. 

Anyway , when the end result is being back in Brugge  it's worth the effort.
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Day Thirteen 13 - Colmar

7/4/2013

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Today was spent checking out Colmar, paying special attention to its water and ruby beer.......
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..........especially the Ruby Beer

The bonus to this being , that when Chris went missing for an hour because the streets had moved round, we were not overly concerned
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Day Twelve 13 - Border Crossings

7/3/2013

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The rules when traveling in a group :- if anyone gets into trouble, especially if it involves people in authority , the rest of the group should get out as fast as they can. 
Remember this for later on in todays blog.

Anyway , today we head into Switzerland with passports and motorway passes ready to be used.......
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.....stopping only to admire bridges made of wood.

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Finally it's across the border again and back into France -well for two out of three cars, which immediately put as much distance as possible between themselves and the Venga bus which is stopped at the border.
Many hours later Rachel and Matt joined the others at the new destination, Colmar, but refused to speak of their experience.
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Day Eleven 13 - Day Of Rest .......... (or was it)

7/2/2013

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Long drive tomorrow through France and Switzerland , so today we treated ourselves to a relaxing day of white water rafting.
Bumped and bruised we are now ready for our journey onwards.

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Day Ten 13 - Return To The Top Of The World.

7/1/2013

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With 45 percent less oxygen we know it's a breathtaking experience but it
has to be done ! The tip is to breath twice as fast and then everything is
alright.

So enjoy the pictures resulting from the journey on Europes' highest cable car,
and imagine the screams as it swung precariously from pylon to pylon.
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Day Nine 13 - Success and Killer Bees

7/1/2013

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Last year, as you all know , we failed in our primary mission to conquer the Stelvio Pass,
This year we tried for the 'Route Napolean' and we have to report a success.


Oh how we celebrated !
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This was tinged with no fear what so ever when we discovered some hives in the
mountain and were swarmed at by a flock of bees.

Birthday Bear, lead the way for a rapid retreat as the killer bees chased us from the French Riviera and into the Alps.
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Day Eight 13 - St Tropez Wedding

6/29/2013

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Knowing our invites had been lost in the post we thought it would be rude not to attend the wedding anyway.
Dressed to the nines our intrepid team braved the rough Mediterranean Sea for the crossing to St. Tropez. Sneaking past the bodyguards and trying to avoid the autograph hunters that have been plaguing our every move we made it to the church on time. However the wait was boring so we decided a brain freeze drink and sit by the beach would be a much more fruitful use for our day and anyway they will probably be divorced by tomorrow.
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