Italian Job adventure - Day one!
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Italian Job adventure - Day 2!
Certainly a wet day today! We left Spa, after having a peek at the circuit and after a couple of hours driving and some lunch, made our way to the Nurburgring. With Jason Field and Tanya Field (Freddie)
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Italian Job adventure - Day 3!
Despite the howling winds and at times torrential rain, we still managed a few pics!
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Italian Job adventure - Day 4
What an adventure, not sure it's quite the type I like though!
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We've made it! Roll on the Italian Job proper! |
Italian Job adventure - Day 5! |
As you can see, the views on Monte Bondone were amazing and the pics speak for themselves. We stopped for coffee on the way up and at a vineyard when we'd reached the bottom on the other side. with Jason Field and Tanya Field. |
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Italian Job adventure - Day 6!
The second stop was for a never ending lunch. We had 14 courses/dishes, and they just kept coming and coming! Jason had all of them, and Tanya being vegetarian had to miss several which she didn't mind at all! It was wonderful food and amazing service considering how many of us there are.
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Italian Job adventure - Day 7! What a fantastic day! While we were sad to leave Trento and it's lovely people, who never seem to tire of Minis getting lost and clogging up their streets, we were treated to a great time at the Auto Dromo di Modena. The six laps were great, and Jason has some video to follow.
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Italian Job Adventure - Day 8!
Another great day on The Italian Job which again saw us top the
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We then moved on to lunch at La Battistina, another winery with amazing views. Even better, was that the bridge on the road that we were supposed to take had collapsed, meaning either a long detour or crossing a small river. It was a no brainer, so into the water we went (it wasn't deep) but the scramble up the bank on the other side was quite steep. However, we made it on our first attempt with just a little wheel spinning. with Jason Field and Tanya Field.
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Italian Job adventure - Day 9!
Just when you think the Italian Job can't get any better, you only end up at Monza!! They very kindly opened the old circuit for us, which we went round first before having two laps on the current F1 circuit - how cool is that!
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Italian Job adventure - Day 10!
Another wonderful day and sadly our last on the Italian Job proper as tomorrow we start to make our way home.
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After lunch we then drove through the streets of Turin with a Police Escort. This was done in true Italian Job style and driven more like we were back in Monza than in a city! Brilliant fun and the Police were great at holding the traffic back for us. The people of Turin were so pleased to see us - lots of waves and high fives when we were slow enough to high five! What a fantastic what to finish the job and team 24 can't thank Freddie and the rest of the Red Hatters enough. With Jason Field and Tanya Field.
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Italian Job adventure - Day 11!
Today we left Aleksandra to start to make our way back to the UK. We had a beautiful drive in glorious sunshine - the Alps looked amazing!
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![]() Another of the oh so special one. ![]() While nearly everyone will get that the car in front is a Mini, a few will get that it's a Cooper and the experts will get that it's an RSP. However, do not be mistaken, this is no ordinary RSP! This is the 'oh so specail RSP that once belonged to Mr John Cooper no less', but now belongs to the less special, but equally 'special' in other ways, Mr Roger Hunt. ![]() Minis on the road. ![]() The oh so special one! |
Italian Job adventure - Day 12!
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Up early tomorrow to get to Calais to catch the ferry to Dover. with Jason Field and Tanya Field.
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![]() How to get from the front of the hotel to the car park - step 1
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Italian Job adventure - Day 13, the final day!
Today's route consisted of Paris to Calais, jump on a ferry then Dover to Oxford. We are just about to leave Oxford to head for Marlow for the grand finale gala dinner. |
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