Sunday 18 August 2013

10 Seconds of Fame!




Motorland Aragon

I have just returned from an epic journey in my little car covering some 3200 miles in 16 days. This little trip was to go to the 2CV World Meeting at Motorland Aragon at Alcaniz in Spain. After the meeting we went to see some friends in Segovia and returned home taking time to visit Monets Garden at Giverny on the way. The poor little car had a few problems on the way with some overheating, not surprising as the temperatures were in the high 30s and wearing out 2 front tyres in the process as the tracking was a little off and now a very noisey gearbox that will need replacing soon. But what an adventure! On the way though France we were stopped by the police for an interview with the BBC and I have my 10 seconds of fame 2mins 40 seconds in if you want to see it follow this link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23619783  On the way I saw a very interesting trike towing a caravan. The mirrors were so far away from the handlebars to be a danger to pedestrians!



By the time we had got to Alcaniz we had covered over 1000 miles in 3 days. The highlight of the trip was, undoubtedly, many circuits of the race track in the car with impossible lean angles and tyres squealing and a lovely commentary from Gita as we approached corners flat out.  Did I wear out the tyres just by doing that?


People do odd things with 2CVs and another trike is born. We were again stopped by the police to check documents this time. They said there were people stealing cars and coming to the rally. I think they just wanted to see a right hand drive Mehari!


Leaving Alcaniz we headed for Segovia  where it seems Harleys abound. We stayed just out of Segovia at Los Angeles San Raphael. They haven’t got Hollywood Boulevard yet but I’m sure they will build it soon.



By the time we left Segovia 2000 miles had been clocked and there was another 1000 to go to get home. This last bit was over 4 days with the gearbox getting noisier  all the time and  I wore earplugs to try to keep out the noise. Northern  France was much cooler and it did rain a bit, but the day was fine for seeing Monets Garden before staying at a Logis on our last night before the final  leg home.

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