Mclaren 750S into Europe, the usual nonsense!

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M11rph said:

Oi! You said you wouldn't.

I was just about to have a Ferrero Rocher.

Sorry!

https://youtu.be/hMlP_Moo0bE?si=eOcDmTbwjq_Unvtj

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That's the thing Dodgy, I have two nieces I would absolutely do anything for, when all my friends started having kids I enjoyed being in their company and another friend has a 5 year old that melts me everytime I see her.

But I suppose there is that difference between liking kids and having them.
It's nice to spend time with them but it's also nice not to!

Yeah that place in Milan was beautiful. I'm ashamed to say that Tanya gave me a run down of it's entire history and I've forgotten most of it!

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This is a lovely drop of beer, has a really strong odour of oranges but doesn't taste of them.



These are fking hot though!



Went out early this morning to try the drone out, it went miles before it even dropped a bar. Obviously there's very little interference around here but impressive non the less. The longer battery life is really helpful, I'm going to make a real effort to get some good footage.

I did a long video flying over the valley and a shorter one coming in toward the hotel.
This is very boring and skippable but here it is anyway.

https://youtu.be/x-QJw550no0?si=zt0QEXE4oqzL54b6

Came back and took the car out, had to go left from the hotel as right would take through all the road works and I'm not doing that again until I have to.
The road eventually ran out at a bus turn around so I parked up there and got the board out.



Don't think I actually should have parked here but I did get right over onto the rough ground, certainly wasn't in the way of the busses turning.



Managed to find some trails up into the woods so had a nice onewheel session for an hour or so.









When I got back a bus had unloaded and there were lots of people around the car, I stayed out of the way to they drifted off.

Got back to the hotel, car looked cool parked up at the entrance.
You're not supposed to park here because it's only the entrance to the garage but - and this is going to sound awful - when I said to the reception can I leave it while I get breakfast they said "of course! It is very beautiful!"
I wasn't in anyone's way and all the nearby spaces were taken but it's often the case that hotels will move any amount of barriers and hotel cars to accommodate, I presume it's because lots of people then take pics of the car and the hotel name which will end up on social media.

I know, I'm a wker.

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Mikebentley said:

Won’t the recent surgery have altered your balance? If so please be careful on that board as we all love your trips.

Hasn't affected my balance but tbh I shouldn't be on it, surgeon was very like "you can go but don't do anything physical"

I'm still getting the odd twinge but I think it will be fine if I don't do anything stupid.

Dr Potluri, a fking diamond. A 70 year old little Asian guy who said he could have retired 10 years ago, doesn't need the money but just likes helping people.

When we discussed the op he said "Don't worry, I did my first one of these in 1977" He could do it blindfolded, done an incredible job.
Imagine being somebody who has dedicated their whole life to easing people's pain, very humbling.

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Any people who do their own YouTube videos here?

I have a channel I've had for 15 years or something but I only use it to put the little vids up that I post in these blogs. I want to leave them there so if people stumble upon my blogs my nonsense will always be available to them.

But recently I've had a couple of vids come up on the general YouTube site, I suppose this is inevitable as they are available to YouTube but I really don't want this.
Can I set it so that if people click the links in these threads they work but otherwise they are hidden to the general YouTube audience?

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Doofus said:

Presumably you're taking a pogo stick this year.

Why not, I'm game!

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Leins said:

Great stuff Brad, one of my favourite threads. In the immortal words of S-Express, enjoy this trip.

… although they may not have been referencing a Euro-hoon come to think of it!

Oh I love that song! That's going on my silly earbuds after a few more beers!

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prand said:

I've been keeping a look out for Br d's annual posts, and here it is. Looking forwards to this year's adventures!

Hi prand, hope you are good.

Edited by br d on Friday 28th June 14:59

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Sway said:

fking get in Brad.

Dont for one minute these threads are getting stale - your uncanny ability to discover new and interesting shenanigans makes every one a treat.

Hope you're doing good buddy.

Sway! Great to see you mate, hope you and yours are doing good too.

You and so many others here have been amazingly supportive when things weren't going too well for me. I can never thank you enough.

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DeuceDeuce said:

Glad you decided to surface & love that guitar.

I spent a very rainy day in Chamonix last summer so just played pinball for hours trying to get the top score. I only got second and lost the use of my hands for a day or so.

Stay safe and have fun : )

Can you remember the bar?
I love Chamonix. They have a couple of clubs which never shut up all night on Fridays and Saturdays though, they just stand in the street and shout till 7 in the morning, you can hear it all over town!
I went out on the onewheel at 5:30 on the Saturday morning and when I passed one of the clubs there were young blokes crashed out on the floor and staggering all over the place. They were spread all across the narrow street so I had to weave between them and I was sure someone was going to push me off but they all had that can't quite focus cos too drunk look in there eyes and I was through before they realised!

Ah to be young and sleeping on pavement at 5am with a fag drooping loosely from the side of your mouth again!

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Ussrcossack said:

Just been on the breweries website, what a range they do.

Have one for me BrD

Yeah mate the barman said the same, it's a local brewery, he talked me through about ten different beers and I ended up very confused but this one is lovely.

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BrettMRC said:

Publish them as "unlisted" in the publishing options, that way they are only available via the link and cannot be found by searching or checking your YouTube profile page.

Edited by BrettMRC on Friday 28th June 15:31

Brett, thank you, that sounds exactly what I'm looking for.

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Right.
I've got pretty drunk.
I'm back in the room.



So I'm thinking about this room.



If I open this door wide.



Can I make the drone take off from here.



And fly out through that door. And stuff.

Now I have no idea if the drone can do this. Or if I can do this! Cos I'm pretty pissed. And these are very sensitive control things.
But you have to try it don't you?

So I take off in the room, I'm amazed it takes off in here! I spin it for effect, then go for the door. First try it won't do it, it won't go through the door, the fker. I faff about, press all the buttons, fall asleep for a while, wake up, realise it's still not going through the faffing door. Then remember you have to turn off obstacle collision detection, (can't believe I spelled all those words right!) so I do that. I turn off ockstickle delusion collection.

Then I get it through the door! It works!

And I even get the fker back into the room! But as you can see, I'm pretty ste at it.

Happy though.


https://youtu.be/iw2Y3oZsmq8?feature=shared

I'm expecting the hotel manager to knock at any moment!

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Look at that though.
fk.

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Off to somewhere else tomorrow. Can't remember where it is!
What's today?

Right, going here.

Interalpen-Hotel Tyrol GmbH

Maps says it's only 2 and a half hours from here, touch.

Austria I think.

Edited by br d on Friday 28th June 19:38

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Boxster5 said:

Stunning location Br d although I’m dizzy and got whiplash from that drone footage ????

The beer was moving the joysticks, I was in the toilet at the time.
I'm completely exonerated.

If I wake early, which I normally do, I'm going to do another flight from the room and see how far down the valley I can get.

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Came down to a nasty scratch on the wing this morning, it definitely wasn't there when I arrived at that hotel because I spent an hour cleaning it. The car spent most of the stay in the underground garage, I only went out for one quick drive, it doesn't even look like something that could be caused by a stone.

It's suspiciously right on top where you could sit on it. I don't know, I'm probably just being paranoid. Can't get a photo yet cos the garage at this new hotel is pretty dark.

In Austria now, this hotel is pretty sumpsh.







Why not?

Going in the restaurant in an hour, just killing time.

I normally post up any decent cars I see but there just hasn't been any. Could be the weather, had days and days of pissing rain. The last place had a huge underground garage but it was just wall to wall SUV Hybrids which all seem to look the same.
This place does seem to have some nice stuff in the garage, I'll take a wander down there later.

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RSbandit said:

Incredible camera quality on that drone …stunning spot what hotel was it ?

It was... checks notes.

The COMO Alpina Dolomites.

It really was a stunning place. There's plenty of here like that but it was the attention to detail that stood out, all the little things were right, loads of extra towels. endless toilet rolls, loads of interesting things in the room fridge, loads of shampoos and stuff.
All that seems trivial but it's surprising how quickly you can run out of stuff in even nice hotels.
And clean man, the whole place was spotless, looked like they cleaned everything once a minute!

It's also a beautiful area, well worth a visit.
Just wait until they've finished resurfacing the road up to it, that was a bit of a nightmare.

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RSbandit said:

Loving the motor what do McLaren charge for Volcano Red these days ?! It’s one of their best hues of course…much of a step up on the 720s overall?
Those bikers sounded like a lovely bunch a certain scene from A Bronx Tale springs to mind!

Edited by RSbandit on Thursday 27th June 20:35

Sorry bandit, missed this.
Volcano Red is an mso colour so it's a 10k option.
Is it a step up?

I'm having dinner, let me get to the bar and I'll give my thoughts.

Btw, dinner has been a laugh! Things crawling out of my food!