Mclaren 750S into Europe, the usual nonsense!
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Hello.
I'm on the annual car trip into the Alps. I'm in a new 750S and looking forward to thrashing it through the mountains. Got a new guitar, a new drone and lots of new places to visit.
I'll be honest guys I wasn't going to do a blog this year but I'm already a few days into the trip and stuff is already happening.
Even though I've always had fantastic support on these threads, which I massively appreciate, I did start to wonder if it wasn't all getting a bit tired. The last thing I want is for it to get stale.
Some good people on the supercar group have encouraged me to do it anyway so I'll have a go if there's any interest.
Let me know if it's of interest, I don't want to do it just to stroke my ego.
I'm on the annual car trip into the Alps. I'm in a new 750S and looking forward to thrashing it through the mountains. Got a new guitar, a new drone and lots of new places to visit.
I'll be honest guys I wasn't going to do a blog this year but I'm already a few days into the trip and stuff is already happening.
Even though I've always had fantastic support on these threads, which I massively appreciate, I did start to wonder if it wasn't all getting a bit tired. The last thing I want is for it to get stale.
Some good people on the supercar group have encouraged me to do it anyway so I'll have a go if there's any interest.
Let me know if it's of interest, I don't want to do it just to stroke my ego.
Right just caught up with the thread.
I am genuinely touched by the well wishes and the eagerness for another write up, it's fantastic and thanks to everyone.
I honestly just drift around and see what happens so I'm always surprised by the interest in the thread, there's never any plan and I think I mostly just waffle a load of nonsense so don't expect too much!
Picked up the new 750S a week before Christmas, another PH'er - 964Cup - got his at the same time and I think they were probably the first on the road in the world outside the demo cars.
They have said this is the last all ICE model which is what drew me. Tbh there was nothing wrong my 720, beautiful colour and a good spec but the last new model that wasn't going to be a hybrid suckered me in. I specced very high and ended up spending way more than I intended (b
d budget creep!) but I once again told myself this is the last silly car I'm going to own and I always use that for man maths justification.
Did very little with it over the winter.
I don't actually have many pics of it, took a couple at a car wash the other day just in case, let's see what I can dig out.
I am genuinely touched by the well wishes and the eagerness for another write up, it's fantastic and thanks to everyone.
I honestly just drift around and see what happens so I'm always surprised by the interest in the thread, there's never any plan and I think I mostly just waffle a load of nonsense so don't expect too much!
Picked up the new 750S a week before Christmas, another PH'er - 964Cup - got his at the same time and I think they were probably the first on the road in the world outside the demo cars.
They have said this is the last all ICE model which is what drew me. Tbh there was nothing wrong my 720, beautiful colour and a good spec but the last new model that wasn't going to be a hybrid suckered me in. I specced very high and ended up spending way more than I intended (b
d budget creep!) but I once again told myself this is the last silly car I'm going to own and I always use that for man maths justification. Did very little with it over the winter.
I don't actually have many pics of it, took a couple at a car wash the other day just in case, let's see what I can dig out.
Edited by br d on Thursday 27th June 14:30
It was touch and go this year. Booked most of it up and then found a lump!
Got in to a consultant and had the dreaded wait but it wasn't the other thing, bullet dodged. It was however an effing great cyst that had to come out pronto or I'd have problems.
The original surgery date was 6th June so I asked the doc if I would be okay for going away on the 20th? "Oh no!" he said cheerfully "You'll need longer recovery than that, you won't be driving that quickly."
fk!
I'd already booked two thirds of it and hadn't bothered with cancellations so I was in deep st. He's an absolutely wonderful man and I threw myself on his mercy and asked if he could get me in earlier. He shuffled his computer files for a while and said he could if I go to a different hospital, that would be on the 21st of May.
Would that be enough time doc? "Hmm... Maybe, you'll have to come back to me on the 10th and I'll decide then"
So a quandary. I need hotels with secure parking and if I wait till the tenth then I ain't going to get them out here.
So I booked what I could but it was already too late for some stuff, ended up paying more than I wanted to because that was all that was left.
A week before the op I have to go in for an ecg so they know I won't cark it under the anaesthetic. On the day they decide to do a spine thing instead so I'm awake during it, they whack that in, give me something else and just as I'm getting wobbly the anaesthetist goes "What's this on your ecg?"
I dunno? They didn't tell me anything. He's looking at this and scratching his chin and I'm thinking "Don't cancel now ffs!"
Then he goes "Okay, we'll do it but you have to see a cardiologist as soon as you can.
This is fine by me, at this point I don't care about anything, they'd given me fentanyl. Jesus Christ that stuffs good, like floating on a cloud of titties. There's about 8 people in the theatre and they're hacking away at my privates (it was a bk cyst) and I couldn't have been happier.
There was a second anaesthetist and I said this stuff is good ain't it doc!
He laughed and said "Yep, that's why we keep it locked up!"
So it all went well. I go to see my guy on the 10th, I'm still in a bit of pain but I tell him everything is wonderful and can I please go on holiday?
He hmms again but says yes if I really really behave.
I didn't mention my onewheel.
I told him what a great job he did and he said "Yeah, I was going to sign them"
I got in to see a cardiologist and it's fine. Left side of my heart is heavy which has stopped the electrics working properly or something but he said it's okay, only worry if I get faint. Which I don't. Not sober anyway.
So I made it.
Got in to a consultant and had the dreaded wait but it wasn't the other thing, bullet dodged. It was however an effing great cyst that had to come out pronto or I'd have problems.
The original surgery date was 6th June so I asked the doc if I would be okay for going away on the 20th? "Oh no!" he said cheerfully "You'll need longer recovery than that, you won't be driving that quickly."
f
k!I'd already booked two thirds of it and hadn't bothered with cancellations so I was in deep s
t. He's an absolutely wonderful man and I threw myself on his mercy and asked if he could get me in earlier. He shuffled his computer files for a while and said he could if I go to a different hospital, that would be on the 21st of May. Would that be enough time doc? "Hmm... Maybe, you'll have to come back to me on the 10th and I'll decide then"
So a quandary. I need hotels with secure parking and if I wait till the tenth then I ain't going to get them out here.
So I booked what I could but it was already too late for some stuff, ended up paying more than I wanted to because that was all that was left.
A week before the op I have to go in for an ecg so they know I won't cark it under the anaesthetic. On the day they decide to do a spine thing instead so I'm awake during it, they whack that in, give me something else and just as I'm getting wobbly the anaesthetist goes "What's this on your ecg?"
I dunno? They didn't tell me anything. He's looking at this and scratching his chin and I'm thinking "Don't cancel now ffs!"
Then he goes "Okay, we'll do it but you have to see a cardiologist as soon as you can.
This is fine by me, at this point I don't care about anything, they'd given me fentanyl. Jesus Christ that stuffs good, like floating on a cloud of titties. There's about 8 people in the theatre and they're hacking away at my privates (it was a b
k cyst) and I couldn't have been happier.There was a second anaesthetist and I said this stuff is good ain't it doc!
He laughed and said "Yep, that's why we keep it locked up!"
So it all went well. I go to see my guy on the 10th, I'm still in a bit of pain but I tell him everything is wonderful and can I please go on holiday?
He hmms again but says yes if I really really behave.
I didn't mention my onewheel.
I told him what a great job he did and he said "Yeah, I was going to sign them"
I got in to see a cardiologist and it's fine. Left side of my heart is heavy which has stopped the electrics working properly or something but he said it's okay, only worry if I get faint. Which I don't. Not sober anyway.
So I made it.
Edited by br d on Thursday 27th June 11:57
Comfortable in the car so far after a few long journeys but he was right to be cautious, even a week before I came out it was still painful to drive or lift anything. The boys are looking fine now the swellings settled, the cyst was 10cm so he had to cut a pretty big exit hole but you can hardly tell now. I had to shave for the op so it all looks a bit wrinkly Duncan Goodhew down there but otherwise all good.
I promise not to mention my balls again!
I promise not to mention my balls again!
Only just made the tunnel. Had a 5am crossing and so left at 2:30, thought it would be plenty but I didn't know the M20 was closed for a load of junctions.
Got to eurotunnel 3 minutes before boarding.
On the drive down to the first stop at Dijon I got a call from work, one of my Transits had broke down, turns out it was the wet belt and the engine is fked, it'll need rebuilding from a new block or a whole new engine. So I hadn't even got to the first hotel and I'm already 7 grand down. Lovely.
Dijon is just somewhere to crash for the night so set off for Chamonix early in the morning. Things didn't improve!
Got to eurotunnel 3 minutes before boarding.
On the drive down to the first stop at Dijon I got a call from work, one of my Transits had broke down, turns out it was the wet belt and the engine is f
ked, it'll need rebuilding from a new block or a whole new engine. So I hadn't even got to the first hotel and I'm already 7 grand down. Lovely.Dijon is just somewhere to crash for the night so set off for Chamonix early in the morning. Things didn't improve!
57Ford said:
br d said:
What does that mean Ford?
Only that his previous pictures further up the thread showed a bandaged leg. It appears your most recent dressings would be slightly higher. Glad to hear it wasn’t the other thing anyway, must have been quite a worrying time.
I didn't put them pictures up, someone else did, I have no idea what they are except pics of a bloke on a balcony!
Got to chamonix on Friday and it was pissing down, I mean torrential.
I was there 3 days and there were only a few hours break here and there.
This is how it was:
https://youtube.com/shorts/18HrVTS5Su0?si=UknPUQOq...
I didn't really look around the room at first but later on I found this, my own sauna!
https://youtube.com/shorts/EWc16WKH7jI?si=kpjl_XPT...
Didn't take the car to the mountains, just too bloody wet!
I was there 3 days and there were only a few hours break here and there.
This is how it was:
https://youtube.com/shorts/18HrVTS5Su0?si=UknPUQOq...
I didn't really look around the room at first but later on I found this, my own sauna!
https://youtube.com/shorts/EWc16WKH7jI?si=kpjl_XPT...
Didn't take the car to the mountains, just too bloody wet!
br d said:
57Ford said:
br d said:
What does that mean Ford?
Only that his previous pictures further up the thread showed a bandaged leg. It appears your most recent dressings would be slightly higher. Glad to hear it wasn’t the other thing anyway, must have been quite a worrying time.
I didn't put them pictures up, someone else did, I have no idea what they are except pics of a bloke on a balcony!
I was on completely the wrong track!
Not even drunk yet!
So I brought some new things for the trip.
This beauty.
(Guitar talk, sorry)
That's a Les Paul something, 60's I think?
I actually bought that a year ago, I was messing about on my studio after a few beers and I thought, I don't own a decent rock guitar, and went online and bought it.
It arrived a couple of weeks later and I was ashamed of myself, I've got loads of guitars, I didn't need it, so I left it in the box. But I got it out for this trip and it's just lovely. The action is super low and it's so playable I really regret not opening it before.
But I forgot to bring a strap and it's quite a lump. So those 3 days doing bugger all at Chamonix (I did go boarding early Saturday morning and I did have a nice meal and wine on Saturday evening but other than that) I got uncomfortable sitting down to play it as it doesn't really sit right, I tried to buy a strap in town, no dice.
I couldn't think of anyway round it until I spotted the robes!
There were two in the room for using in the spa so I started experimenting with the belts. I couldn't make a hole in them so thought just screw the strap things on the guitar through them. But I couldn't undo them, so I went down to the reception and borrowed these.
I felt terrible about this by the way, I had to lie about what I wanted the screwdrivers for. It bloody worked though.
And I got this.
So then I could walk around the room playing, result.
When I checked out I came clean, said I'd lost it somewhere and I'd like to pay for it.
The girl just laughed and said don't worry about it.
I bought a new drone.
It's an Air 3, it's bloody rapid! Takes off like a bat out of hell, way quicker than my Mavic 2.
Longer battery life, waypoints, all sorts.
I'm going to try to get some car blatting footage but I say that every year and I always find it too complicated.
And I bought these.
If you're thinking of getting them frankly don't bother. They are too quiet.
They do all sorts of clever things but they are really expensive and you spend your whole time trying to turn them up.
I also bought a year's old, 25 quid pair of normal bluetooth headphones and I'm using them for music.
Waste of money.
This beauty.
(Guitar talk, sorry)
That's a Les Paul something, 60's I think?
I actually bought that a year ago, I was messing about on my studio after a few beers and I thought, I don't own a decent rock guitar, and went online and bought it.
It arrived a couple of weeks later and I was ashamed of myself, I've got loads of guitars, I didn't need it, so I left it in the box. But I got it out for this trip and it's just lovely. The action is super low and it's so playable I really regret not opening it before.
But I forgot to bring a strap and it's quite a lump. So those 3 days doing bugger all at Chamonix (I did go boarding early Saturday morning and I did have a nice meal and wine on Saturday evening but other than that) I got uncomfortable sitting down to play it as it doesn't really sit right, I tried to buy a strap in town, no dice.
I couldn't think of anyway round it until I spotted the robes!
There were two in the room for using in the spa so I started experimenting with the belts. I couldn't make a hole in them so thought just screw the strap things on the guitar through them. But I couldn't undo them, so I went down to the reception and borrowed these.
I felt terrible about this by the way, I had to lie about what I wanted the screwdrivers for. It bloody worked though.
And I got this.
So then I could walk around the room playing, result.
When I checked out I came clean, said I'd lost it somewhere and I'd like to pay for it.
The girl just laughed and said don't worry about it.
I bought a new drone.
It's an Air 3, it's bloody rapid! Takes off like a bat out of hell, way quicker than my Mavic 2.
Longer battery life, waypoints, all sorts.
I'm going to try to get some car blatting footage but I say that every year and I always find it too complicated.
And I bought these.
If you're thinking of getting them frankly don't bother. They are too quiet.
They do all sorts of clever things but they are really expensive and you spend your whole time trying to turn them up.
I also bought a year's old, 25 quid pair of normal bluetooth headphones and I'm using them for music.
Waste of money.
littleredrooster said:
Following as usual. Wish I had the literary flair to put something together like you.
We’re halfway through our third trip of the year - this one is Caen-Verdun-Memmingen-Cortina d’Ampezzo-Lago d’Orta (currently)-Clairvaux les Lacs-Hotel de France (near Le Mans)-Caen. Back in Blighty early July sometime.
No room for my guitar in the MX-5, and I didn’t get my EU drone licence before we set off so the best I will have is dashcam or iPhone piccies, so you have me beaten on both counts.
Good luck, I look forward to the stories (and, of course, remember the background to them).
That sounds wonderful mate, Caen is lovely isn't it, have to get back to that area soon. The MX-5 is a lovely car to do it in too, hope you have a great timeWe’re halfway through our third trip of the year - this one is Caen-Verdun-Memmingen-Cortina d’Ampezzo-Lago d’Orta (currently)-Clairvaux les Lacs-Hotel de France (near Le Mans)-Caen. Back in Blighty early July sometime.
No room for my guitar in the MX-5, and I didn’t get my EU drone licence before we set off so the best I will have is dashcam or iPhone piccies, so you have me beaten on both counts.
Good luck, I look forward to the stories (and, of course, remember the background to them).
There's an EU drone licence?
After Chamonix a dive through the Mont Blanc tunnel and head for Milan.
I think 54 euros for one way is expensive but what are you going to do?
Those 100 miles or so after the tunnel are fantastic driving, your in a valley flanked by towering, snow peaked mountains with medieval castles dotted along the route and huge rivers gushing down the rocks from melting snow.
This is what the Alps is all about for me. I was enjoying the views so much I was the slowest thing on the road, getting regularly over taken by petrol tankers.
Putting your foot down is always fun but sometimes it's just nice to pootle and take in the sights.
I then fked up the toll after the really long drive down to Milan, went into the Telepass one by mistake and then the barrier wouldn't open! There were loads of cars behind me in an instant and I was fked! The Italian guys behind me were cursing out of their windows so I got out and started doing that quintessentialy British thing of holding my hands up and going "What? What do you want me to do?"
Which was very ahole of me because it was completely my fault and I'd have been just as pissed off if I was stuck behind some idiot who doesn't know what lane he's supposed to be in!
Luckily one of the shouty guys said "Help, the button, help" so I found that, pushed it and after another tirade of Italian from the speaker the barrier opened.
But I'm going to get a fine for that.
I went down to Uboldo which is where my friends Francesco and Tanya live, they put me up for a couple of days. They are lovely people, he's Italian with perfect English and she is Russian with perfect Italian and English.
I've mentioned before that he's a songwriter and record producer, he's absolutely flying, he's had 10 platinums on the Italian charts this year and top 50's on the Spotify charts. He works with all the big Italian singers, mostly chart stuff but even the big opera singers.
He has a big studio in Milan but he's also converted the top floor of his house into another studio. I sat with him for an hour while he literally wrote a hit.
An Italian female vocalist with lots of chart hits had a new song but she wasn't happy with the arrangement which the studio had done for her, so francesco's production company had sent him the stems and said "can you do better?"
He deleted all the music, loaded up just the vocal tracks and set to work. Incredible to watch. The guy is a brilliant musician but more than that he's an intuitive producer, he just started layering all these drum samples then he wrote a superb funky bass line in about 20 minutes. Then he layered pads and a few samples from Splice, sidechained a couple of things, EQ'd everything, compressed everything and finished with some reversed samples for the drop and tidied it all up.
In a little over an hour.
When he played the finished thing it was amazing!
The bloke earns fortunes and he's worth every penny.
He's 40 now but wants to get out of the music business soon and start opening restaurants!
They took me to Milan and I got some pics.
On the second evening me and francesco went to a super posh restaurant in Milan. I don't know what it was called but it was a Michelin starred vegetarian place. I told him he didn't have to go there for me but he said it's really good anyway.
It was brilliant, best food I've ever ate. Beautiful wine, champagne the whole thing.
Back in my council estate days I would have no doubt thought this sort of place 'poncy' but mate it was wonderful. 8 courses. I took a few of pics.
Wonderful people.
One of the days they were both working so I drove up to lake Verase and boarded around it, it was lovely weather and I stopped at a little diner and had a slice of pizza, perfect!
He had an underground garage with a steep up ramp, each time I used it I made sure the lift on the car was engaged. As I drove away and said goodbye to them I pressed the button but it didn't take!
The bottom of the car ground hideously and it left a nasty dig under it.
I'll get a picture tomorrow.
I think 54 euros for one way is expensive but what are you going to do?
Those 100 miles or so after the tunnel are fantastic driving, your in a valley flanked by towering, snow peaked mountains with medieval castles dotted along the route and huge rivers gushing down the rocks from melting snow.
This is what the Alps is all about for me. I was enjoying the views so much I was the slowest thing on the road, getting regularly over taken by petrol tankers.
Putting your foot down is always fun but sometimes it's just nice to pootle and take in the sights.
I then f
ked up the toll after the really long drive down to Milan, went into the Telepass one by mistake and then the barrier wouldn't open! There were loads of cars behind me in an instant and I was fked! The Italian guys behind me were cursing out of their windows so I got out and started doing that quintessentialy British thing of holding my hands up and going "What? What do you want me to do?" Which was very a
hole of me because it was completely my fault and I'd have been just as pissed off if I was stuck behind some idiot who doesn't know what lane he's supposed to be in! Luckily one of the shouty guys said "Help, the button, help" so I found that, pushed it and after another tirade of Italian from the speaker the barrier opened.
But I'm going to get a fine for that.
I went down to Uboldo which is where my friends Francesco and Tanya live, they put me up for a couple of days. They are lovely people, he's Italian with perfect English and she is Russian with perfect Italian and English.
I've mentioned before that he's a songwriter and record producer, he's absolutely flying, he's had 10 platinums on the Italian charts this year and top 50's on the Spotify charts. He works with all the big Italian singers, mostly chart stuff but even the big opera singers.
He has a big studio in Milan but he's also converted the top floor of his house into another studio. I sat with him for an hour while he literally wrote a hit.
An Italian female vocalist with lots of chart hits had a new song but she wasn't happy with the arrangement which the studio had done for her, so francesco's production company had sent him the stems and said "can you do better?"
He deleted all the music, loaded up just the vocal tracks and set to work. Incredible to watch. The guy is a brilliant musician but more than that he's an intuitive producer, he just started layering all these drum samples then he wrote a superb funky bass line in about 20 minutes. Then he layered pads and a few samples from Splice, sidechained a couple of things, EQ'd everything, compressed everything and finished with some reversed samples for the drop and tidied it all up.
In a little over an hour.
When he played the finished thing it was amazing!
The bloke earns fortunes and he's worth every penny.
He's 40 now but wants to get out of the music business soon and start opening restaurants!
They took me to Milan and I got some pics.
On the second evening me and francesco went to a super posh restaurant in Milan. I don't know what it was called but it was a Michelin starred vegetarian place. I told him he didn't have to go there for me but he said it's really good anyway.
It was brilliant, best food I've ever ate. Beautiful wine, champagne the whole thing.
Back in my council estate days I would have no doubt thought this sort of place 'poncy' but mate it was wonderful. 8 courses. I took a few of pics.
Wonderful people.
One of the days they were both working so I drove up to lake Verase and boarded around it, it was lovely weather and I stopped at a little diner and had a slice of pizza, perfect!
He had an underground garage with a steep up ramp, each time I used it I made sure the lift on the car was engaged. As I drove away and said goodbye to them I pressed the button but it didn't take!
The bottom of the car ground hideously and it left a nasty dig under it.
I'll get a picture tomorrow.
Edited by br d on Thursday 27th June 15:35
Edited by br d on Thursday 27th June 15:36
Sorry for this wall of posts, catching up now.
Left Francesco and Tanya yesterday morning, long drive to the next place.
As I got near to it I was really low on fuel and started getting a bit nervous. Pulled over and checked for petrol stations and there was one 300 years ahead.
They had 100 Ron too, result.
After filling up I reversed back into one of their car wash bays. Then tons of bikers came in, parked all over the place and then proceeded to stand around smoking and pissing behind the car wash.
So tough st if anybody else wants fuel then.
Ignorant fkers stayed there the whole time I washed my car.
Waze said 4 more kilometres, followed it up and it was wrong, it wasn't the hotel, probably my fault. I put it in Google maps instead and it was still 42 minutes away!
I was knackered by now. Followed the route and the last 10 kilometres was up a very tight, switchback road. That sounds great but it was all under construction, they've scoured it, dug it up, they're re-laying it, everything.
There are huge potholes, sudden drops, lorries everywhere throwing stones all over the place it's a fking nightmare.
When I got up to the hotel the car was a mess. It has a double skin door and when I opened it loads of tarmac and stones fell out. It needs a proper going over now.
The hotel is lovely, it has everything, restaurants and bars and pools and spas and all that but I messed up.
Whenever I take these trips I avoid school holidays. Don't misunderstand me, I don't dislike kids, I don't have any personally but my friends and my sisters kids are very important to me, I love them. But when I travel I don't really want to be surrounded by them. Sorry to the parents out there, I'm not being a miserable bd I just prefer a bit of calm!
So I fked this up, it's school holidays here and the place is rammed with families. That's fine, none of my business but all the trails and lanes are mobbed with families hiking and biking and walking endless dogs. I certainly can't board here, I wouldn't because it would be dangerous to the people walking (by walking I mean running about unpredictably!) and that terrible road up? It's the only way in and out. So I ain't driving down that again for pleasure and the countryside is too crowded to enjoy so it's a couple of days of sitting about.
When I arrived here about 5 yesterday I realised I hadn't eaten or drunk anything, I just got up at francescos and left, drove the whole way and never stopped for anything. I used to do a lot of fasting so I just had some water and went to bed, lasted till 1 today when the restaurant opened so that was a 41 hour fast (left the restaurant in Milan at 10pm), which got a bit of weight off. I normally get some weight off in prep for these trips but I couldn't do any exercise in the run up to this year because of my unmentionaballs.
Here's the view from the balcony which is gorgeous.
https://youtu.be/jJtUd8ENj0I?si=tuUEUlh1xpE58CM5
Left Francesco and Tanya yesterday morning, long drive to the next place.
As I got near to it I was really low on fuel and started getting a bit nervous. Pulled over and checked for petrol stations and there was one 300 years ahead.
They had 100 Ron too, result.
After filling up I reversed back into one of their car wash bays. Then tons of bikers came in, parked all over the place and then proceeded to stand around smoking and pissing behind the car wash.
So tough s
t if anybody else wants fuel then.Ignorant f
kers stayed there the whole time I washed my car.Waze said 4 more kilometres, followed it up and it was wrong, it wasn't the hotel, probably my fault. I put it in Google maps instead and it was still 42 minutes away!
I was knackered by now. Followed the route and the last 10 kilometres was up a very tight, switchback road. That sounds great but it was all under construction, they've scoured it, dug it up, they're re-laying it, everything.
There are huge potholes, sudden drops, lorries everywhere throwing stones all over the place it's a f
king nightmare.When I got up to the hotel the car was a mess. It has a double skin door and when I opened it loads of tarmac and stones fell out. It needs a proper going over now.
The hotel is lovely, it has everything, restaurants and bars and pools and spas and all that but I messed up.
Whenever I take these trips I avoid school holidays. Don't misunderstand me, I don't dislike kids, I don't have any personally but my friends and my sisters kids are very important to me, I love them. But when I travel I don't really want to be surrounded by them. Sorry to the parents out there, I'm not being a miserable b
d I just prefer a bit of calm!So I f
ked this up, it's school holidays here and the place is rammed with families. That's fine, none of my business but all the trails and lanes are mobbed with families hiking and biking and walking endless dogs. I certainly can't board here, I wouldn't because it would be dangerous to the people walking (by walking I mean running about unpredictably!) and that terrible road up? It's the only way in and out. So I ain't driving down that again for pleasure and the countryside is too crowded to enjoy so it's a couple of days of sitting about.When I arrived here about 5 yesterday I realised I hadn't eaten or drunk anything, I just got up at francescos and left, drove the whole way and never stopped for anything. I used to do a lot of fasting so I just had some water and went to bed, lasted till 1 today when the restaurant opened so that was a 41 hour fast (left the restaurant in Milan at 10pm), which got a bit of weight off. I normally get some weight off in prep for these trips but I couldn't do any exercise in the run up to this year because of my unmentionaballs.
Here's the view from the balcony which is gorgeous.
https://youtu.be/jJtUd8ENj0I?si=tuUEUlh1xpE58CM5
Edited by br d on Thursday 27th June 16:16
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