28-09-2019, 12:44 PM
The car did them all in 3rd gear, easily. Amazing really for something as old and basic. Happy days. What next, one might ask??? Corsica, perhaps.
If you haven't been, Corsica is an amazing island; the interior is mountainous with narrow, twisting roads and some considerable altitude - high enough for two tiny ski resorts - and with an atmosphere rather like that of France in the 1960s. It would make a wonderful venue (if rather far away) for an A7 Jamboree. The overnight ferry from either Toulon or Marseille to Ajaccio lands you at a port with access a wonderful variety of small roads. Even a tour right round the island is fun; the western coast road being particularly spectacular with the eastern section flat and rather boring - but compensated for by access to hundreds of almost deserted beaches and numerous small ports. The port of Bonifacio in the south is a must; quite breathtaking in its situation. Accomodation is rather expensive compared with the mainsland, but there are lots of well-equipped camp sites at reasonable cost. I reckon May to June or September to October are the times to go, both being outside the main tourist season and not too hot.
If you haven't been, Corsica is an amazing island; the interior is mountainous with narrow, twisting roads and some considerable altitude - high enough for two tiny ski resorts - and with an atmosphere rather like that of France in the 1960s. It would make a wonderful venue (if rather far away) for an A7 Jamboree. The overnight ferry from either Toulon or Marseille to Ajaccio lands you at a port with access a wonderful variety of small roads. Even a tour right round the island is fun; the western coast road being particularly spectacular with the eastern section flat and rather boring - but compensated for by access to hundreds of almost deserted beaches and numerous small ports. The port of Bonifacio in the south is a must; quite breathtaking in its situation. Accomodation is rather expensive compared with the mainsland, but there are lots of well-equipped camp sites at reasonable cost. I reckon May to June or September to October are the times to go, both being outside the main tourist season and not too hot.