chaseracer Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 On Sunday afternoon, FPB7 paid a visit to Chaseracer Towers. Neither of us was especially busy work-wise this week, so talk turned to the idea of a day trip to Calais. Ah, Dover. Tuesday, awaiting the 1200 DFDS sailing to Dunkirk. This was a good start but, as you see, the plan had changed already. From Dunkirk, we struck out across Europe in the faithful Blingo and before we knew it were in Belgium. This was evidenced by the abrupt change in the quality* of the road surface, which now resembled something from a war zone. Or Staffordshire. Antwerp was reached by around 5pm. Superb forward planning. Every car in Belgium appeared to converge on the orbital motorway which, naturally, had roadworks and lane closures at various strategic points clearly designed for maximum impact and inconvenience. A satnag-led attempt at a detour proved abortive but did at least lead to cheap refuelling in an anonymous suburb. Dispatching Eindhoven and Venlo with barely a glance, we were across the German border and into the industrialised megalopolis of the Ruhr valley. Duisburg and Essen flashed past in the dark before we turned north toward Munster and Osnabruck. The three of us were properly in the groove now, so we pressed on to Bremen hoping to find rooms at the Ibis near the airport. Er, no. Full. And it was now 11pm. The satnag suggested a couple of alternatives but one no longer existed and the other was way out of our price range. We decided to get back on the A1/E47 autobahn and try for a motel at a rasthof. The one we looked at near Hamburg - complete with protective fence - put us straight off that idea and we finally pulled into a rest area 40km short of Lubeck to kip down in the car. More to follow... Tamworthbay, doug, Six-cylinder and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 ^taps foot chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I really hope this involves a purchase chaseracer and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Have isis got you? AlabamaShrimp, Rusty_Rocket and BorniteIdentity 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 TEMP SITREP: Safe. No R20 activity observed. Out. rml2345, egg and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Popping in for a brew Dave? chaseracer and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Kindly get TF on with it, les mecs. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 I am assuming that the plan is to buy something Soviet-era that has been converted to run on fermented camel dung and is located in Azerbaijan. Sigmund Fraud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Well there was that Sierra base I spotted in​ Crimea the other day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Aha! Craig the Princess and AlabamaShrimp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Destination reached. eddyramrod, The Moog, Dick Longbridge and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Destination reached. DSC03475.JPGYASS! Is that the Volvo museum in Gothenburg? I've been there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Yup. Chatted to one of the staff about a new acquisition into the collection. namely this: ten minutes later we were met by the director of the museum who came down to find us for a chat as he didn't believe to people came from England just to see the museum. Turns out he was in put charge of Volvo bus parts in Rugby after they took over Leyland bus in '86 and lived in Stratford upon Avon for a number of years. Top bloke. I may post some more pics up in a while but the internet's a bit meh. Sloth in a bowl, The Moog, doug and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Should be links to some pics on my Facebook thingy. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1122498071230053&id=100004096118872 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1122513371228523&id=100004096118872 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Home. 2119.6 miles since 0630 Tuesday. Top work, Blingo. andy18s, meshking, KruJoe and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Things are never what they seem in Sweden...... Lacquer Peel, RobT, chaseracer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Might be of mild interest. chaseracer, M'coli and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Is the 99 (edit: 900) a 9000 development mule? chaseracer, Inspector Morose and M'coli 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 I really hope this involves a purchase It may yet...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Is the 99 a 9000 development mule? Winner. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 To summarise. We crossed this: To go to this: To see some of these: And let David play on this: And see some of these: To be continued... gm, egg, richardmorris and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 The next day, after spending a night here: and seeing this in the car park: We passed this: To go to this: Inside, there were these: which cheered me up quite a bit. After this, we crossed this again: And came home via this: The end. KruJoe, spike60, Lacquer Peel and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Totally excellent, dudes! chaseracer and Inspector Morose 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 To summarise... Couldn't have put it better myself!! DVee8 and Inspector Morose 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I really hope this involves a purchase This. Of that Bacon Spread stuff you showed me the picture of. For me. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 The bacon spread was very nice. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 You ate all my bacon spread? FFS. *goes to find passport* Inspector Morose and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I now want a Volvo 263. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 That 263 is hawt, and so is that 900 estate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Morning after coffee brought to you by..... chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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