BIRDIE'S NATIONAL LAMPOONS 1000 SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURE.....
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 12:56 am
MORNING CHAP'S.....
OK,TIME FOR ANOTHER 'ROAD TRIP'
BEAR WITH ME HERE,AS YES......THIS IS, MOTORSPORT RELATED
ALTHOUGH I MYSELF, SEEM TO MANAGE, TO DART BACKWARD'S AND FORWARD'S TO SWEDEN MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR....? IT HAS BEEN FIVE YEAR'S, SINCE WE ACTUALLY TOOK A 'FAMILY' TRIP TO 'GOTEBORG' BACK AT CHRISTMAS TIME....?
SO,AROUND SIX MONTHS AGO?...OVER A BOTTLE OF WINE(WELL,SEVERAL ACTUALLY) ?
WE THOUGHT IT HIGH TIME,THAT ANOTHER FAMILY HOLIDAY WAS DUE....?
ONLY THIS TIME,WE SHOULD FLY TO NORWAY,AND THEN TRAVEL EAST, ACROSS NORWAY AND SWEDEN IN.....(AND THIS IS WHERE THE WINE KICKED IN!)......?
A MOTORHOME,OR R.V AS YOU GUY'S CALL THEM?
OF COURSE,A 'MODERN' MOTORHOME HAS ALL THE COMFORT,AND MOD-CONS OF EVERYDAY HOME LIFE......?
BUT, WE DIDN'T WAN'T TO DO THAT........
THIS TRIP NEEDED TO BE ONE TO REMEMBER,MAYBE FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS...
I MANAGED TO FIND A NEARLY 30 YEAR OLD 'CLASSIC' 1987 ,PETROL-POWERED,2 LITRE CITROEN C25 CAMPERVAN......WITH 197,000 KM ON THE CLOCK,COLUMN GEARCHANGE(JUST LIKE A 96,BUT WITH FIVE(NOISY) GEARS).....
AND, IT WAS AVAILABLE TO 'RENT' FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS.......
AND, SO IT BEGAN.....
BY THE WAY,I HATE FRENCH CARS....! BUT, WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD 'ADD' TO THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE.....?
IT IS GOING TO BE 'PICTURE HEAVY',THIS ONE...
OK,TIME FOR ANOTHER 'ROAD TRIP'
BEAR WITH ME HERE,AS YES......THIS IS, MOTORSPORT RELATED
ALTHOUGH I MYSELF, SEEM TO MANAGE, TO DART BACKWARD'S AND FORWARD'S TO SWEDEN MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR....? IT HAS BEEN FIVE YEAR'S, SINCE WE ACTUALLY TOOK A 'FAMILY' TRIP TO 'GOTEBORG' BACK AT CHRISTMAS TIME....?
SO,AROUND SIX MONTHS AGO?...OVER A BOTTLE OF WINE(WELL,SEVERAL ACTUALLY) ?
WE THOUGHT IT HIGH TIME,THAT ANOTHER FAMILY HOLIDAY WAS DUE....?
ONLY THIS TIME,WE SHOULD FLY TO NORWAY,AND THEN TRAVEL EAST, ACROSS NORWAY AND SWEDEN IN.....(AND THIS IS WHERE THE WINE KICKED IN!)......?
A MOTORHOME,OR R.V AS YOU GUY'S CALL THEM?
OF COURSE,A 'MODERN' MOTORHOME HAS ALL THE COMFORT,AND MOD-CONS OF EVERYDAY HOME LIFE......?
BUT, WE DIDN'T WAN'T TO DO THAT........
THIS TRIP NEEDED TO BE ONE TO REMEMBER,MAYBE FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS...
I MANAGED TO FIND A NEARLY 30 YEAR OLD 'CLASSIC' 1987 ,PETROL-POWERED,2 LITRE CITROEN C25 CAMPERVAN......WITH 197,000 KM ON THE CLOCK,COLUMN GEARCHANGE(JUST LIKE A 96,BUT WITH FIVE(NOISY) GEARS).....
AND, IT WAS AVAILABLE TO 'RENT' FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS.......
AND, SO IT BEGAN.....
BY THE WAY,I HATE FRENCH CARS....! BUT, WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD 'ADD' TO THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE.....?
IT IS GOING TO BE 'PICTURE HEAVY',THIS ONE...