Club Triumph 10 Countries Run 2005 - Part 1

The 10CR… seems so long ago now – but my word what a weekend. The car was pretty much faultless for the entire trip…

We helped one of the other crews on the way to the ferry who had over heated. This saw us miss the early ferry that most crews had caught, so once reaching France, we were on catch up. The car was really pushed and by taking some faster roads, by the time we reached the first fuel stop, we had caught the other cars.



Soon after the overdrive switch began to play up. Thankfully, this happened just as we pulled into a fuel station and I was able to fix the problem (wiring on the switch).

We headed into Switzerland and some great roads Martin Randle had planned out. Going through the Mont Blanc tunnel was definitely an experience… 4K revs held throughout… absolutely deafening for anyone near us – (Sorry Andy and Paul !!)

We continued on through into Italy and were stopped by the Police, brandishing machine guns. To be fair it was just a routine stop down a highway… they see a British car with stickers on the side, it’s bound to gain some interest… just a shame they couldn’t speak English as I think they were quite interested in the car.

A short detour to Monaco and then back into Italy saw us arrive at the overnight stop in Ventimiglia. Not exactly the Ritz, but a friendly enough place to get some rest. Next day, we set off for our lunchtime rendez vous in Lesa with Alberto from the Italian TR register. Again, we were made to feel more than welcome and following a quick fan belt change (it was looking a bit frayed to risk taking into the Alps), we set off.

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