27JUN13
Low gear & very slow for these straight up and down passes
Switzerland passes ... yes that's snow
Hans & Malcolm - Just two great guys
Arriving in Gstaad
Hotel in Gstaad: Brand new & great!
Our accommodations in Gstaad
The ladies of the RALLY
Cocktail Reception in Gstaad
"We drove across an alpine mountain range to Gstaad today. Just as we thought we had seen every kind of extreme weather condition, we drove up a foggy mountain and found it was snowing at the summit.
Bill and Jock Burridge from New
Zealand in their 1925 Buick had just about the worst problem of the day when a
front hub broke on the last closed-road test-section… the hub was stripped down
and a local workshop found to weld it up, and the car was soon running again.
Snow was falling and visibility was down to 15 metres.
Glen Duthie in the big black 1939
Cadillac La Salle, car 33, cooked the brakes on a mountain descent, and they
were not alone… Rhys Timms and James Stone in the big 1936 MG SA also had
issues with no brakes, overheating causes failure of the oil-seals. Andy Actman
driving one of the sweep-vehicles reckons it was just “routine problems” and
welding up a hub and coming across cars with no brakes was just a typical day.
Our day ended in Gstaad and two very
fine hotels, and our supporters, Bonhams, Britain’s leading auction-house,
provided a champagne reception which turned into a noisy part prior to a lavish
meal, it was steak-night in the Palace Hotel. Everyone was in high spirits and
looking forward to the final drive to Paris. First of all there is the rest of
Switzerland, with Franco Lupi and his friends in the Swiss Automobile club
intent on making sure the pressure is maintained. Our next stop is the medieval
town of Troyes in France… south of Paris. There is a terrific atmosphere within
the event this evening, and Troyes promises to be turned into one big party
… it’s been hard work all round. Just because everyone
senses Paris doesn’t mean to say the route has to turn into a cruise, and the
Swiss Historic Racing Club are here tonight, they have worked with Kim
Bannister on our final sting in the tail before France. It’s not over,
certainly not until Bill is singing with an ice-cold beer in his hand in Paris…
along with the rest of us."
Peking to Paris Rally Report
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