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12-06-11, 06:41 PM
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Stelvio Pass
Just got back from a 3700 mile trip to Italy in the car, did all the usual touristy stuff - Tuscany (where my brother lives), Rome, Pompeii, Amalfi Coast, Lambo Factory tour, Ferrari Museum (and took a California for a good blat), Venice blah blah blah.
On the way back we decided to come back via the Stelvio Pass, as seen on Top Gear. Weather was a bit crap (see pics) - around 30 degrees cooler than Rome! However, what an amazing bit of road. Very little traffic, and even in the ****ing rain and snow, with a car loaded with vino, we still had a right giggle. If you ever get the chance, especially on a bike, then you must do it - just be prepared for 'changeable weather'. On the way:-  Good news:-  Bikes on the way up - still warm and sunny    On the way up - weather starting to close in 
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12-06-11, 06:51 PM
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Re: Stelvio Pass
Nearly at the top - and it is now snowing heavily
 Felt sorry for these guys:-    
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12-06-11, 06:54 PM
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Re: Stelvio Pass
Not the greatest quality pics - visibility by now was starting to close in:-
   
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12-06-11, 06:56 PM
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Re: Stelvio Pass
At the top
  A hell of a climb to the top of second highest paved road in the Alps 
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12-06-11, 07:00 PM
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Re: Stelvio Pass
After 48 hairpins on the way up , a lovely hot chocalate in one of the bars, and then it was down the other side towards Switzerland. It stopped snowing, the cloud lifted, the tarmac was fresh, the corners more open and flowing - time for some fun again:-
         
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12-06-11, 07:06 PM
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Re: Stelvio Pass
The ideal tool for the job?
    
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12-06-11, 07:19 PM
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Re: Stelvio Pass
Nice roads
Shame you is a crap driver ... 
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12-06-11, 07:19 PM
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Re: Stelvio Pass
oh and get off the computer and help Anita to sort the washing out...
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12-06-11, 07:25 PM
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Re: Stelvio Pass
Excellent matt, looks like a good trip
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12-06-11, 09:29 PM
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Re: Stelvio Pass
Corking Matt
Was the road Icy when it started snowing, or is that a purely English thing
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