First task the teams faced involved finding a car dealership and complete a few tasks there,Team Bravo headed to Bruges, Belgium and found a BMW dealership who were willing to play along. Steve from team Bravo found himself in a brand new M3 and revving the bejesus out of it (a similar fate befell a Mercedes in a German dealership. BMW technicians came out to see the circus Smart T Shirts (outside BMW Bruges) The route to the first hotel took the teams through Luxembourg via the capital on through to Germany. The first Hotel The Hochwalder Wohlfuhlhtel was a welcome place to unwind after the first days travelling, set next to a large lake and a popular place for day trippers....like us...sort of. Rooms were great and food and beer excellent!!! Maybe spent too much time unwinding (see pics below).

This was a biggie! 11 cars, 8 countries and 1700 miles. As per usual for a European trip we started the night before in Ashford for a BBQ (thanks Paul and Sarah) but an early night ready for an early start at our first rendezvous at Dover Castle. RS3 and 350Z early start at hotel Ford Pooooma and F Type, Dover The 700bhp(?) Twin Turbo Ford Puma at the start...will it be at the finish? RS3 with Dover Castle in the background Supercharged 370Z with 350Z Roadster Squeezing onto the DFDS ferry  Squeezing onto the DFDS ferry to Dunkirk

Early stat today, on the road for before 9am. The plan was to travel down in convoy down the E17 then A26 towards Dijon then onto Lyon. Route 1 (group 2) This seemed a good plan only my SAT NAV thought different and instantly (it seems) the convoy split.  The front group consisted of Andy/Amalle (370Z), Neil/Teeny (370Z) and Sian and myself (350Z) whilst the rest were in group 2 but on the preferred route (which was about 10 to 20 miles shorter).   Our route meant going east towards Paris then head south down the A71. The teams would converge just outside Montpellier on the A9,who would get there first.....? Route 2 (group 1) In group 2 our main concern was not to get caught up in the Paris commuter traffic so a quick con flab on the radios we went with Andy's better tech in the form of "Waze" which constantly updates the route via monitoring the live traffic picture. "Andy you have control".  In group 2 their first task was to become 1 fu...