From the Lago Maggiore it is a long 25km up to the SIMPLON PASS which is at 2000 m. The drivers were so lucky with the weather , being an unseasonably 30 degrees. But for us old vehicles it was a hell of a ride. There were casualties of the hot weather. Overheating , vopour lock and other misbehaving.
I did fine with only a bit of a temperature and left the peloton behind me and was first at the top. It had been snowing the week before so there was still lots of it at the top. The water running of in the rivers was wild as the temperatures had been so high in the last few days.
From the Simplon the route was to the Furka pass. This one is closed until mid June and the only way over is on the roll on , roll off train.
Beautiful scenery was enjoyed by all.
The Furka tunnel is 15km long . Drivers stay in the vehicles . The noise for Willy's drivers was deafening. It was also quite cold. Willy never went this fast as the top speed of the train was around 100km per hour. I have never moved this fast....
THen on to a small town near Luzern were we stayed on farm land near a Marahisja conference centre.
At night the pilots got an introduction of the science of enlightment. I was glad that I could go to bed early.
Willy, 23 May 2008
Dear Willy - I have been following your adventures because then I know what the WLA Harley Davidson motorbike is also experiencing. Did you have to do 3 point turns on some of the bends you've been around? You look happy in the snow. And travelling at 100 km per hour on the roll on & off train must have been thrilling. Thanks for all your stories.
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