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Hi, back now from a few days froading in the Italian Alps, well, so close to France they could have been the French Alps. The place? Bardoneccio near the Frejus tunnel very west Italy, just 10 mins in from Briancon, France.
200 miles in 3 days of superb scenery, diff locks not required but very good brakes are. The local tourist office gave out routes to be traveled and we drove right up to a glacier. Well known on the continent and well known here for skiing and mountain biking. We stayed at a hotel with an all in tariff but camping was available, I don't think they like you roughing it up the mountains, but a little more research wouldn't hurt. We did it as a prelude to our holiday to Spain.
What a refreshing change where 4x4 is encouraged, they see it as another form of tourism! And that is what it is, in our party there were two women new to 4x4, ( mature shall we say) they loved it, although timid at first they were enthused by the second day,gonna try and add a few piccies but I'm a technofobe ( not very good at stuff) here we go...........I may have to remove these pics as they are not actually mine, i said I'm no good at this... Sorry if I knew how to delete them I would
200 miles in 3 days of superb scenery, diff locks not required but very good brakes are. The local tourist office gave out routes to be traveled and we drove right up to a glacier. Well known on the continent and well known here for skiing and mountain biking. We stayed at a hotel with an all in tariff but camping was available, I don't think they like you roughing it up the mountains, but a little more research wouldn't hurt. We did it as a prelude to our holiday to Spain.
What a refreshing change where 4x4 is encouraged, they see it as another form of tourism! And that is what it is, in our party there were two women new to 4x4, ( mature shall we say) they loved it, although timid at first they were enthused by the second day,gonna try and add a few piccies but I'm a technofobe ( not very good at stuff) here we go...........I may have to remove these pics as they are not actually mine, i said I'm no good at this... Sorry if I knew how to delete them I would
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