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#794950 02/01/2024 11:54 AM
by Ewan
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We’ve promised ourselves an epic Father and Son road trip and the time has finally come. I’ve checked my insurance, all okay anywhere in Europe, I can add him on too for not a lot. We’ve booked the overnight ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam for the last week of April returning two weeks later, my thinking that the drive from NE Scotland to Newcastle is actually quite nice and that takes care of the bed for the night in both directions, £950 return by the way for bigger space and low entry car, window cabin, dinner and breakfast both ways for the both of us.
The rest of the trip is open to suggestions, nothing else is set in stone, we intend having a scenic drive all the way to ultimately the Modena area from where we’ll visit Milan and Venice as well as the Ferrari factory. So, what must we absolutely avoid and what would be a must do/see?
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Ewan ... You're still a mere youth compared to me ... you know the sand is running out when the bank call you in to see the Financial Advisor and he says "stop saving money" ... put aside a bit of a cushion for if the roof blows off then get spending (we have no kids) ... this is the day you were saving for ! 🙂

I concur with the philosophy behind using the Alfa ... the reason Haz and I used the 250 MZ for the overland camping run to Istanbul rather than the Harley was in case of a big issue .... we'd sling it in a ditch and work our way home by train 🙂 ... in the end the thing performed heroically 🙂

Great trip for you both.... imaging your lad in the future when cars are appliances and advebturousness is an anti-social trait recounting your trip over the Alps in a Ferrari !! 😁

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