Enthusiast II
So we are in our final stage of preparing the rigs for the second trip to Mediterranean island of Corsica, the birth place of Napoleon. our route will take us from the port of Dover on the 18/sept and land us in Calais, from here its 10hrs to our first camp site at Mont Blanc on the boarder with Italy .. i will up date on the journey as we go ....heres a list of the vehicle we have the trip ..!!!
Once on the island we will trace some of the recent WRC rally stages that took place last month, the deadly D18 and D118
"On 2 May 1986, Henri Toivonen, his co-driver Sergio Cresto, and Group B rally cars died on this corner. To look it at it out of context, it’s a treacherous left-hander with a drop so vast the sun can’t make its way through the trees to the bottom. But framed by the Tour de Corse, the ‘rally of 10,000 corners’ (actually closer to 20,000), it’s relatively innocuous. The drop’s not vertical; it’s sweeping, not aggressive. It’s even relatively well surfaced. But we must remember that this group B car of the day could exceed over 600hp and some say the Audi s1 UR Quattro was hitting well over 800hp and 0-100km could be hit in under 2sec on gravel!!
Things have changed dramatically since the fatal crash, though. The D18 used to be potted and uneven, and the corner, 7km from Corte, has grown a low wall and the memorial stone that you can see on the side of the corner. Standing here looking at this corner you have a sense of its not being so bad but look at it from above or from the other side of the valley it takes on a whole new aspect, look behind the wall you can make out the 90-degree bend tightly hugging the overhanging cliff that claimed so much of motorsport.”
Landcruiser troopy ..Bob/Anne
Landcruiser 80 ..Josh/Sara
Hi lux ..Andy/Lisa
Hi lux ..stuart/Sam
Hi lux ..Darren/kerry
Jeep cherokee ..Graham/Caroline
Landrover 110 ..Mike/Leroy
Jeep 2dr ..Paul/Seanne
The little chapel below is over 4000ft up and mountain track with not a town in sight for miles.
Once on the island we will trace some of the recent WRC rally stages that took place last month, the deadly D18 and D118
"On 2 May 1986, Henri Toivonen, his co-driver Sergio Cresto, and Group B rally cars died on this corner. To look it at it out of context, it’s a treacherous left-hander with a drop so vast the sun can’t make its way through the trees to the bottom. But framed by the Tour de Corse, the ‘rally of 10,000 corners’ (actually closer to 20,000), it’s relatively innocuous. The drop’s not vertical; it’s sweeping, not aggressive. It’s even relatively well surfaced. But we must remember that this group B car of the day could exceed over 600hp and some say the Audi s1 UR Quattro was hitting well over 800hp and 0-100km could be hit in under 2sec on gravel!!
Things have changed dramatically since the fatal crash, though. The D18 used to be potted and uneven, and the corner, 7km from Corte, has grown a low wall and the memorial stone that you can see on the side of the corner. Standing here looking at this corner you have a sense of its not being so bad but look at it from above or from the other side of the valley it takes on a whole new aspect, look behind the wall you can make out the 90-degree bend tightly hugging the overhanging cliff that claimed so much of motorsport.”
Landcruiser troopy ..Bob/Anne
Landcruiser 80 ..Josh/Sara
Hi lux ..Andy/Lisa
Hi lux ..stuart/Sam
Hi lux ..Darren/kerry
Jeep cherokee ..Graham/Caroline
Landrover 110 ..Mike/Leroy
Jeep 2dr ..Paul/Seanne
The little chapel below is over 4000ft up and mountain track with not a town in sight for miles.
