Day 2 - France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Hammock!

We set off from the service area we bivvied in at 0800 and an hour down the road we took a random junction off and found a big market about five mins off the main drag - result! Picked up some bread from a stall, dissuaded James from buying a whole rotisserie chicken for breakfast, then scored some Brie, Camembert, saussison sec and tomatoes from a supermarket before hitting the road as a very impressive thunderstorm hit with massive lightning strikes all around us. The team set up an impromptu sandwich production line in the car using what utensils could be found - the wok playing a key role!



The roads went on and on and on, with far more Payages in France than we expected. Mucho driving rock has been listened too, with Bonnie Tyler being particularly popular.




The German Autobahns weren't particularly exciting, too much traffic for people to go superfast. I'm on a big economy drive so have been keeping the speed steady and mpg up - 54.4mpg so far which is pretty awesome.

Driving through the bottom of Germany and catching our first glimpses of the Austrian Alps filled the car with psyche. Some great windy roads down through Austria but time was pressing and it was dark by the time we crossed over into Italy. We were pulled over by an Italian policeman and told we couldn't enter Italy - turned out it was simply because I'd accidentally turned on the front fogs and the Italians are scared of a car with all the electrics working!

We stopped about 2300 in a car park about 15mins drive from Cortina and bivvied in the woods over the road. Sleeping in the hammock was amazing - such a comfortable nights sleep. And it dropped 20 degrees during the night so I was glad of the big sleeping bag come morning. James is the only team member without a hammock and is now on a big hammock-purchasing drive!




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