Alps To The Ring Tour '25 - prologue

 So to the highlight of the year - a week long trip to the Swiss Alps, Germany and the Nurburgring. Planning started last October, the hotels are booked, the tyre pressures are checked, the weather is not looking great for the first couple of days but heatwave for the end - what's not to like?

The Runners and Riders

There are 4 cars and drivers (no screaming passengers) - first up is me in my 2005 987 Boxster S:

Then Vic in his 981 Boxster (the black one):

My son in his crazy C63 AMG:

...and his friend in his C43 AMG:

So that's around 16L and 1500 bhp in total - should be interesting.

The Route

The rough route is as follows (anti-clockwise):

I'll be doing daily updates with a more detailed route of the day. The only motorway is from Calais to Reims on day 1 (and a short stretch of unrestricted autobahn - ahem!) - the rest of the time, it's as twisty as it can get.

Highlights:

Swiss passes (Furkal, Grimsel etc)

Stuttgart (Porsche and AMG museums)

Unrestricted autobahn

Nurburgring

Hopefully, the weather will hold and we'll all get back in one piece (breakdown cover is sorted).

Let the Games begin....!!!!

I'm so pretty

 Barry is back from the cosmetic surgeon - a mate of a mate who offered to do my wings for half the price of everywhere else. He works from a farm in the middle of nowhere in Kent, so it was a bit of a trek to pick Barry up but the result is excellent, although not perfect, I'll be honest.

Before:                                  After:

 

Huge improvement, although it is a little darker than the bumper which I'm sure will be picked up on by the purists. However, I am happy and £700 less poor - win, win.

All ready for the Big One on Sunday...