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Old 04-05-09, 12:40
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... after heavy snowfall over the past few days, the Simplon Pass has been closed for public traffic.

At Simplon village (1460 m above sea level) it was snowing 67cm in 24h. At the pass (2629 m) over 138cm in a few days. So take out all your warm cloths when entering Switzerland

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Old 04-05-09, 12:42
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... I found a good website with most of the events/commemorations around D-Day in Normandy.
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Old 15-05-09, 17:30
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Sorry for not keeping everyone up to date but it is rather busy running 15 vehicles through different countries.

Latest update blogs and pictures of the trip (now on the ferry from Greece to Italy) can be found on www.next-horizon.org click on Latest News.

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Old 16-05-09, 23:17
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Latest update blogs and pictures of the trip (now on the ferry from Greece to Italy)

Just found these five photos taken at Pireas port ;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anttsic...n/photostream/
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Old 24-05-09, 08:26
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The convoy arrived yesterday in Switzerland. After driving over the Simplon Pass and boarding the trucks onto train waggons through the Furka tunnel (pass is still closed till the end of June because of heavy snow coverage, the convoy drove through the narrow Schöllenen Schlucht. Driving down from Realp to Altdorf, we picked up some lost "sheep" ;-)

The convoy was greated by 50% of the Swiss-MLU population and 100% of the Aussie-MLU-Expads in Germany (Ben).

I took the Hedges in the evening to Lucerne, where we had a lovely dinner.

Today is another beautiful sunny day. Yesterday the temperature went up to 28 or so degrees!

The convoy drives from Seelisberg and crosses the border to France. In Mulhouse they'll visit the Schlumpf Collection.

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Old 25-05-09, 00:03
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Chris good to see that you and Ben have caught up with the convoy. Are they all travelling well and it must be a thrill for you to see the ute you drove to Corowa turn up in Switzerland.

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Old 25-05-09, 01:43
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Wonderful to see some of us there! That pic with the ute could easily have been taken in Yass...

Thanks for sharing the pics, Chris! Any more?
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