Espaniola - A Smart Trip, for Smart People, in a Smart Car…

[geotim]

Off to Spain for a Brittany Ferry ‘Sail & Drive’ week with my good lady wife.

Driving in the Smartie this time (did a Picos tour on the RT back in 2022). The cabriolet will be used daily we hope, staying in a selection of pre-booked Paradores, we are doing it in (comparative) luxury this time.

 

[Doc]

Always on holiday you.
Have a good one.

 

[glenn2926]

Off to Spain for a Brittany Ferry ‘Sail & Drive’ week with my good lady wife.

Driving in the Smartie this time (did a Picos tour on the RT back in 2022). The cabriolet will be used daily we hope, staying in a selection of pre-booked Paradores, we are doing it in (comparative) luxury this time.

Hat off to you going in the Smart. My wife has a forfour and I wouldn’t like to go in that. We’re going by car to Chamonix in January but it’s going to be my pickup and not the Smart.
Have a great trip.

 

[geotim]

Arrived in Portsmouth and had a passable night in the Village hotel.

Brunch this morning with a buddy of mine who used to do this for the Navy…


Though he looks less balletic these days!

An early dinner now in a nice little Indian restaurant and then time to top off the fuel tank (it’s a VERY small car and a VERY small petrol tank), before we head to the ferry.

30 hours of tossing and turning lie ahead, wish us luck!

 

[Oldrat]

Enjoy your trip, looking forward to your pictures, and hopefully none of you stranded out of fuel!

 

[Arsey]

Hope you’re not staying at the Parador De Corias near Cangas Del Narcea? You’ll be there all week playing in the basement

 

[geotim]

Hat off to you going in the Smart. My wife has a forfour and I wouldn’t like to go in that. We’re going by car to Chamonix in January but it’s going to be my pickup and not the Smart.
Have a great trip.

We took a trip to Tuscany years ago, even managed a tent and slept a few nights in various campsites… amazing what you can fit in if you’re used to packing for panniers and a tank bag

 

[geotim]

Hope you’re not staying at the Parador De Corias near Cangas Del Narcea? You’ll be there all week playing in the basement

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I’ll put it on my list

 

[Arsey]

I’ll put it on my list

It’s stunning . The whole basement was an archeological dig, now preserved

 

[Tinytim]

Arrived in Portsmouth and had a passable night in the Village hotel.

Brunch this morning with a buddy of mine who used to do this for the Navy…
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Though he looks less balletic these days!

An early dinner now in a nice little Indian restaurant and then time to top off the fuel tank (it’s a VERY small car and a VERY small petrol tank), before we head to the ferry.

30 hours of tossing and turning lie ahead, wish us luck!

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Good luck and on voyage.

 

[Hun]

Enjoy Tim and Hi to Polly

 

[geotim]

Ready to board…

 

[geotim]

Enjoy Tim and Hi to Polly

Thanks! Will do!

 

[geotim]

It’s stunning . The whole basement was an archeological dig, now preserved

I don’t think they would welcome my attentions…

A lot of geological work requires destructive testing, I doubt my Estwing would be seen as an appropriate & acceptable archeological tool

So many rocks, so little time…

 

[geotim]

And so it begins…

The travellers wandered the ship, searching for victuals...
Thwarted by a Gallic shrug when questioning the possibility of access to the exclusive ‘Commodore’ Lounge, we lighted upon a friendly inn keeper, setting out his wares.

 

[geotim]

 

[Doc]

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Ah that's what you look like. I can avoid you now if I see you out and about.

 

[Simon_100]

Looking forward to this

 

[Toshack10]

On my Tour de France last year I got to thinking that touring in a smartie would be fun. Enjoy

 

[er-minio]

Have fun.

Did Corsica all round in a Smart a few years ago: flew to Rome, requisitioned a Smart car from my parents (they had 2 at the time), then Livorno, Corsica clockwise and return.
You can actually load it with a fair amount of stuff and fun to drive on twisties. The later models are fairly capable and more stable at higher speeds.




Many years before I was in Brest, by motorbike, and met someone that traveled all the way there with a Smart car, from Rome, first series (the 600cc). I was impressed, because I owned that and it wasn't fun long distance.