Laning with Italians
Recently myself and Just Debs took a trip round Europe with a long stay in Italy to get married. Angela (Mandy) and her husband Carlo agreed to be are witness's.
As part of our time in Italy Angela had arranged a laning trip for us, unable to make the trip herself as her Landy was out of service she handed us over to some friends and sent us on our way.
A couple of hours drive saw us in the Dolomite national park. We set up camp and checked into the event along with nearly a hundred others.
That evening we met up with the rest of our group and became the new members of the Jambo Club 4x4. We were famous, they all had been told that we had just got married and the drinks flowed in celebration.
The next morning at check in we got given our notes for the route, met up with the group and prepped to go. This is laning on a grand scale with nearly a hundred vehicles of varying types from a Fiat Panda up to heavily modified Nissan Patrols and Toyota Landcruisers and non modified Landy's .
We started of at about 400m above sea and climbed to around 1500m giving us some stunning views across the Dolomites. This altitude was achieved twice in the day, the first being our lunch break.
Here are some pics.
The river bed. If in doubt flat out.
Just one of the amazing views from the track.
Lunch break at 1500m. This was again organised with a buffet style lunch.
Our group.
More stunning scenery.
The journey back down.
The tightest switchback had to be reversed back by all.
Second stop for the day again at altitude.
Before we knew it we were back at camp. All members of Jambo club on the day.
Ready for dinner.
Our mention on the Jambo website.
Sorry for lack of action photos but we were to busy taking in the scenery.
To sum up our Italian laning adventure we both had a really enjoyable time and would like to thank Angela for organising our trip and new friends to guide us, Prialpi for organising the event and of course all the members of Jambo Club 4x4 who made us feel so welcome.
This event happens every year on the first weekend of July. We hope to be attending next year if we can.
Recently myself and Just Debs took a trip round Europe with a long stay in Italy to get married. Angela (Mandy) and her husband Carlo agreed to be are witness's.
As part of our time in Italy Angela had arranged a laning trip for us, unable to make the trip herself as her Landy was out of service she handed us over to some friends and sent us on our way.
A couple of hours drive saw us in the Dolomite national park. We set up camp and checked into the event along with nearly a hundred others.
That evening we met up with the rest of our group and became the new members of the Jambo Club 4x4. We were famous, they all had been told that we had just got married and the drinks flowed in celebration.
The next morning at check in we got given our notes for the route, met up with the group and prepped to go. This is laning on a grand scale with nearly a hundred vehicles of varying types from a Fiat Panda up to heavily modified Nissan Patrols and Toyota Landcruisers and non modified Landy's .
We started of at about 400m above sea and climbed to around 1500m giving us some stunning views across the Dolomites. This altitude was achieved twice in the day, the first being our lunch break.
Here are some pics.
The river bed. If in doubt flat out.
Just one of the amazing views from the track.
Lunch break at 1500m. This was again organised with a buffet style lunch.
Our group.
More stunning scenery.
The journey back down.
The tightest switchback had to be reversed back by all.
Second stop for the day again at altitude.
Before we knew it we were back at camp. All members of Jambo club on the day.
Ready for dinner.
Our mention on the Jambo website.
Sorry for lack of action photos but we were to busy taking in the scenery.
To sum up our Italian laning adventure we both had a really enjoyable time and would like to thank Angela for organising our trip and new friends to guide us, Prialpi for organising the event and of course all the members of Jambo Club 4x4 who made us feel so welcome.
This event happens every year on the first weekend of July. We hope to be attending next year if we can.
