babbo_umbro
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The 4x4 TA's currently on its third trip to and from Italy; running like a train and more details when we're back on Pudding Island in the third week of October. In the meantime, a snippet and some pics.
Two nights ago we had the most horrendous thunder storm, continuous adjacent lightning strikes and torrential rain mixed in with hail. The hailstones were the size of walnuts and I was concerned that the 4x4 might need another new windscreen the next day. All well and no damage but a neighbour's people carrier has roof and bonnet panels that look as though someone has thrown handfuls of golfs balls at them. The Panda's not so flimsy after all.
We spent three days at a refuge in the Monti Sibillini, on the borders between Umbria and the Marches; great views all round and wonderful walking, though the temperatures were in the mid 20s C/high 70s F. Pics show the 4x4 in front of the rifugio, altitude 4950 feet, plus two shots further up a rocky track nearby, about 5500 feet up. The track was a dawdle in the 4x4, and would have been easy in a Trekking as 4wd wasn't required but decent clearance was, though the low first gear was a comfort going up and down.
Two nights ago we had the most horrendous thunder storm, continuous adjacent lightning strikes and torrential rain mixed in with hail. The hailstones were the size of walnuts and I was concerned that the 4x4 might need another new windscreen the next day. All well and no damage but a neighbour's people carrier has roof and bonnet panels that look as though someone has thrown handfuls of golfs balls at them. The Panda's not so flimsy after all.
We spent three days at a refuge in the Monti Sibillini, on the borders between Umbria and the Marches; great views all round and wonderful walking, though the temperatures were in the mid 20s C/high 70s F. Pics show the 4x4 in front of the rifugio, altitude 4950 feet, plus two shots further up a rocky track nearby, about 5500 feet up. The track was a dawdle in the 4x4, and would have been easy in a Trekking as 4wd wasn't required but decent clearance was, though the low first gear was a comfort going up and down.