General Anouncing the 2009 Fiat Forum Panda Adventure!

[JimMagill]

Oh might as well post it up. The Arctic, Norkapp and then to Russia via Murmansk and St Petersburg and it's in May 2009.

Yeah, bit far away cause I can't afford one next year but thought I'd share it with you anyway

Sylvia's away to get some thermal undies for this one

Jim

 

[dave]

maplins sell a self heating electric body warmer, no north pole then? i wanted you take my letter to santa

 

[Alan.D]

I'll have the italia 90 sorted for then, put me in the list

 

[Stuartl]

"OH NO, I'll need a bigger compressor for all the waxoil I'm going tohave to use"

 

[The co-driver]

I just had this pointed out to me....bugger. I'll not be able to make that. Too many things in bits and other commitments that are scheduled for roughly the same time.

Any base camp help you need & stuff though you can count me in.

 

[Berg Stigson]

Oh might as well post it up. The Arctic, Norkapp and then to Russia via Murmansk and St Petersburg and it's in May 2009.

Yeah, bit far away cause I can't afford one next year but thought I'd share it with you anyway

Sylvia's away to get some thermal undies for this one

Jim

Count me in I'll just have to make my mind up about which Panda :slayer:I'll be driving. Probably the one which has the best heater!

 

[Alan.D]

It'll be in May so I would imagine air-con would be better

 

[Sprox]

Fun with Russian Visas on that one!:bang:

 

[JimMagill]

Oh it's all very vauge at the moment cause it's well over a year away. There things happen to devolope over time and can mutate into the weirdest adventures so the book is open for a while yet.
Remember the 2008 Panda adventure is the scally rally!
Jim

 

[LuiGiPanda]

Tooooo far for me.. I'd love to join your group.. really..

 

[Charlotte]

Oh it's all very vauge at the moment cause it's well over a year away. There things happen to devolope over time and can mutate into the weirdest adventures so the book is open for a while yet.
Remember the 2008 Panda adventure is the scally rally!
Jim

WhoHooooooo Scally Rally!!!!!!! :slayer::slayer::slayer:

 

[FuzzyPanda]

I'm not promising anything, but I finish uni in 6 months.

 

[JimMagill]

Well, we're 12 miles from the start line of the Rally so we'll do our best to put anyone up that's coming this far!

Jim

 

[Alan.D]

Jim when you get a chance could you give me an idea of the route so I can have a look at visa's etc. Also I think it would maybe be a nice gesture to visit the polish contingent on their home soil as long as they promise not to string us up after the Hungarian saga

Oh! meant to say I've been invited on the radio again next Sun (16th) so will start the publicity early

 

[JimMagill]

Jim when you get a chance could you give me an idea of the route so I can have a look at visa's etc. Also I think it would maybe be a nice gesture to visit the polish contingent on their home soil as long as they promise not to string us up after the Hungarian saga

Oh! meant to say I've been invited on the radio again next Sun (16th) so will start the publicity early

What itinerary? Last time I did it we where going to Italy in the saab and I took a wrong turn!!! LOL!

Erm... We'll have a look into it in the next few days. (God, I've not even made one for America yet!)

Jim

 

[Alan.D]

Granted I know you don't want a schedule this time as Istanbul was pushed to say the least, but we will still need a vague idea of the route and counties particularly the russian ones for visa's.....

 

[Formula 91]

Having spent 2 weeks driving across Russia and Kazakhstan in May I would strongly advise getting your paperwork sorted out early on.
Don't forget international driving permits, and insurance that needs to be bought at the border.
The Russians have a habbit of repeatedly stopping you for 'checks', especially if you look 'interesting'.... which I imagine a fleet of Pandas will

One tip though take a rubber stamp. The Russians love them. Anything that is rubber stamped must be official

 

[Wee Smurf]

You won't be able to get a ferry from Newcastle to Bergen as DFDS has stopped running that route. They had bought the route off Fjordline.

 

[JimMagill]

why are you always the bringer of bad news?

Jim

 

[Wee Smurf]

I would have liked to go back to Norway by boat again myself...