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2 to 12 October 2021
Day 3
Lake Como to Bolzano (315.9 km)
5 October 2021
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
One of the locals getting in on the action today
Manuel and Irene Dubs’s 1965 Ford Mustang V8 Convertible
Another long day through the mountains lay in
store for us today. As we drew back the curtains,
and judged that the mighty Lago di Como was
perhaps a few metres deeper than at bedtime,
the rally decided to weigh their anchors and set
a course for higher ground. Heavy rain had fallen
all night and, as the espresso machines delivered
their signature black nectar, it was still coming
down by the bucketful.
A quick run up to the northern end of the lake and then
a sharp turn to the hills was all that was required to get
the cars into the first Regularity, through the woods
above the village of Cercino. A badly timed case of bovine
intervention caused some delays to the front runners, as
a local herdsman decided today was definitely the day to
move his cows to pastures new.
We also needed to move on though and, once the
recalcitrant ruminants were settled into their new home, it
was full steam ahead for the Passage Control in the Hotel
Car 4, Graham and Marina Goodwin’s 1927 Bentley 3/4½ Corsica
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