Have you ever been on a continental driving holiday in your MX5?

Great photos and loving the plans, Dave:thumbsup:
It's been a long time since i've been to France and the 2ndWW history is incredible but, as you say, there is more to the area than D-Day.
Calvados for one

I have taken my MX5 to the continent on 3 occasions. Firstly I went to Brittany for a long weekend with the South Wales OC in 2004, then to Bruges in 2005 for a long weekend with the South Wales OC and finally to Brittany for a week in 2008 with the SWMOC (an "unofficial trip")

I was rather nervous about driving my MX5 abroad as I had never driven on the right before, but it was fine as long as you remember which way to go round roundabouts etc - and overtaking was a bit of a challenge too

I would love to go to Bruges in the MX5 again - who knows maybe later this year

or Ieper

Not continental, but Lucy and I did have a weeks golfing hols in County Donegal a couple of years back. No photies unfortunately due to a/ Beer
b/ Golf followed by
c/ More beer

Was good fun, even if the courses were brutal!!!

DPC - did you drive your '5 through snow? Austria sounds a fair way to go - how many miles did you do on the trip?

Some fine mountain passes in Austria, also there's a Red Bull Museum at Salzburg airport called Hangar7. Has Aircraft and a restauarant and looks amazing!!

I've previous done Alps, Dolomites and Pyrenees by motorbike so know the area pretty well.
Planning to do a 10-day tour to Monaco, Dolomites and Alps next year. PM me if you fancy tagging along.

Bananaman said:

Planning to do a 10-day tour to Monaco, Dolomites and Alps next year. PM me if you fancy tagging along.

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Sounds good - but I don't have a motorbike!

Sounds good - but I don't have a motorbike!

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Lol, nor will I by then.
We've promised ourselves a continental road tour and an MX5 seems like the perfect tool for some of the roads I've got planned. I'll dig out some of my pics to wet the appetite.

Cool stuff, B'man!!:thumbsup:

Last year we did a 2 week road trip with another couple in their MKII taking in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and then back through France. The drive down the side of Lake Garda with all the tunnels was fantastic. The Stelvio pass was unfortunately closed but we found some stunning and fun mountain roads. Stopped off in Maranello where I drove a 430 Spider and a Gallardo around the streets, that was terrific.

And all of this without the use of a boot rack.

A few weeks ago a gorup of 6 couples spent 9 days in France, amking our way down to the Pyrenees and stopping over in LeMans on the way back where we saw the 787B.

If you get the itch then scratch it, touring in Europe is fantastic, even short weekends, of which I have organised two for the OC can be masses of fun.

I reckon we should organise a MX5Life group trip to the continent for 2012

Maybe we could do the Le Mans Classic?

I'm in:skip:

East Anglia - Scotland - France ~ better start buying some lottery tickets
Actually, i have a wedding in Norn Oireland next year so could get the Stranraer crossing back and visit some people

Jot said:

East Anglia - Scotland - France ~ better start buying some lottery tickets
Actually, i have a wedding in Norn Oireland next year so could get the Stranraer crossing back and visit some people

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Do they want a processions of '5s behind the wedding car

Jot - sounds like you need a job with more holidays to do all that lot :frantic: