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Day 12: Ioannina to Neochori, 11 October 2024
Anthony and Sonja Verloop, 1968 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE
Tony Rowe and Mark Delling, 1939 Ford DeLuxe V8 91A Coupe
Clint Smith and Martin Jones, 1965 Porsche 911
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Plaz lamperou. This lakeside cafe served some welcome
refreshments before the crews were sent back downhill to
do it all again.
Given what we’d already dealt with the fourth and
final Regularity to Mesenikolas was relatively short and
reasonably civilized, taking us almost to the door of the
night halt in the naiades Hotel Resort in neochori. It’s
Martin Jones’s birthday today, and as the cars rolled into
the car park, the occasion was marked with a “gin & tonic
on the bonnet”.
Sadly two crews were late to the party and their cars won’t
be going any further on the Austria to Athens Challenge.
Ivan and Tisa Pusnik’s ford broke its steering shortly after
the first Test, whilst Hans-Martin Schneeberger and louis
vetter’s Mercedes was stopped in its tracks by the same
ignition gremlins which dogged it during the Road to Hanoi
Marathon way back in february.
Design: K-Design
Reto Mebes and Mark Bramall, 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280 SLC
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