Driving the old Gotthard Pass, Switzerland

[dyl]

Hey team,
If you're keen to get an idea of what it's like to drive a Campervan down the old gotthard pass in Switzerland - then we've uploaded a video which may interest you. Hope you enjoy it.
Cheers
Dyl

 

[Jaws]

Thank you for posting that
Son and I rode that cobbled road about 7 years ago and have tried to find it again a few times.. Now we know which pass it is !

 

[dyl]

No problem @Jaws glad you got some use from the video! Cheers

 

[Dorwyn]

We went over it a few times in the 60s, it was all there was. We had a A-H Sprite mk 2, when we got to the top (early spring) the road was just a stone track, and going down the disk brakes wore out, a Swiss Garage fixed them while we waited for less than it would have cost us at home. Happy days!

 

[hilldweller]

Son and I rode that cobbled road about 7 years ago

I would not want to do it in the rain, but in the sunshine, WOW.

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[Dorwyn]

You might think that a Healey Sprite is not a motorhome, but it was in effect. Our first. We used to take the seat backs off, turn the seat squabs around so that they sloped from front to back, our heads inside the boot, and we ended up with 2 single level-ish beds. CampingGaz single cooker and a plastic washing up bowl. We couldn't do it now, or wouldn't want to.

 

[dyl]

We went over it a few times in the 60s, it was all there was. We had a A-H Sprite mk 2, when we got to the top (early spring) the road was just a stone track, and going down the disk brakes wore out, a Swiss Garage fixed them while we waited for less than it would have cost us at home. Happy days!

Thanks for sharing mate! I wouldn't of been a thought in my parents eye back then but could only imagine how much more stunning the road would have been! Cheers

 

[dyl]

I would not want to do it in the rain, but in the sunshine, WOW.

We had our concerns as well haha but glad we did it!

 

[Jaws]

No problem @Jaws glad you got some use from the video! Cheers

Always follow you guys, and always look forward to you adventures

 

[pappajohn]

Wonder how many thousand man hours went into laying those cobbles.....

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[hilldweller]

Here it is........

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place...131a5c101ba0985f!8m2!3d46.5588864!4d8.5623231

And maybe in 3D....

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place...131a5c101ba0985f!8m2!3d46.5588864!4d8.5623231

 

[Rob Turner]

Looked like Camping Solcio in Lesa, maybe wrong though, usually am

 

[olley]

Just shown it to the wife..................................she's gone for a lie down.