Off to Sardina on Friday

[jimmybondi]

My plan is to visit all locations from 'The Spy Who Loved Me' in Sardinia.

Watch this space for an extensive Photo/Video roadbook

Any hints or recommendations except the tasty casu matsu??? B)

[Mark Blanchard]

Have a great time Jimmy. Go crazy with the pics please .

[iainskea]

Nice trip, I am so envious.

Can you do a map with a proposed route - is this possible these days?

Iain

[Loose Cannon]

Awesome!

[Rob]

great idea for a road trip.. sardinia is lovely, visiting bond related places in a lotus - awesome!

[abrussich]

Color me green with envy.

Enjoy the ride and by all means, photos please, so those of us less fortunate in geographical placement can live vicariously though your camera.

[jimmybondi]

We will take the car train to Alessandria (Piemonte) and drive down to Livorno, where we will board the ferry.

We will land in Olbia, Northern coast of Sardinia.

Hotel is located a bit inlands of Porto Cervo, so plenty of twisted roads to explore...

@Ian

What kind of route map you want? (why can't I click on reply to 'quote' anymore..?)

[dazmans3]

Fantastic, I would love to do that one. Check out the LEW web pages. There was someone who did just this very trip a year or so ago. section had quite a few photos & how to find the locations.

Daz

[Stuart]

Well done mate.

I spend a couple of months each summer there with work. In fact last week we had the rally and the Costa Smeralda porsche club and their annual do in Puerto Cervo, yes it was a very german affair. If you get into puerto cervo itself then make sure you go to the little pizza place on the outskirts called pomoderos, not sure of the spelling, they do the best calzone.

Enjoy the ride, and remember the people their think it is their god given right to be on the wrong side of the road when comming around those tight corners above calle di volpe and further down the coast.

Either way enjoy the ride and the weather.

Not done this with the esprit yet, so very jealous.

Oh ,and get used to paying

Edited May 21, 2008 by Stuart

[Jeanvm]

Hi Jimmi,

Enjoy the visit, I was there a few years ago in the south, must going back but then in the north.

It was Gernot Wolf who visit a time ago Sardenia, you can see it here:

http://www.atw.cc/007/

Get many picture please.

Cheers, oh btw they have 1 liter beers.

Jean

[Road Stone]

What a great idea, good luck!

Cheers, Jerry

[jimmybondi]

Hi Jimmi,

Enjoy the visit, I was there a few years ago in the south, must going back but then in the north.

It was Gernot Wolf who visit a time ago Sardenia, you can see it here:

http://www.atw.cc/007/

Get many picture please.

Cheers, oh btw they have 1 liter beers.

Jean

Yeah, actually it was planned that Gernot and I would do the trip together with our Esprits (S1 and Turbo), but somehow it didn't worked out...

I will load my Minolta 7000i for lots of Photos ( yeah! I am going retro!)

[winners]

I'd love to do this sometime. Still worry if my cars going to get home from Nottingham (20 miles) though...perhaps one day, when I've fully restored it.

Hope you have a great time, can't wait for the pic's

Mark

[iainskea]

Here's a map from RACQ.com in Oz - a standard trip planner idea.

Is there one of Sardinia?

Iain

[Dan]

Hope you have a great time, Jimmy - looking forward to seeing the photos

[nello]

Didn't someone do the Sardinia TSWLM thing on LEW a while back?

[jimmybondi]

Spotted last week:

[jimmybondi]

Haha!

We had 3 soft bags in the rear, my notebook case, videocamera bag and the pouch for the SLR - all in the rear compartment

Front compartment was filled with shoes (also one pair of men's shoes ) and small stuff and the sunroof spoiler. And before you ask - I did not take the spare wheel out. Fuel canister and tools etc. went into the center of the spare wheel.

On the way home we even had some space for few bottles of wine and licquer and gifts...

Edited June 12, 2008 by jimmybondi

[Jeanvm]

How where the looks from the girl in the Heli, Jimmy??? Or didn't you dare to look.

Jean

[jimmybondi]

Hi Jean,

this girl you mean:

I love her!

Here is another one:

shot taken at Vista Point - now crowded with tourists...

[Road Stone]

G'day,

I take it there was no issues with the car getting on the ferry, given how low the car is?

Cheers, Jerry

[jimmybondi]

Hi Jerry,

You need to drive slowly and at a 45 degree angle on the ramps and everything will be OK. We have chosen the Moby lines, their ferries are quite big, so no problem at all.

Sardinia Ferry

Sardinia Ferry

I was more afraid to board the car train, because their ramps are really steep!

Edited June 16, 2008 by jimmybondi

[Kimbers]

You never did call me so I could get my Sister in Law to meet you! She lives in Sardinia and is a diving instructor so coulda taken you scuba diving!

Anyway, hope the weather was nice, we were over in March and it was bleedin freezing!

[jimmybondi]

Hi Tony,

I was a bit in a hurry just before we started so forgot about that. Where does your sister in law live?

Weather was quite nice, except for one day when it was raining cats and dogs.

We were at the beach twice and though the ambient temperature was about 33-35