General Anouncing the 2009 Fiat Forum Panda Adventure!

[Nearlyboughtapanda]

Hi Alan here....
Update from Jim 9.00am this morning....
'120 miles to go. Weather has closed in and alot of snow at destination....North Cape has been closed to 'normal' members of the public, but we hope to get our own snow plough to clear a path for us.......'

will keep you updated.

 

[dave]

where he gonna get a snow plough from, north pole ebay?

 

[JimMagill]

where he gonna get a snow plough from, north pole ebay?

No, we were going to have to rent one at the tourist office here in Honningsvag for £500 (well, it was that or go on the tour of the Herring Factory as they are the only 2 services they offer bar a free dying of frost bite with every trip here) but as I've brought chains and she's fitted with winter tyres they said we could go in convoy with the tour bus which was four wheel drive and could get help if the weather closed in on us which to a certain extent it has done.

I've a vid for later but after 8 days of nearly constant driving and the panda having done 3600 miles we need a rest... Which is bad as there is an arctic storm arriving soon and the Mageroya may get cut off from the rest of Norway by morning but I really need to take a break from driving

 

[JimMagill]

The Panda at the North Cape, now offically the most northerly panda in the world!

Oh and afterwards we went to the north pole...

Jim

 

[JimMagill]

It was rough but amazingly really beautiful coming back from NordKapp... Still can't believe that wee panda made it thou all the ice and snow over the mountains! It truely is an Arctic Snow Panda!

Jim

 

[PuntoSS]

Woah, just looked at the many photos on the Twitter page. Looks like you've travelled it quite far. Did you gain the unfortunate experience of getting stuck in the snow or did the travel go generally alright?

Can't believe you made it to the North Pole. Well Done, keep up the good work for the good cause!

 

[sutjeska]

Congratulations from Polish Club!

Sutjeska

 

[dave]

I really need to take a break from driving

stop being a girly where is your redbull?

an why havent you made a snow man yet?

 

[PuntoSS]

stop being a girly where is your redbull?

an why havent you made a snow man yet?

Surely it's too cold for red bull?! Hot Cuppa's ftw!

Snowman, what about a SnowPanda? Make a snow model of the car Would be interesting, but would probably take forever, so a snowman would suffice, I guess.

 

[purple haze]

Great pic's guys.....

kev

 

[JimMagill]

Thanks!

Fred is worried about the Trolls stealing Sylvia's electric tonight and wanted to stay out in the car guarding her but it's way too cold for such a little bear and the Trolls might be bigger so I'm keeping him in the hotel room...

He's going to keep watch all night thou...

 

[Panda Van]

Well done John, Jim and Sylvia !!!:woot: Fantastic pictures and really funny video's, you've both become a 'must watch' documentary here - cant wait for the next installment

 

[JimMagill]

Well done John, Jim and Sylvia !!!:woot: Fantastic pictures and really funny video's, you've both become a 'must watch' documentary here - cant wait for the next installment

I'm working on the vid now but as i can only edit it on my phone its sooooo slow

Word of warning the Pick n Mix is back!

John has some more pics in his facebook that he took with a real camera instead of my phonepics

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=104235&id=790538823&ref=mf

Not sure if that will work, I'm a bit of a bookface virgin

 

[dave]

it works

 

[PuntoSS]

It worked, great photos! Woah, big footsteps! Maybe there's a sign in the footprints of "how far you've travelled"!

Can't wait for the video

 

[Bianca]

Hi Jim and Co,

wonderful pics and story...I keep following your journey with great admiration!!!!

Well done and hope you can "bear" the cold ( Fred has a thick coat at least!!) ... this would be very hard for me!

Cheers
Heike

 

[JimMagill]

Can't wait for the video

It's not that good....

Heike, thanks! Thou you'll be fed up with pics of Norway in week as we're going to be doing a massive run down the coast over the next few days

That is if we get off Nordkapp cause of the storm coming

 

[dave]

hardly any pics have a jim in them

 

[JimMagill]

hardly any pics have a jim in them

Fred and Sylvia are the stars!

God this video is taking forever... Then again, I'm posting now from the top of the world. The only people further north are a few miners, some folk on ships and the odd polar explorer!

 

[PuntoSS]

Are you uploading via your phone? The network is probably GSM or something and not 3G

If on the internet they probably still have dial up!!!