Thursday 29th October ’09 – Annecy to Dijon

As this leg of the journey was a mere 170 miles, we thought after yesterday’s long haul of 380 miles and 79 Euros in tolls etc, we would take the more scenic route.
This was a pleasure, seeing a kaleidoscope of autumn colours over the hills and mountains, but somewhat interrupted by VANimal developing clutch problems again. Unfortunately to save time and a possible complete breakdown we jumped back on the autoroute after adjusting the clutch as far as we dare to give Carl something of clearance, but there was still a vibration in the clutch somewhere too.
We arrived in Dijon with VANimal having little or no clutch clearance, but the service lads got to work and after replacing the clutch and finding a broken ball end on the clutch bell housing lever all was repaired to Carl’s delight and slightly empty wallet!
We stayed at the Dijon Ibis Hotel overnight, then headed off for Calais, another long haul northwards, the following morning.