This video is not supposed to tell the story of the 2008
Epic Euro-Tour in any meaningful way - it is merely a collection of short video clips which accompanied the photo casebook:
http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/lj/eurotour2008/index
.html
And those photos are almost meaningless without the massive, massive review in words - where I went, what I did, and why I did it (which was essentially to visit all the tiny countries of
Europe that are somewhere near
France, and cross the
Millau viaduct that I'd seen on
Top Gear):
Part 1 - http://ironlord.livejournal.com/168150.html
Part 2 - http://ironlord.livejournal.com/168370.html
Everything you see here was badly filmed at the time, badly improvised and (eventually) badly edited. It was supposed to be a dry run for filming in
Iceland in 2009. By then, I had a better camera and knew what I was doing with it!
The formerly-individual videos (all 49 of them, and the not-quite-credits) can be found at the following time points:
0:00:10 - I: leaving
England
0:00:53 - II: the
Mannekensvere swamp
0:01:18 -
III: lunch in Naturpark
Pfälzer Wald
0:02:30 - IV: an update from Jugendherberge
Feldkirch
0:03:56 - V: a view from the bar in Feldkirch
0:05:13 - VI: the arrival in
Vaduz
0:06:14 -
VII: the rickety wooden bridge to
Switzerland
0:06:47 -
VIII: fun in
Malbun
0:08:42 - IX:
Austrian breakfast update
0:09:45 - X: a beer stein from
Liechtenstein
0:10:27 - XI: the aftermath of trial by traffic
0:11:33 -
XII: an update in the dark at Cap d'Ail
0:12:25 -
XIII: the panoramic view from
Hotel Miramar
0:13:28 -
XIV: welcome to
Monaco
0:14:26 - XV: upwards to the
Palais Princier
0:15:15 -
XVI: the changing of the guard
0:22:20 -
XVII: a lap of the
Monaco Grand Prix circuit
0:26:08 -
XVIII:
Prince Rainier's motor museum (the moving parts)
0:26:38 -
XIX:
Musée Océanographique
0:27:42 - XX: a post-Monaco update
0:28:53 -
XXI: rain delays and roadside cooking
0:30:19 -
XXII: an evening in
Barcelona
0:31:51 -
XXIII:
Montserrat
0:34:05 -
XXIV: an evening in
Andorra
0:34:58 -
XXV: the deserted ski resort
0:37:14 -
XXVI: the Tristaina lakes
0:38:36 -
XXVII: the view over Pal
0:39:07 -
XXVIII: another night in Residencia Nuria
0:40:01 -
XXIX: the finest view from a service station
... IN THE
WORLD!
0:40:56 -
XXX: the Millau viaduct (from Top Gear's
point of view)
0:43:09 -
XXXI: the drive over the Millau viaduct
0:45:29 -
XXXII: the horrors of
French public toilets
0:45:45 -
XXXIII: only the finest French roadside cuisine
0:46:32 -
XXXIV: the horrors of French public toilets... encore!
0:47:08 -
XXXV: an overnight stay in the middle of nowhere
0:48:24 -
XXXVI: by the lake, in
Moulismes
0:48:58 -
XXXVII: the continuing horrors of French public toilets
0:49:38 -
XXXVIII: probably the worst public toilet in the whole of France!
0:51:27 -
XXXIX: dinner time in
St. Malo
0:52:09 - XL: the boat to
Jersey
0:54:27 -
XLI: the arrival in Jersey
0:55:15 -
XLII: Jersey ice cream in
Liberation Square
0:55:42 -
XLIII: Jersey's War Tunnels meet
The Crystal Maze
0:56:30 -
XLIV: an update with a view of
Mount Orgueil Castle
0:57:13 -
XLV: update at Les Fauxquets campsite,
Guernsey
0:58:07 -
XLVI: breakfast in
St. Peter Port
0:58:50 -
XLVII: the boat to
Herm
0:59:18 -
XLVIII: the sales pitch for an entire island... or two?
1:01:01 -
XLIX: leaving Guernsey
1:01:53 - L:
The Grand Finale
And if you think I was lying about being in the same layby as
Jeremy Clarkson was that overlooked the Millau viaduct, I offer as evidence:
http://youtu.be/WXczwwtwY0M?t=5m15s
- published: 31 Jan 2015
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