Mini Winter Rally 2012

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Mini Winter Rally 2012

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This week-end it was the Mini Winter Rally. A TSD rally, dedicated to Minis in Switzerland. The goal is to get the maximum of snow all along the week-end !

It's organised by the Mini club Romand



This year we went to Lausanne, climbed upto the Jura mountains, and landed next to Fribourg, this means a total of 300 miles.

I switched 4 times from the yokos A008 to the Michelin studed tyres as there was no snow during the 4 first stages..

Here are my pics, enjoy !

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Start from MINI dealership of Morges


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Briefing in the workshop


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Ready to climb !


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Who said rallying is not compatible with family ?

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The track was wet, unfortunately not snowy..


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Nice Innocenti 1300 Cooper.

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The snow began to fall

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Stronger and stronger !


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View from our hotel room, in Bulle

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Hmm, not enough snow..


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Here we go again !

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The roads are becoming interesting.


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more and more interesting !

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Loneliness feeling with this fog..

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And it's getting worse !

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Finally we reached the arrival, we can see smiles on tired faces..

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Dried sausage and cheese from the Alps are my best friends after such a week-end !

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37 teams.. Thanks to Daniel, Guy and their team from Mini Club Romand !

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The return was a bit long, especially for those who drives the cars ! :lol:

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Looks like great fun 8-) shame you didnt get more snow.

some nice cars there ;)
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Post by mk1 »

What a fantastic set of pictures!

Looks like a good event, but I guess the lack of snow must have been a bit disappointing.

I could really fancy doing something like that one day.
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Fantastic! Thanks for sharing the great pics :D It looks like a great event - where did everyone find their winter/studded tyres?

And good on the chap who brought his wife and children along in the Elf - looks like the came from the UK too :D ;)
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Fabulous. What a great crowd of real enthusiasts.
Thanks for sharing the pics.
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That looks like a wonderful event, and thank you for sharing some stunning photographs.
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Photos from the Ecurie Bergamote Team : https://picasaweb.google.com/Ecurie.Ber ... directlink
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Re: Mini Winter Rally 2012

Post by Romag »

Hi Alex, thanks for your post.

I hope you all enjoyed you trip. We were glad to welcome you in Switzerland.

Here are a few links with some other picture.

http://mini-winter-rally.blogspot.com/

I hope to see all of you next year, for the 9th edition.

Thank you all,

Glen, from The Mini Winter Rallye Organization Team.
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