DEADLY FOG hits when driving Austria’s HIGHEST ALPINE ROAD

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  • THICK FOG is not the weather conditions you want when driving Austria's biggest mountain; The Grossglockner. But, what incredible driving roads, the route from Slovenia to Austria is one of the most beautiful routes we have ever driven.
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  • @stevesswiftkontikiontour649
    @stevesswiftkontikiontour649 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ❤love your videos Steve &Lyndsey very informative and you have great family,I’m sure they will appreciate what you have done for them when they get older. They may take you in there camper van when you and Lyndsey get older
    Keep up the good work I love it

    • @RoamingRadfords
      @RoamingRadfords  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Steve, I see you’re having a good binge watch of the videos this morning. Awesome mate enjoy 😉

  • @StevenGodfrey3956
    @StevenGodfrey3956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Picture postcard views and scenery 👍👏 Great video and risotto looked yum 😋

  • @susansmith8773
    @susansmith8773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You sound like me Lyndsay
    “Do you like mountain roads?”
    No! I really enjoyed this vlog . The water park looked fabulous !

  • @yaroslavmuradian5959
    @yaroslavmuradian5959 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks very much for your stunning videos,

  • @pauld3638
    @pauld3638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    :Lovely scenery guys.

  • @elizabethsad8023
    @elizabethsad8023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovely family so nice to see the mountains ⛰🏔🏰🌄💚🤎💚

  • @littlebaxter2609
    @littlebaxter2609 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We’ve done the Grossglockner in fog on a motorbike! a bit hairy!! Love the video ❤

  • @wendynorman6667
    @wendynorman6667 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don’t know if it helps, but for the singles I have 1inch toppers that roll up small with a bungee round. I’ve made covers from single duvet covers, they don’t slip on the bed and dead easy to change change half as many times as sheets as they have two sides! It’s a dream to roll out and set beds up. Great video as always

  • @isobelchapman9548
    @isobelchapman9548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Grossglockner is stunning - we were there just a couple of months ago, the weather was stunning. Sad unable to park anymore. Great vlog folks, thank you.

  • @margdaly1271
    @margdaly1271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great to see the boys, having so much fun.

  • @helenreasbeck1348
    @helenreasbeck1348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wOW that water park looks awesome ! Love watching your adventures in Europe :)

  • @stevesswiftkontikiontour649
    @stevesswiftkontikiontour649 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the mountain drives. I normally go over the Austin pass from interlaken to the gothard tunnel to italy
    Looking forward the Gross Glockner

  • @elainehoward3883
    @elainehoward3883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing guys x

  • @sallymurray2147
    @sallymurray2147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video that was scary with all that fog how lovely Austria is love the drone footage glad to see all the family having a nice time

  • @MichaelWebMason
    @MichaelWebMason 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reminds me of driving up to Mount Teide in Tenerife, we get weather like that all the time here and then you break through the cloud cover at the summit to bright sunshine,

  • @paddysandymcmillan8160
    @paddysandymcmillan8160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your videos. Lighthearted, interesting all-round enjoyment ❤

  • @ady8097
    @ady8097 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! That drive looked really scary! Great job. Loved the vlog. 😊

  • @Scud_and_thesTig
    @Scud_and_thesTig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ahh.. the smell of brake linings in the morning (convinced the van is going to burst into flames from the wheels up)
    Great video again 👍💙❤️

  • @bigmickphotography
    @bigmickphotography 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Got a trapped nerve in my back 9 weeks ago so I’m off work… found you on TH-cam and love your vlogs… I had to cancel my holiday’s but I’ve been all round Europe with yous … keep it going 👍

    • @xvsupremacy7190
      @xvsupremacy7190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes it’s breathtakingly beautiful !

    • @RoamingRadfords
      @RoamingRadfords  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahh welcome along! But I’m sorry to read about your back, I hope you feel better soon.

  • @tyrsting
    @tyrsting 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your vlogs 🙂 ,Grettings from Denmark.

  • @lynmoore8355
    @lynmoore8355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video guys, and I was holding on going down that road lol, was just wondering did you see or find the Sound of Music house etc?.

  • @Motorhoming_Dinks
    @Motorhoming_Dinks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Regarding adblue consumption
    Our 3.5T rollerteam (like the Rucks) but on a ford does 250 miles/litre.
    (Just so you've got something to work from)
    Anyway. Another. GREAT video

  • @daviscrt
    @daviscrt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very cool video. awesome camp site. thanks Don

  • @manorbleak1
    @manorbleak1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did the Grossglocker with my parents in their Morris Traveller in the 60's we were accompanied by their friends in a Mini Traveller, awesome scenery.

  • @geoffreyruncieman9503
    @geoffreyruncieman9503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love them Austrian mountains not for driving but ⛷ have safe trip loved all your videos 👍

  • @jasonshields3147
    @jasonshields3147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We have the 649 be interesting to hear your comparisons

  • @000caro555
    @000caro555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great adventures as always x safe travels. ❤

  • @amandahannam6904
    @amandahannam6904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    we got 2 boys and our last van we had to put beds up and it was a pain when we was all tired and ratty I had to play van jenga to get to sleep mode so van build number 2 all beds are fixed and would never go back if I was you guys I would buy a bus and convert it to your speck with fixed beds you would never look back it's the best feeling to pull up and get in to a already made bed 🙂

  • @savagegtalks5912
    @savagegtalks5912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    when you say it's "expensive", I feel offended 🤣🤣

  • @stevesswiftkontikiontour649
    @stevesswiftkontikiontour649 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Steve we are going to do the gross Glocknar ? Can we do it without the go box. Did you buy a go box? It looks unbelievable
    Steve Lyndsey if I stay over night on the Gross Glockner do I have to pay the 40 euro toll again the next day when we get to the other end or is it a 24 hr ticket
    What town was the small theme park in. That would be a good break for my 7year old granddaughter?
    Steve any advice for my 5 tonne Kontiki will be most appreciated

    • @RoamingRadfords
      @RoamingRadfords  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We just avoid motorways and you’ll be fine. The small theme park is at the bottom of the grossglockner right next to the tolls

    • @RoamingRadfords
      @RoamingRadfords  ปีที่แล้ว

      And you just pay when you enter the tolls for the grossglockner road, I guess you could stay for a couple of nights and only pay for the entry

    • @stevesswiftkontikiontour649
      @stevesswiftkontikiontour649 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RoamingRadfords steve do you pay twice on the gross Glockner if you stay over night?

    • @RoamingRadfords
      @RoamingRadfords  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stevesswiftkontikiontour649 no just once on entry

  • @denisecafferky2248
    @denisecafferky2248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That looked like a scary journey

  • @JHFCHJKVJK
    @JHFCHJKVJK ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would like to know the location of where you park a the night ...many thanks

    • @RoamingRadfords
      @RoamingRadfords  ปีที่แล้ว

      I’ve put it in the video description but it’s just here maps.app.goo.gl/NqRYiE1uQBauZrvU8?g_st=ic

  • @RobertSmith-cv1cu
    @RobertSmith-cv1cu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Like you we love driving mountain roads. We moved to Spain in 2006. We love it because it has so many mountains. We spent 1mth in 2018 2 mths in 2020 6wks in 2021 and 4 wks this year in the Spanish and French Pyrennes. We have Sierra Nevada a couple of hrs from where we live and we can look out from our flat and see the snow there. Other mountains all around us at Marbella and Ronda 10mins/40mins from home. Plus the one's in the north of Spain that we did this yr. Mountains everywhere. Just love them. But there is an art to driving them. Use your gearbox and you will have no troubles.

  • @georgelippitt7362
    @georgelippitt7362 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please be safe. Scotty

  • @jillholly6445
    @jillholly6445 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OMG … would not enjoy that journey down the mountain at all! Beautiful scenery or not 🙈

  • @Doog513
    @Doog513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Erm Steve the diesel price back home has not plummeted and is actually going back up

    • @RoamingRadfords
      @RoamingRadfords  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ian these videos last were filmed back in August when the prices of fuel started to drop back down in the UK

  • @tangerinedream7211
    @tangerinedream7211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fair bit of weight in the kontiki to go over the pass, can't you get heavy duty/ completion style pads for such a trip.

    • @RoamingRadfords
      @RoamingRadfords  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We could probably put better pads on and may well do when these are worn but a stop half way down would have been the easy answer for next time.

  • @raymonddickson8937
    @raymonddickson8937 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Must admit was amazed the milage you had covered to there , hopefully see you next week at show and pick up a sticker

  • @mandycape
    @mandycape 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was on the GrossGlockner 10 days after you guys except on 2 wheels - had snow and hail stones at the top, rain, fog, low cloud and sun - all 4 seasons in a couple of hours. My fav road in Austria.

  • @georgetootle2061
    @georgetootle2061 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Take care Scouser George..

  • @gaynorprior344
    @gaynorprior344 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hate driving in fog and also snow

  • @mattsmith-if2vq
    @mattsmith-if2vq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kudos to Steve for that drive

  • @JonathanEdwardsMinistries
    @JonathanEdwardsMinistries 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    $3.50 a gallon in the US was the best price I got recently Steve, sorry for the bad news😂

    • @RoamingRadfords
      @RoamingRadfords  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow how cheap is your gas Jonathon. I just calculated it and at the price we paid in this video works out at $8.18 per gallon 😳

  • @yeggydegz4330
    @yeggydegz4330 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow that was scary, listening to you talk about the road conditions and a none working handbrake, as well as spongy main brakes!! if i was scared watching it what must the boys have been thinking hearing this from the back?
    it must be tricky trying to balance parenting while making dramatic content...

  • @agriben7591
    @agriben7591 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    get some stunning views when its not foggy tho

  • @howarddavies6685
    @howarddavies6685 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Come down in the same gear that you would go up in.👍 Save your brakes for when you really need them.

    • @RoamingRadfords
      @RoamingRadfords  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good advice Howard, but a 5 tonne motorhome won’t come down these mountain roads with gears alone and require a steady pumping on and off the brakes in order to scrub the speed off.

  • @namenlos40
    @namenlos40 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "DEADLY FOG"
    Lol
    Don't you exaggerate a bit?