Inge Lüth searches for the engine in her Bugatti 35B replica ....
.... whilst Yan Türk and Zhou take advantage of the huge storage space under the bonnet to prepare for chilly weather.
Karl-Heinz Klameth makes a few routine checks on his Porsche 356 Speedster replica.
The Bugatti 35B of Axel Weber and Beate Kempf is dwarfed behind the lovely Mercedes 500K Heritage replica of Alois and Beatrix Hoppen.
Incidentally, the Bayerisch Hof Hotel provided reserved covered car parking spaces for every car!
After a short drive, again in convoy ....
.... we arrived at our next stop ....
.... the Malterer Christmas Factory.
After a welcoming drink (of either champagne or orange juice), we began our tour of the halls, where Christmas presents and items are manufactured and stored.
It seemed strange looking at Christmas trees when the temperatures were in the high 20s°C with bright sunshine outside.
Alongside traditional models of Santa Claus ....
.... and slightly less traditional ones ....
.... were these penguins, all wrapped up against the cold.
This looked more like an Easter scene ....
.... with cockerels and rabbits.
Then there were the clowns ....
.... the performing mice ....
.... unusual candles ....
.... and assorted toys.
After the factory tour, there was time to look at some more of the ORC cars outside ....
.... and all the instruments, dials and switches on the Viper dashboard were clarified once again.
The dashboard on the Bugatti was very simple in comparison !
Time to move on again ....
.... along more superb country lanes.
A large number of enthusiastic motorbike riders raced ahead of the car convoy, to guide us at every turn-off and block the junction from other traffic, successfully keeping the convoy on track and together. Well done, guys, you did an excellent job, which was especially difficult in the rain on Friday morning !
Throughout the meeting, the bugle was sounded as a 5 minute alarm, and again 1 minute before it was time to drive on to the next location.
