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here we are on our way south through
France mum volunteers several hundred
miles that way and if conditions are
this bad here what's it gonna be like
when we get there
we've got kit in the nomads which is
mostly surviving at the front of the rig
dough the discovery is brilliant not
only is it sailing through nasty
conditions like this we've got it set up
like a mobile office but James the
videographer and Mark the photographer
so they can do a load of editing
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you'll start with a little handbrake
turn
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right time to open the gate I'm so
excited about this is the key to the
mountain a pack so exciting
here it is flanking Yorkers
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you know your honor
so you might be wondering what's going
on here
well I've had the Nomad for several
months now and it has been utterly
terrific I've used it every day done
6,000 miles in it but up until now what
it hasn't had is a proper adventure this
is a proper adventure
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out here is Mont Ventoux in summer it's
really famous as a stage of the Tour de
France in winter no one comes here no
one comes here because it's so hostile
so I'm running out the boat leaves roads
apart they said it I don't suppose you
ever let anyone on the mountain in
winter and they said well no one's ever
asked but if you want the key to the
barrier
come and get it so I went and got it and
this is the result it's - 10 - 15 out
here it's blowing an absolute Huli we've
stuck on the lee side so you're not in
the wind at the moment and we're just
driving up I want to get to the summit
what I really want is a proper sunset at
the summit because that will look
amazing
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I'm in the heart of France during the
brexit negotiation and I'm flying a
Union Jack from my car as I attempt go
and conquer a mountain I'm sure there's
some sort of analogy in there somewhere
funnily enough when you go to snow
you've actually got traction when you've
got ice not so much at all this is the
colder temper
just near the summit of Mont Vaughn -
it's the windiest point on the mountain
when we put the Nomad on the other side
the flag was blowing so hard it was
pretty much most elated about touching
the skis it doesn't flap that much at 80
miles an hour on the motorway though got
icicles developing down by the number
plate down here if the flag I think the
flag at some stage surely the flag is
gonna take flight the higher we went the
more the cloud and wind closed in and
the more the cars struggled and then I
got the Nomad stuck
can see for the windscreen was all
blocked up with it it was a little bit
of a drift so the front wheels rolled up
over it the back wheels just fell into
it broke through the cross so a little
bit of digging tell us how that have us
out in ten minutes call for now
keeping warm at least except my fingers
my fingers on the side of gone
completely numb righty-ho so they'll try
if you could give a push
they both be civil civil utilize excess
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there we go right on the summit the
nomads made it better than that the
discoveries made it as well it's so
vicious up here but look we're just
about getting some sunlight coming
through as the clouds cleared the
landscape was revealed and nature put on
a stunning display at sunset we toasted
our success and reflected on an amazing
day parts of it had been tough but
slipping and sliding up a snowy deserted
mountain in a car so perfectly attuned
to the conditions so responsive so
charismatic so much pure unadulterated
undiluted raw fun well that made this
one of the best days ever
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