I might have ambled down to Goodwood for the return but if it is the 6th I'll be boozing in Putney...

Amazing, what these guys are doing.

Just departed Athens...

edit: ...to Pescara and now en route to Padova apparently...

On the ground in Padua (Padova) at the moment.

Weather looks to be a bit rubbish if they are heading west to the Cannes area - Windy currently shows snow around the Italian Alps and lightning further south plus plenty of heavy rain between!

Not too good in this part of France either

Heavy rain in the region of Switzerland round Lake Geneva. I don't know where they are aiming but it's not nice here.
Laurence

From what I vaguely recall of the original plan, the intended routing was something like Nice/Cannes, Milan, Zurich, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris and home. Perhaps some events planned with the sponsors?

Meteoswiss are showing and forecasting heavy rain in both the Geneva and Zurich areas. I doubt if they will be flying around here today.
Laurence

They are hoping to make Berlin today.

Berlin? What routing? Are they not going to stop en route, in IWC's homeland? Weather over the Alps at the moment is much better than the last 3 days, but there are clouds on the peaks.
Laurence

See it's about 500 miles direct, 600 via Zurich. Presume they can go over the top if necessary rather than following the passes.

I saw that, and note that several responders queried why no stop in Switzerland. Maybe they don't need to buy a watch.

Over the top? Need to get high for that around here.
Laurence

Presume 12000 - 15000 depending on route? Not too sure how high the various Alpine regions are. Presume the oxygen set is functional!

Weather apparently still rubbish.

Treadigraph: Depends on the route. If he flies direct to Friedrichshafen, as is now proposed, he will miss the really big peaks in Switzerland (which he will miss completely, oddly enough). Perhaps "miss" is a bad choice of words! In fact, the last thing you want to do in this region is to be VMC below a layer of cloud trying to follow the valleys and just hop over the cols. A number of people have found that to their cost recently. Once in Friedrichshafen they will have an easier bit going north. And they can take a Zeppelin ride while they're waiting. Incidentally they will just about overfly the home of the accompanying Pilatus.
Good luck to them.
Laurence

I see they went up to FL120.
Laurence

See what happens when you take an afternoon nap!

Yes, I recall the recent UK PA-28 crash.

Or the tragic Ju52/3m
Laurence

I'd forgotten about the Ju52...

Made it to Berlin Schoenhagen via Altenburg this afternoon.