Day 1: 2006: 923 miles: Tirano, Swiss-Italian border

We're still on the road! Not far from the destination for tonight, Aprica. Stewart has been uncertain, for a few hours now, whether we are in fact going to Africa, but that seems to have been cleared up now. We've had a good day in the passes - some great views and brilliant driving roads - can't say the same about the car which is fiercely complaining about every twist and turn.

We seem to have done quite well on the challenges: we turned spotting supercars into an art from when we chanced upon a supercar rally at St Moritz.

After Chur we headed along Julierpass and Berninapass before the border - the latter turned into the Pass of Doom as night - and fog - fell.

Team Sly were stopped at the border, the Swiss gave our car the once over before letting us leave the country, and the Italians just waved us through - so a fitting way to leave a land of precise and orderly rules, to a country of latin insousiance. Now, pizzerias everywhere!