It was projected to be a tough day with the rally planned as 450 kilometres up and down over the Alps (rally route projected in bold on top picture - strong line does not mean wide road!).I wanted to take an easier route with more motorway and less up and downing (see options on second map highlighted in marker) but Richard was having none of it. A split vote is not sufficient to cause Emerald's departure from the ERA plan (and there wasn't much scope for compromise on account of there not being many options for going from St Moritz to Lausanne. So the tough route it was.
Then at the last minute the route was changed by a handwritten note changing the route for the first 50 kilometres: throw out the first 2 pages of the tulip plans in the stroke of a pen (explanation of tulips for those who thought they were flowers) in part 2.
We began the antepenultimate day after a comfortable - indeed luxurious - night at the Suvretta House hotel in Sankt Moritz. There was full cloud cover but not the freezing cold or even snow that some said had been forecast.
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