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Comarnic - Romania - 2019

Day 3 Austria to Arad, Romania
Trevor and I lost Shayne and Helen somewhere in roadworks around Vienna at the start of the day but we all made it to the campsite in Arad in time for tea :)
I made fajitas which were apparently a bit spicy for some...
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We were joined by this 78 but im afraid we only waved and didnt say hello.
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Aww, Trevor, never happier than stroking some furry testicles with legs
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Day 4 Arad to Radu's house near Pojorata, Romania. Radu is a very knowledgable mechanic in W.G.C and i pop in and ask him stuff from time to time. He invited me to visit him in Romania the last time i went but it never happened so this time i said i would definitely visit.
I must have followed my mate google for twenty miles so ill keep checking street maps! I have to say that was a long ba%$£rd drive and we were glad to arrive, many, many, many hours later. The cheap thermometer i had in my car got up to 48 degrees C on the journey there.
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The view from Radu and Annies house, He's still in the process of building it so we camped in the driveway
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Day 5 Gas gas gas!

Bit of morning sun after a great nights sleep (It wasnt boiling hot up in the hills, Arad and austria were stupid hot!)
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After breakfast We set off to a nearby tourist spot Cant remeber what he called them but google say
Pietrele Doamnei
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The final ascent involved chains, It was a bit steep
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and the view from the top
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Trevor, Radu, Shayne and little Sophia
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surprisinglt it was bloody steep going down too!
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Trevor chose an alternative route back
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After our stroll we went to lunch, i had some fish
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and trevor had some soup.
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after lunch we were joined by a fecking legend!
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Radu had got his friend Catalin to guide us for "a bit" of green laneing, He jumped in my passenger seat, shayne and Helen next and Trevor had Radu join him in the 120.
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Top man, spoke as much english as i did Romanian... There was much pointing!
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What are the chances though?
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We stopped at what I think was a ski resort or hotel.
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Don't ever ask Supergran to smile for a photo
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We were served sausage and polenta with goats cheese in the mix. And a none driver may have has some palinka
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And there was an old ???? parked up.
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I think just before these photos 2 mahoosive deer ran accross the tracks. Theres not too many photos from now on but my co pilot, with new found exhuberence decided that i should drive faster and from then on shall forever be known as Gas Gas as that's all he kept saying to me :)
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We didn't finish the planned route as it was getting dark but it was an awesome 8 hours? of offroading/laning in places we would never have got to see as Gas Gas had to unlock gates to let us into places.
 
Brilliant! They are a pretty rare sight!

@Clive in all your years in Rom, have you ever seen bear?

In 18 years (and every weekend in the mountains or the countryside of some sort) I’ve seen 2, one behind a wall so I only saw its head, the other a ‘teenager’ or older cub, sitting on the road verge eating a Mars Bar chucked out by a passing motorist.
 
Nick, I know that climb, it starts as a stroll in the woods and ends up something more akin to K2 :lol:
 

Do you have night vision on your cam Nick because it was a lot darker than it looks in the vid , shortly after that i dropped right back so i could turn headlights on which rather than improving visibility instead showed me a solid wall of dust .

Was fun to remind Helen about the bear warning sign we seen on entry though which said something like do not be here after dark or you will get eaten :lol:
 
No night vision that I'm aware of, it is handy as a rear view mirror Nd I've noticed it can be clearer to use it than not
 
A few vids of that day
The start
The first obstacle
Going up through the forest
some cows
Where we discovered the sheep impression.
Explaining to Gas Gas why the road was so bumpy
I wanted to go left, he wanted me to go right aaaaand crunch
Shayne showing how it should be done.
Tricky bit with a big rit down the middle
and Shayne
Gas Gas Gas Gas!
and Shayne
and out onto the plains
and down through the forest in the dark

Sorry, pooter unable to edit these vids without blue screen of death
 
The next day we left for Clives house, not many pictures taken. Radu had told us to go round a lake which would take a little longer but the views would be worth it. Umm, took about 3 hours i think, hot dusty and couldnt see much of the lake
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The journey seemed to take forever and wasn't helped by a large traffic jam as we neared Clives, I did find this hour or so most entertaining for some reason or other but i will let Trevor explain that one :)
The only two other photos of the day, Trevor looking a bit more relaxed after his epic stool
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and shayne
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The next Day we werent sure what time David was turning up so went to view the reservoir and quarry as they are nearby
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80's rock!
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A very rare picture of the happy couple, both smiling for the camera :)
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Helens reward for being good.
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go on, stuff it in girl!
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We managed to get hold of David and it turned out he wasnt far away and made it back to Clives house before we did, think we had bbq that evening.
 
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