There were times when, even though we KNEW you'd been through, there were virtually no signs at all. I road as 'rear gunner' almost all of the way and even though 3 other Cruisers were in front of me, the
tyres barely left a mark to follow. Quite strange
Thats quite correct, even though there had been 9 vehicles in Lorin & Toby's group through some of the tracks just a day or 2 previously, there was hardly any sign on the tracks.
only in a couple of places was it really obvious.
Even though its a vast area, the amount of routes are really quite small, we could only find the one heading North from Umba, which as it happened was the one you took via Inga.
Our (digital) maps on the toughbooks were ancient soviet maps, and showed the various tracks with buildings and settlements in places, many of the buildings & settlements are now abandoned & derelict, but the tracks, or remains of the tracks, are still there & passable.
The route we took across the mountains was a real achievement for us as it was so tough and difficult to find a way through, not sure what the route you took was like
Great pics Lorin, & yes I do recognise some of the places! It was so unreal to bump into you in such a large area, especially as we had no idea exactly where you might be, other than somewhere on the Kola, next time we meet up will probably be at Lincomb not in Russia.
Glad your trip was a success, however I am really glad that we ended up doing our trip independently, it made it very satisfying from start, (visa applications etc) to finish to do what we did & see the places we found, even getting out of Russia after (me) being detained for hours gave a sense of achievement!!
