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Romania 2015
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Braking distances Shayne?
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ok we made it and the house is beautiful
Clive and his wife are looking after us real well
Weather is bad so Wayne and i have said we will wait until the rest arrive today we go out
Ok, will upload pictures of the rain when i can
Clive and his wife are looking after us real well
Weather is bad so Wayne and i have said we will wait until the rest arrive today we go out
Ok, will upload pictures of the rain when i can
OK, I know the others have been on the road for 4-5 days already, but today was really day 1 for me. With Mike (ratrace) and Wayne turning up yesterday, and it teeming with rain all night, we woke this morning to solid mist/fog. It was a late lie-in and not worth doing too much with the weather as it was, so we had a trip down to the local supermarket for supplies and had a leisurely breakfast.
Then we had a message that the rest of the team would arrive at about 4:00pm, so not to miss out on too much, I took Mike & Wayne up the back lane to get the tyres a bit muddy.
After reaching the asphalt, we headed for my hill, but the rain had made the ground like mayonnaise on the surface and after slithering around a bit we couldn't get up the steep grassy hill. So we headed back to the asphalt and made our way to Secaria at the bottom of the valley and then climbed the serpentine road up to the top of the next hill range.
Back down the track again to the house and just in time for....
...the arrival of Chas in the Phoenix, Shayne & Helen in the slightly shorter 90 and Ram in his grey 80. All together now and busy setting up camp...
Shayne's missile carrier is ace. In a few moments after getting the jacks down, it blossomed into something resembling the little house on the prairie, very nice indeed, with a double bed and a sofa, a proper home-from-home.
So, altogether now at last, we can plan a few little runs out.
We had supper and a good old chinwag after having a taster of the home brew plumb brandy and a few beers
They're all sleeping now while I'm posting, we'll see what tomorrow brings...
Then we had a message that the rest of the team would arrive at about 4:00pm, so not to miss out on too much, I took Mike & Wayne up the back lane to get the tyres a bit muddy.
After reaching the asphalt, we headed for my hill, but the rain had made the ground like mayonnaise on the surface and after slithering around a bit we couldn't get up the steep grassy hill. So we headed back to the asphalt and made our way to Secaria at the bottom of the valley and then climbed the serpentine road up to the top of the next hill range.
Back down the track again to the house and just in time for....
...the arrival of Chas in the Phoenix, Shayne & Helen in the slightly shorter 90 and Ram in his grey 80. All together now and busy setting up camp...
Shayne's missile carrier is ace. In a few moments after getting the jacks down, it blossomed into something resembling the little house on the prairie, very nice indeed, with a double bed and a sofa, a proper home-from-home.
So, altogether now at last, we can plan a few little runs out.
We had supper and a good old chinwag after having a taster of the home brew plumb brandy and a few beers
They're all sleeping now while I'm posting, we'll see what tomorrow brings...
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More rain
but who cares
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So much to say I don't know where to begin , great house and a very warm welcome and i have ordered Helen to steal the recipe for the meal prepared for us last night , the rain persists but now it can only make for more fun off road , good company meant there were 9 of us at the table and 10 conversations going on at once !
Now for more relevant news - we all know pics never do things justice but Clive's truck is a monument to that statement , it's mint !
I have never personally felt drawn to the 80 series but the way Clive has nailed his together has really got me speculating again .
Helen and I fell in love with Romania long before we reached our destination .
Now for more relevant news - we all know pics never do things justice but Clive's truck is a monument to that statement , it's mint !
I have never personally felt drawn to the 80 series but the way Clive has nailed his together has really got me speculating again .
Helen and I fell in love with Romania long before we reached our destination .
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I'm glad no one was hurt, the truck wasn't mortally wounded and the wheels are still on the trailer, though perhaps not necessarily in that order. …[emoji6][emoji4]
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'Little house on the prairie…'
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I have to say that does look good (and stable) deployed.
Well done Shayne, you've done a cracking job on that.
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I have to say that does look good (and stable) deployed.
Well done Shayne, you've done a cracking job on that.
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Sorry can't do pics as I am limited to the wonders of touchscreen .
I will leave the details for someone else to report but we all had a fantastic day and I would like to thank the bin wagon for getting stuck and allowing us all to get filthy with mud even before we reached the road from Clive's house
gotta love Romanian police but I will let Clive explain that one , and all of a sudden someone said it was 8pm and we were 2 hours late for our evening meal 
I will leave the details for someone else to report but we all had a fantastic day and I would like to thank the bin wagon for getting stuck and allowing us all to get filthy with mud even before we reached the road from Clive's house
gotta love Romanian police but I will let Clive explain that one , and all of a sudden someone said it was 8pm and we were 2 hours late for our evening meal
OK, it rained all night.
I'm gutted because the heatwave broke on the very day of arrival, just can't believe it
I didn't want to risk a trip on the ridge in the wet, its clay-soil and grass, a lethal combination in the wet after such a dry spell, so what to do? Opted for an asphalt trip to a place called Pestera, which is down in a valley, because the higher we went the further we would bury ourselves into the clouds.
We set off down to the main road, but on the way, we spotted a garbage truck bogged into a side track, they've been installing a sewer pipe and had left the backfilling loose... and it was raining. No photos of that 'cos we were busy, eventually pulled him out (twice) using a tow strap to my rear shackles and winching with a snatchblock off a concrete cable pole. Someone else will have to post photos of that malarkey
Good-deed of the day duly done, we took the DN1 from our village (Comarnic) northwards and just before entering Sinaia, took a left onto the Targovista road. It snakes its way up to about 1000m, then there's a tourist road on the right. We pulled up in a layby so that the convoy could re-group.
Bugger me, as I jumped from the truck, a police patrol car pulled up. They asked what we were doing and I explained that I lived locally and that the rest of the bunch were friends who'd travelled all the way from the UK.
"Is that your vehicle?" I was asked, "yes" said I, "papers" was the reply...
While my documents were being inspected, I asked if the road was open (because it's closed in winter and on days with poor visibility or storms). "Technically no" was the answer, "but many tourists use it..." said the cop.
"Is it illegal to use it when it's closed?" I asked innocently "we don't want to be breaking the law" I added.
"Technically yes, when it's closed you can't use it" said the cop, "but people use it". "OK" said I, "so if we were to use it now, would you book us?" "No he said, have a good trip"
This road used to be dirt and rocks up to about 4 years ago. It's steep and serpentine and was great for downhill biking, now it's boring asphalt half the way, but the rest of it let us pretend we were offroad...
Some fallen rocks, just to remind us that nature is still the real boss
Into the gorge...
Plenty of water there now...
Ram's grey 80...
Mark looking like he's trying to run Wayne over...
and Helen trying to ram Mike, oh no, that's not right...
We stopped and took a walk, down loads of steps...
Then it was up loads of steps and this steep path...
And this is the gateway to a tiny monastery/church inside a cave
Traditionally painted, Romanian Orthodox...
Then a wander deep into the cave...
Back into the misty daylight...
The monastery buildings...
The roofs and cladding are in small hand-carved wooden shingles... impressive
The line-up
Making our way back up alongside the stream
and crossing over it
and the return run down the side of the reservoir, now the mist has cleared a bit
Ever had that feeling, like you're being followed?
Back through the gorge...
A look-stop, at the reservoir
Happy truck!
The views we missed on the way up in the mist
Lined up to go home...
More tomorrow...
I'm gutted because the heatwave broke on the very day of arrival, just can't believe it
I didn't want to risk a trip on the ridge in the wet, its clay-soil and grass, a lethal combination in the wet after such a dry spell, so what to do? Opted for an asphalt trip to a place called Pestera, which is down in a valley, because the higher we went the further we would bury ourselves into the clouds.
We set off down to the main road, but on the way, we spotted a garbage truck bogged into a side track, they've been installing a sewer pipe and had left the backfilling loose... and it was raining. No photos of that 'cos we were busy, eventually pulled him out (twice) using a tow strap to my rear shackles and winching with a snatchblock off a concrete cable pole. Someone else will have to post photos of that malarkey
Good-deed of the day duly done, we took the DN1 from our village (Comarnic) northwards and just before entering Sinaia, took a left onto the Targovista road. It snakes its way up to about 1000m, then there's a tourist road on the right. We pulled up in a layby so that the convoy could re-group.
Bugger me, as I jumped from the truck, a police patrol car pulled up. They asked what we were doing and I explained that I lived locally and that the rest of the bunch were friends who'd travelled all the way from the UK.
"Is that your vehicle?" I was asked, "yes" said I, "papers" was the reply...
While my documents were being inspected, I asked if the road was open (because it's closed in winter and on days with poor visibility or storms). "Technically no" was the answer, "but many tourists use it..." said the cop.
"Is it illegal to use it when it's closed?" I asked innocently "we don't want to be breaking the law" I added.
"Technically yes, when it's closed you can't use it" said the cop, "but people use it". "OK" said I, "so if we were to use it now, would you book us?" "No he said, have a good trip"
This road used to be dirt and rocks up to about 4 years ago. It's steep and serpentine and was great for downhill biking, now it's boring asphalt half the way, but the rest of it let us pretend we were offroad...
Some fallen rocks, just to remind us that nature is still the real boss
Into the gorge...
Plenty of water there now...
Ram's grey 80...
Mark looking like he's trying to run Wayne over...
and Helen trying to ram Mike, oh no, that's not right...
We stopped and took a walk, down loads of steps...
Then it was up loads of steps and this steep path...
And this is the gateway to a tiny monastery/church inside a cave
Traditionally painted, Romanian Orthodox...
Then a wander deep into the cave...
Back into the misty daylight...
The monastery buildings...
The roofs and cladding are in small hand-carved wooden shingles... impressive
The line-up
Making our way back up alongside the stream
and crossing over it
and the return run down the side of the reservoir, now the mist has cleared a bit
Ever had that feeling, like you're being followed?
Back through the gorge...
A look-stop, at the reservoir
Happy truck!
The views we missed on the way up in the mist
Lined up to go home...
More tomorrow...
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Yep wheels stayed on but the trailer brakes were locked solid and in hindsight I so wish I had got someone to video me dragging it with its wheels locked and tyres screeching to a bus stop 50ft down the road in Vienna town centre . Says something about how tough these trucks are that despite all the front bodywork being bent , the a/c condenser being crushed , and the rad leaning back a good 4" from its intended position everything still works with no leaks or noises and it drives as good as ever . Pity the army didn't make thier stuff so strong as the trailers NATO hitch is kaput the impact bent the hydraulic ram so brakes had to be disconnected to get us back on the road .
sh*t happens my reaction was to shake my head assess the damage and set to work getting us moving again .
Don't know what's happened to my pics (again) 
Not just me then Clive.
Romania looks beautiful. Lynn commented that it looks like Austria. Hope you can get the rest of the pics up, she's rather looking forward to seeing them (as am I). [emoji4]
Romania looks beautiful. Lynn commented that it looks like Austria. Hope you can get the rest of the pics up, she's rather looking forward to seeing them (as am I). [emoji4]
Paddler Ed
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^ That's what I find an issue; if I load them at uni then it's pretty good (about 95%+ success) but at home (fibre to the door...) I don't get as much success... However, Ben's threads (where his photos are hosted on Photobucket or similar) then it has no problems...
Even given all that, the photos look great, Shayne's trailer looks awesome (and I've been off checking the military disposal auctions here after seeing it) and the scenery looks pretty special.
Even given all that, the photos look great, Shayne's trailer looks awesome (and I've been off checking the military disposal auctions here after seeing it) and the scenery looks pretty special.
I'll have another go.
They all loaded (as far as I knew) perfectly, on download direct from my laptop harddrive, they were all visible and I was using the advanced option.
Then I pressed post and I could see them..
However, when I went back to the post, only half were there and a right mouse click on the "Attachment ####" says invalid link or some such.
I'll have to reload them in edit and see how that works out. Trouble is it takes ages and then to find they don't work is
to say the least....
They all loaded (as far as I knew) perfectly, on download direct from my laptop harddrive, they were all visible and I was using the advanced option.
Then I pressed post and I could see them..
However, when I went back to the post, only half were there and a right mouse click on the "Attachment ####" says invalid link or some such.
I'll have to reload them in edit and see how that works out. Trouble is it takes ages and then to find they don't work is
to say the least.... 
Towpack
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I'll have another go.
They all loaded (as far as I knew) perfectly, on download direct from my laptop harddrive, they were all visible and I was using the advanced option.
Then I pressed post and I could see them..
However, when I went back to the post, only half were there and a right mouse click on the "Attachment ####" says invalid link or some such.
I'll have to reload them in edit and see how that works out. Trouble is it takes ages and then to find they don't work is
Clive,
Are you sure you haven't dropped the file extension on the unloading pics? The ones that won't load are those marked "attachment xxxxx". Those marked with a file ext of .jpg load OK. Just a thought.
I don't know how I have if that's the case TP, I've uploaded them all the same way using the "basic uploader" option and browsing to the files.
They seem to be uploading OK now though, I'm working my way through the missing ones in "edit"...
They seem to be uploading OK now though, I'm working my way through the missing ones in "edit"...
