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Pictures from an old friend….
dumball
/ September 28, 2009
Just when we thought that Dumball One couldn't possibly still be going - having left it in the hands of...
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Our visas were only valid for one day…
Luke Sudbery
/ May 26, 2009
Well, once again most people are back in blighty, nursing week long hangovers and having the Dumball blues at work.As...
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The Dumball 2009 comedown
dumball
/ May 26, 2009
Shamelessly stolen from last year, but here are a few things to get used to again:* Wearing socks. And pants....
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Helsinki… and its over!
dumball
/ May 24, 2009
102 Dumballers started, 36 cars headed towards Colchester, 101 Dumballers finally made it to Helsinki (Tom sadly found his inability...
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The awards ceremony!
dumball
/ May 24, 2009
The awards ceremony was last night, and it was absolutely awesome.Rick and Nick seriously raised the bar on the venue...
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A few photos!
So, here we are.The Finsish border was a doddle, every single one of us (bar Tom Hornwho has been flown...
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The ‘Finnish’ Line!
dumball
/ May 23, 2009
Hotel lobby of the Radisson SAS 'Seaside' hotel. It appears that everyone is now here. I'm not expecting some of...
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3 hours until our visas run out…
Luke Sudbery
/ May 22, 2009
Wow. Well, we're back on the road again, after spending less than 12 hours in St. Petersburg. We eventually arrived...
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Some things that happen on the Estonian/Russian border
I'm sat outside the hotel back in Tallinn, after our aborted Russian border crossing attempt. After 10 hours of waiting...
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To wait or not to wait…
There is no question.So it appears it works like this: you arrive at Narva, estonian border at about 2pm. Despite...
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Still waiting
So, we haven't moved in 6 hours, give or take. It does seem like we might move soon.Sure... Heard that...
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Waiting for Russia
We're currently queued in a big car park, waiting to be 'processed' to enter Russia. The car park is big,...
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Dumball One fails to complete…
Well, well, well. This is Gareth. We're not quite sure what he does, but he's british and 'crosses the Russian...
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Tallinn is level with Inverness…
Luke Sudbery
/ May 20, 2009
Contrary to most Dumballs, we're heading ever north...So: Riga. Big plush hotel right in the centre of town (which was...
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Estonia, and we have data again!
dumball
/ May 20, 2009
Latvia was bad for data signal for me. You might have noticed from the lack of positioning updates.However, we just...
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You have to make your own fun in Lith…
...uania (there's a limit on the subject length on this phone).So as expected, Kaunas late on a monday night wasn't...
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Raging Horn…. a tale of two sides
dumball
/ May 19, 2009
Here is the horn at the car park in Colchester one Friday... Today the drive into Lithuania was 'interesting' not...
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Woo! Lithuania!
It seems a few posts haven't made to the blog yet, they'll probably all arrive in one go next week...
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