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…
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!
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
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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Fw: Hmmm… Ravey
Last night in sopot (the slightly cheaper less touristy place outside gdansk) was ace, we had a wicked night in...
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Hitchhikers
Yay! First hitchhiker of the Dumball, safely dropped off at Biskupiec.We also just got word that Cowboys and Injuns, and...
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Hmmm… Ravey
Last night in sopot (the slightly cheaper less touristy place outside gdansk) was ace, we had a wicked night in...
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Rolled by the rozzers!
Gdansk...We rolled a speed trap, and the police pulled in the Festering Welshmen for pulling in too late and 'avoiding'...
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"Are you Gdansking?"
"Are you asking?" "Yes" "Yes"Finally a proper hotel on dry land! The Dumball has begun. The hotel is ace, pool,...
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More Mapping Updates!
So, I've been in the pool, checked out the sauna and put my feet up for five minutes.I then found...
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Denmark – Sweden – Poland
Three countries, 2 days, finally a very nice hotel just out side Gdansk! Along the way we passed Mr Barker...
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