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Author: Jane
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The weather, which had been cold but clear, took a turn for the worse overnight, with rain followed by sullen skies. Nevertheless we took Flynn on a short hike up the valley, only slightly dismayed by signs warning of recent bear attacks. The path led alongside a clear stream. Back at Jones, we headed off,…
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We had a bit too much of a driving day today. We were keen to get through Hungary because, being over 3.5T, we need a Hu-Go box, and to get one of those, we need an actual V5C, with us now, rather than on the hall sideboard at home. Also, we had a relatively slow…
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We had an atypically slow start to the day, with a hair wash for me, and blog writing for Rog. It was nearly 10 before we were on the road, heading for the Scarisoara Ice Cave, about 3 hours away. About an hour in to our journey, we stopped for fuel, and Rog went to…
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As some of you know, I was treated for my fear of heights in Amsterdam earlier this year. (If you haven’t watched the Channel 4 programme “The Fear Clinic” and are interested in the treatment, which uses beta blockers, I do recommend it.) At the end of my treatment, which was successful, I was told…
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The weather forecast for the coming weeks could be summarised as “summer is over, winter is on its way.” It made us feel that we should at least be making gentle progress towards home, rather than away from it. As has so often been the case, our Garmin Overland made a massive cluck up when…
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I wondered if some of our odd feelings yesterday about Bulgaria were actually due to all the signage being in Cyrillic. Even the nicest words can look as though they’re coming from the mouth of Joseph Stalin. Here, he is saying “Welcome to my lovely restaurant which serves the best fish!” It feels more threatening…
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We drove back to Tulcea to food shop. Coffee, veg and beer were achieved, but I swerved this… Then we headed south. Our main touristing of the day was Enisala Fortress. The fortress was built by Genovese merchants at the beginning of the 14th century to take the monopoly of Black Sea trade from the…
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It was a peaceful night at Camping Muddy Volcanoes apart from the volcanoes that were erupting inside Jones as Rog set off on a major snoring session. Earplugs were deployed and I finally got to sleep. As we’d decided to stay put, we had a lazy start to the day, which became even lazier when…
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