sandway:
Just read your extraordinary tale skipvitesse and the accompanying photos are excellent. Most drivers are never put in that position but you were and you won through. Thats what life is about. Outstanding account of what can be achieved. Well done.
Oh to be 25 again, and 40+ years ago,
No way could you do that kind of trip nowdays, I honestly thought of myself as a ‘Paid Tourist’, free to wander in strange places, No SatNavs, No Phones, Live on your wits or else,Not once was i ever scared i just assumed i would get through, going back was out of the question, learnt my lesson the hard way running up to Iron Curtain Russia, only way is foreward,
I never once thought of myself as a ‘Middle East Trucker’, many, many more guys did 10 times what i did, but i always seemed to get problem trips, and others just sailed through on standard route,
But glad i did the oddball routes,
You only live once they say,
Big thumbs up to all old drivers still with us,
Was a different life, i only scratched the surface