I am just going for my first BIG RUN

[orys]

just leaving home to Croatia.

Boss phoned me to tell do not go via Slovakia…

Well… Quick glance on the map… I think I can do it I can go NOT VIA VLADIVOSTOK as well

Being serious: there are some strikes on the public sector in Slovenia, just spoke with friend from there, he said lorries wait up to 12 hours on SLO-CRO border…

[trev_h]

Have a good trip Orys, don’t run any red lights

[mike-c]

That’ll be a doddle for you, you’ve probably already done the run to Poland a few times by now? Still, it certainley is a big run alright, a lot farther than i’ve ever been

[darby_flyer]

Enjoy the trip Orys and don’t forget to take a camera. You can post some piccies on here when you get back.

[dieseldave]

Darby Flyer:
Enjoy the trip Orys and don’t forget to take a camera. You can post some piccies on here when you get back.

Agreed mate, cos this is an ideal opportunity for orys to do a nice photo-diary. (Please.)

I’ve been to Croatia (Zagreb,) but it was in 1982 when the whole country was called Jugoslavia and I went by a fairly direct route through Belgium, Germany and Austria.

Over to you orys, cos I’d like to see what the place looks like in more modern times. (Please.)

[thebear]

dieseldave:

Darby Flyer:
Enjoy the trip Orys and don’t forget to take a camera. You can post some piccies on here when you get back.

Agreed mate, cos this is an ideal opportunity for orys to do a nice photo-diary. (Please.)

I’ve been to Croatia (Zagreb,) but it was in 1982 when the whole country was called Jugoslavia and I went by a fairly direct route through Belgium, Germany and Austria.

Over to you orys, cos I’d like to see what the place looks like in more modern times. (Please.)

I am the same as you, Dave. I was going to Greece and it was a beautiful drive along their one and only motorway, the M1 as I recall. Past Zagreb, Belgrade and Nis down thro Macedonia. I can still see the border guard and the way he was dressed in his much bigger brothers overcoat lol

[gogzy]

watch out for any van den bosch motors, look for my name plate

[dieseldave]

TheBear:

dieseldave:

Darby Flyer:
Enjoy the trip Orys and don’t forget to take a camera. You can post some piccies on here when you get back.

Agreed mate, cos this is an ideal opportunity for orys to do a nice photo-diary. (Please.)

I’ve been to Croatia (Zagreb,) but it was in 1982 when the whole country was called Jugoslavia and I went by a fairly direct route through Belgium, Germany and Austria.

Over to you orys, cos I’d like to see what the place looks like in more modern times. (Please.)

I am the same as you, Dave. I was going to Greece and it was a beautiful drive along their one and only motorway, the M1 as I recall. Past Zagreb, Belgrade and Nis down thro Macedonia. I can still see the border guard and the way he was dressed in his much bigger brothers overcoat lol

Hi Bear,
Yes mate, the Jugoslavian M1… ee, by gum… I remember when some sections of it were cobbled- and I’m not kidding
I can also remember when they were tarmacing it and the contraflows, what a mess it was!!

I never got as far as Greece, having only ever been sent as far as Belgrade.

I wonder whether “the stumps” (IIRC, near Slavonski Brod) is still as busy now that the motorway is all finished?

[orys]

Hi guys, greetings from Nagykanizsa It seems that i will have an interesting story to tell on my return as i sit on HU-HR border nearly 35 hrs now due to some duck up with the paperwork… lucky me to be paid per hour… but i run out of books and mags luckily there was a few Czech drivers so they helped me with some blesk paper - its something like sun so i am now up to date with all Helena Vondrackova’s affairs I am now in the town nearby where i am parked outside mcdonalds and i am stealing their wifi … but its madness to write from mobile so i tell you the rest later gogzy look up for a white rhd sprinter ah and i forgot bloody hungarians at the border are terrible almost noone speaks any languages i tried englis french polish czech and also some russian german and croatian words i picked from croat truckers but they just look at me as i was from outer space and these bloody idiots dare to be angry at me that i dont speak hungarian… rant over take care u all

[gogzy]

orys:
Hi guys, greetings from Nagykanizsa It seems that i will have an interesting story to tell on my return as i sit on HU-HR border nearly 35 hrs now due to some duck up with the paperwork… lucky me to be paid per hour… but i run out of books and mags luckily there was a few Czech drivers so they helped me with some blesk paper - its something like sun so i am now up to date with all Helena Vondrackova’s affairs I am now in the town nearby where i am parked outside mcdonalds and i am stealing their wifi … but its madness to write from mobile so i tell you the rest later gogzy look up for a white rhd sprinter ah and i forgot bloody hungarians at the border are terrible almost noone speaks any languages i tried englis french polish czech and also some russian german and croatian words i picked from croat truckers but they just look at me as i was from outer space and these bloody idiots dare to be angry at me that i dont speak hungarian… rant over take care u all

if you see vdb truck 311 thats me, i dont have my nameplate though left that at home , ill be pondering along at some god awfully slow speed lol, as for them looking at you as your from outer space…well you have driven from scotland which is about the same really lol

[orys]

Ok i am on my way back total time at the border 60 hrs , 56 on hungarian site and 4 in croatis. That was some adventure

[homofaber]

orys:
…ah and i forgot bloody hungarians … they just look at me as i was from outer space and these bloody idiots dare to be angry at me that i dont speak hungarian…

po-lak wegier dva bratanki
jak do szabli tak do sklanki

edit: what’s wrong with word p.o.l.a.k (without fullstops) that autocensor blocks it?

[orys]

■■■■ i made so long answer yesterday clicking in that mobile and then just before i sent it the bloody ÄŒSAD bus i was stealing wifi from left the services…

No way i will write it allagain now but i am on another run,actually just after Brno… I was in Homo Faber’s homeland . More and pics to follow

[bullitt]

TheBear:
I am the same as you, Dave. I was going to Greece and it was a beautiful drive along their one and only motorway, the M1 as I recall. Past Zagreb, Belgrade and Nis down thro Macedonia…

[carryfast]

bullitt:

TheBear:
I am the same as you, Dave. I was going to Greece and it was a beautiful drive along their one and only motorway, the M1 as I recall. Past Zagreb, Belgrade and Nis down thro Macedonia…

This was the Zagreb - Belgrade motorway in early 1994.

What is now the A2 and A1 between Villach,Ljubljana and Koper was also there in the 1980’s and some sections of that and what is now the A1 and A6 between Zagreb and Rijeka were finished as early as 1980 long before most of what is now the the A3 between Zagreb and Belgrade was built.

[orys]

Greetings from paris … this is why i took that job!

[gogzy]

orys:
Greetings from paris … this is why i took that job!

you must be easily please if you actually enjoy being in paris lol

[orys]

gogzy:

orys:
Greetings from paris … this is why i took that job!

you must be easily please if you actually enjoy being in paris lol

Yeah, paris is overrated. Its about going places rather… no more local distribution in range 20 miles from glasglow…

[flat_to_the_mat]

orys:

gogzy:

orys:
Greetings from paris … this is why i took that job!

you must be easily please if you actually enjoy being in paris lol

Yeah, paris is overrated. Its about going places rather… no more local distribution in range 20 miles from glasglow…

Paris is overated ? Well ■■■■ my old boots that’s rich with your history .