Great Diary. I wonder how many of those trailers and possibly lorries are there “officially”
it a great read matt keep em coming 
Really enjoyed that 
Great to see people still travelling to far flung places.
Also interesting to see all those trailers still in livery, whats that all about?
brilliant diary matt glad to see a driver enjoying his job there aint many of us about lol !! are you doing the whole tour until italy on the 31 july ?
Great read and what a great job you got, I’m also envious of all those curries you seem to have. I look forward to the rest of the tour.
[off topic] What does the round green “L” mean, see it all the time [/off topic]
good stuff. They sure don’t look after there lorrys
pete904ni:
[off topic] What does the round green “L” mean, see it all the time [/off topic]
its an austrian “hush” certificate (cant remember the actual name, coffeeholic knows!)
Great diary Mat, what are the green stickers on the trailers with an ‘a’ on them for? Had them on some EST trailers a couple of weeks ago.
Cheers,
Chris
Good diary Matt, keep 'em coming.
happy burthday fella sorry its late hope a good night was had !!
j-mac
nice post and great pics. St Petersburg is a fantastic city. The fireworks display is held every year to celebrate “white nights” in mid summer when it doesn’t get dark all night. Its a bit like may morning in Oxford, when everyone goes down to the river and party on the bridges.
The column and statue in the main square are free standing, there are no foundations and nothing holding it to the ground other than the sheer weight of the marble. It’s amazing when you realise that St Petersburg, then leningrad, was subjected to a battering by the germans in WWII and a long siege, and many of the original buildings were destroyed, but they were re built exactly as before.
Keep the pics and stories coming!