Saturday, 1 September 2012

Mr C - oil temp to high he was baking bless him - but what a place to "break" down!

Engine oil has over heated outside saltzburg on the E55 so stopped on hard shoulder n nearly got spanked so limped mr c into the services and parked up , took engine cover and seats out opened all the windows to cool
Engine oil as quick as possible as not to damage engine , sooo now we need things to do :) so off comes the pit bike after doin the. Choirs of water and bits , we both went for a solo ride in an old quarry we found and an old abandoned road and old dams for the snow fall to direct it , then we went for a tandam ride and went on an adventure with a beer and a BEER! we were set to go , goin over the most ricaty old shitty bridges with Missin planks and no rails and a shir drop down we was smiling but crappin our pants haha ! We soldiered on and came to another track leadin to a Forrest that had DANGER VENAMOUS SNAKES !! As you do we carried on through the rockiest little beaten down tracks ( for those who know it you can imagine the penine way) we  came to a field surrounded by electric fences ( this is twice in 2 weeks we have come across electric fences while trying to sly our way through a Forrest but last time we did find a party hahaha!!!! But we eventually had to turn back as we didn't want to scare any livestock or annoy the locals but what an amazing way to pass a few hours , heading back to the service station both on the pit bike and it was goin strong up and down the hills , we zoomed through the lorry park and car parks gettin thumbs up from everyone especially the cleaner dude who loved both the van and the bike but don't speak a word of English hahaha! We packed up bike and went for a wonder round services and found 2 locked showers and went hunting for the keys !! After asking about 4 different people we came to a very nice lady who gave us both a key each and we had awesome massive shower rooms all to ourselves which is a god send in a trip like this not that I'm complaining at all :) , after a shower feeling fresh we parked the van in a very open spot and cooked dinner and pulled any passer by into the van and everyone we met was brilliant and really friendly and inquisitive about the van and our trip :) we stopped for a while more honking and chatting by which time it was dark and alot cooler for the van so on popped my leopard skin trilby and off we trot , on the way out the services we spotted a massive vw lt45 motorhome and had to stop and chat to the guy , turns out he has made alot of the changes Phil has with mr c except his was a mk 1 and a bit trickier to mount the larger turbo engine in it ha! But the guy was German and it did not seems to phase him at all , actually he played it down a lot showing us his v8 sticker as it is so slow to be ironic , oh how we laughed in similarity haha ! We are on the move now it is dark and a shame we can't see the mountains and scenery but there's always tomo!  ONTO SLAVINIA :)!!! 

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Two lads.... Callum and myself Phil have been planning an unforgettable month long trip across Europe in one of our Camper vans, destination.... "Outlook festival in Croatia" The festival is held on a small island with beautiful beaches. The festival is 5 days long and has a 3 day after party. We will be heading by ferry to the hook of Holland to stop at Amsterdam, then on through Germany where we are ridiculously taking the van around the Nuremberg ring, detouring a little to visit Prague in the Czech republic, and down across Austria and Slovenia to reach Croatia. The trip home will take us through Italy France and Belgium