And they're off!!

[Mide]

Kev and Mark left Harwich this eve on a ferry to Esberg. They'll arrive at lunchtime and head to Kiel in north Germany where they'll take a ferry to Ust Luga in Russia.
They should arrive there at 9am on Friday morning. It's about a 2 hour ride to St. Petersburg. The bikes will be crated up and Kev and Mark will fly home Sat. The bikes will be brought to Vladivostok on the trans Siberian railway. That will take 4 weeks and then they'll be shipped to Magadan, that should take 1 week.

The boys will fly out on 20/21 July and after a few days in Magadan, will start the ride home!

 

[Kamikaze]

Seems like a lot of work just for a spin on a bike.

Me, jealous? Not a bit.

 

[gebrauchtwagen83]

so so jealous! keep us updated

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Good luck

 

[neil 23]

A real adventure, good luck to you !

 

[Loiq]

cool... can't wait to see the pictures

 

[mrsroynie]

Good luck to them both

Look forward to catching up with them when they get back. May be they can give us some pointers for our China trip ...

 

[(RIP) petcul]

May the road rise to yis

 

[Micky]

Wonderful

 

[Jockser]

Good luck Kev
Will see ya before the real adventure starts

Me, jealous? Not a bit.

Ya didn't win the Lotto so ?

 

[Kamikaze]

Fraid not.
How're ya fixed for a loan?

 

[Ravenbyrne]

Is that a Renazco seat......

Safe trip guys

 

[Aidan1150]

He's so fackin lacky.

 

[Mide]

He's bored out of his biccie he's only been on the ferry since last night!!

But he won't be off til Friday morning

I'd say there'll be a bit of going on tonight

No Internet connection either

 

[ghost]

lookin forward to the ride report

 

[eclectic]

Don't believe a word of it. Sure he's only allowed one beer a day on the budget that you set

And he has to allow for drinks all round in Enniskillen

Looking forward to the RR

And the lads are provisionally penciled in for a talk at Horizons next year!!

 

[Glenboy]

Great adventure - best of luck with it guys

 

[Mide]

They eventually got off the ferry this morning! There was no bar on it

They spent a few hours in customs, eventually got through, somebody ran out of petrol, nobody had any roubles, the garage wouldn't take credit cards

They got that sorted, then promptly got lost ended up on a toll road they didn't need to be on!

They found the place where the bikes are being crated and shipped from. Kev is concerned that it looked a bit 'dodgy', and he's an Essex boy

Anyway, left the bikes, walked for miles, got on the wrong metro, got off the wrong metro and got a bus that would bring them to the right metro

Jaysus! I'm exhausted just telling ye

Anyway, they've found their way to Mark's girlfriend's mother's house in the centre of St. Petersburg and she had dinner prepared for them

He'll be home tomorrow

If he can find the airport in the morning

 

[Ravenbyrne]

After reading that episode I'm really looking forward to the ride report proper

 

[T900]

i reckon he will need a pint after all that