Paul64

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How do you get the time off work for these longer trips? Do you go for unpaid leave?

Great photos! And by the way your truck looks great. What do you mean about the improper attention? Were the camp staff trying to thieve from you? Paul

Thanks guys. I think I will bide my time for something more appropriate. Keep me in mind if you hear of a bargain. Cheers, Paul

What do you think about the price of this Eberspacher D2 diesel heater with SILENCER 7 DAY TIMER on ebay? Is it too much? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Eberspacher-D2-diese...1QQcmdZViewItem

Found it! (I think?) Take a look at this which covers Romania. http://shop.sonystyle-europe.com/catalog/4...0002BC29B86.pdf http://shop.sonystyle-europe.com/SonyStyle...=LEC-ODWNVU7106

Do they live in Norfolk!

Hi Chris, The double garage will be a secure lock up. My next door neighbours will be my brother-in-law and his wife. They run a shop right next to my land, which is manned for about 14 hours a day. Crime rate is very low anyway. My wife came up with a good idea this week. Rent first for a few months to see if busininess works out before committing to the building work. Good idea as rents very low. Flight cost will plummet when ROM joins EU as they did in Hungary when they joined. The village where I have the land is not too remote. A village with about 2000 inhabitants, but close to the mountains. I just love it there. When I worked there I had the best time of my life. It is just getting the family balance right. I am 42, so I am going to have to act soon. Not just because of age, but when ROM join the EU, prices and competition will rocket. I do have an advantage there though, as I know lots of people, own land and can rely on relatives. Cheers, Paul.

Guys this is all great stuff, thanks. I just need to make some sense of it all. Lucky break on the horizon. Somebody I know from JHQ is visiting Muenster tomorrow. He is coming to look at my LR after work. He has done off road rally driving with the army. Knows loads about navigation. I am going to print of all your suggestions, and go through it with him. Again many thanks. I will feed back later. Paul.

Mate you are rocking! I worked in a prison for 4 years, and I tell you that bl**dy opened my eyes! Had to leave eventually. My wife got sick of me driving her to the shops, looking at everyone guessing who was the thief, rapist and GBH supplier. Had my house turned over with my prison uniform laid out on the sofa ready for next day. That didn't put them off! When the police arrived they said they thought it was an adult and kid job, as the sky light window the scrote crawled through was only big enough for a 7 year old. Went downstairs and opened the door probably for Dad! Well done son. Nothing like a bit of parental bonding! Only lasted 18 months more, then moved to Germany. Never had a single problem over here. German police have a very different atitude over here. They are only interested in maintaining the law, without any fear of getting in trouble for doing their job! No messing with these guys! Forget political correctness in Germany, start titting about with these fellas and you know about it. Its all about not offending anyone in the UK, PC, and keeping everyone happy. It just does not work! Get back to what policing is all about, maintaining the law. No wonder the prisons are full. Board and Lodging and an education to boot! 'O' Levels and a criminal university, with plenty of networking ready for when they are released early. It is all so bl**dy obvious, so why can't those that are elected do what we want them to do. Simply keep us and our hard earnt belongings safe?????????????????????????

I'm really sorry Keith. Gut wrenching to say the least. Not much I can do to help from Germany apart from post the link with details to my friends back in the UK. Although I do feel like bringing over the boys to police the streets. Something is not right with all this thieving going on. I hear this sort of thing all the time when the lads are on exercise in Poland, but back in Blighty?? This really pi**es me off. Sorry again. Paul.

'O' ring arrived today Ralph from Rimmer Bros, and I fitted it this evening. Rimmer seems like a good company, with no problems delivering to BFPO. Even have a postal tracking service which is quite a nice feature. Thanks again, Paul.

This sort of thing just does my head in! What the hell is going on in the UK.

Looked like you had great fun!

Thanks for the offer of help. I am still considering the options at the moment. Cheers, Paul

Now this looks promising! The OZI Explorer seems quite detailed. Do you look at the laptop screen as you are driving, or a GPS connected to the laptop? If it is the laptop where do you put it? Laptop screens are not particularly easy to view in a car. Cheers, Paul.

When they have had a couple of months in the UK, they will soon go back! The Hungarians in Transylvania had the option to move to Hungary after 1989 where the conditions materialy were better. Most sensible ones stayed. The grass is not always greener on the other side. I think the UK government should be more concerned about the organised criminal element that most certainly will mobilise from Romania. Paul

Thanks for that. I am going to pop into my local German GPS store and see what they can come up with preloaded. My brain is aching already with the effort of trying to understand this. We have a new computer system at work, and I have to do the ECDL course, so will be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century! Cheers, Paul.

I have tried a Navman and liked it a lot. However, why pay a large amount of money for something like that if all technology relies on s**t mapping available for Romania? Thanks, Paul

Great pictures Leeds. Which areas did you visit? Did you camp? Cheers, Paul.

I'm not sure what to do really. None of the Eastern European mapping covers Romania at all well, so might take previous advice given and simply buy an £80 unit. I know if I buy that someone else will say "You didn't really want to do that, because it doesn't do this or that." Bl**dy confusing business just getting from A to B. I just want something that will talk me there. I also want the grid reference codes to work on it as well. But that will be another story. Thanks Leeds, but as you have pointed out well, there doesn't seem to be any one unit that does it all well.

Thanks Ralph

Sorry for being stupid, but that link is lost on me. Tried it and got a load of abode files, but can't do anything with it. This is where I need mapping to Cheers, Paul http://www.garmin.com/cgi-bin/mapgen/webma...mp;k=1&sc=1

I'm getting there slowly. I found this device below by Garmin. Good reviews all round. However, it comes with UK mapping. Do I then request a card with Eurpean mapping on, or do I simply buy a card and download from one of the links you guys have provided? Cheers, Paul. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-I2-Car-Sate...6839013-2838241