Fred's Trip to Poland

[paulw1973]

I'm off to California 1st September if Fred fancies a trip to Hollywood, Disneyland & Sea World?

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Fred is interested in a trip to the US, if we can find good time for a handover. Would have to be last weekend in August and as we are just back, time will be tight. Do you get over staffordshire way at all? Would make it much easier.

Mrs Lowedb reckons Fred is her bear now, anyway. Fred says he isn't and while very comfortable, is ready to move on.

He likes the hotel he's staying in here:





He's been out into town, and made a wish at the old town well:




His wish came true and he got a nice cold beer!!



Lucky Fred!

PS: Mods, could you edit the main title to show this is Freds whole trip, not just the airport. Ta!

[paulw1973]

[QUOTE]

Originally Posted by lowedb

Fred is interested in a trip to the US, if we can find good time for a handover. Would have to be last weekend in August and as we are just back, time will be tight. Do you get over staffordshire way at all? Would make it much easier.

Sorry don't get to staffordshire and i don't have the time before we go to do a run across to you. I fly from Heathrow early on 1st September but i am taking the Kids to Legoland Windsor on 31st August and spending the night in a hotel... Any suggestions?

Paul

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Sorry all, been a bit busy so not updated the last bit of Freds last holiday.

While we were in Rzeszow, we went for a day out in Lancut (pronouced wine soot, yes, I know). Fred really enjoyed it at the castle. He went for a play in the trees.



and was really naughty as he should have kept off the grass




He was brave with the lion



and prentended he was in Rome, not Poland



He said he really enjoyed it, but now he's gone off to spain with Stocktake. He's promised to come along to the Carsington meet too.

[calysto]

Hello Lowedb,

Thans for the link. I would probably never get here
I hope Fred and you enjoyed your trip to southern Poland, though I believe that neither of you liked the roads. Nor did the suspension of your R75! It's getting better year by year, though.
You probably have visited more places than I've been to, funny, isn't it?
I don't mean Kraków, but the remaining towns - Cieszyn, Rzeszów, Łańcut. I passed through Rzeszów once to the Solina dam - I don't know if you travelled deeper south?
I strongly recommend visiting another part of Poland - the Lake District. It's where the Teutonic Knights lived - Malbork castle was their "den".

Yes, the R75 is becoming to be more popular here; mine was purchased in Poland in 2004; I'm the second owner. A lady I know well drove it and she did 40.000 miles in four years.
Rovers series 200, 400, 600 (800 to a lesser degree) are more common here.
Before this one, I had a 620 SI, which has never let me down.
There are two problems though - lack of skilled mechanics who know the R75, and availibility + prices of spare parts ("back box" - equivalent of Ł370).

Kind regards,
Waldek

[Roverowner]

Originally Posted by calysto

Hello Lowedb,

Thans for the link. I would probably never get here
I hope Fred and you enjoyed your trip to southern Poland, though I believe that neither of you liked the roads. Nor did the suspension of your R75! It's getting better year by year, though.
You probably have visited more places than I've been to, funny, isn't it?
I don't mean Kraków, but the remaining towns - Cieszyn, Rzeszów, Łańcut. I passed through Rzeszów once to the Solina dam - I don't know if you travelled deeper south?
I strongly recommend visiting another part of Poland - the Lake District. It's where the Teutonic Knights lived - Malbork castle was their "den".

Yes, the R75 is becoming to be more popular here; mine was purchased in Poland in 2004; I'm the second owner. A lady I know well drove it and she did 40.000 miles in four years.
Rovers series 200, 400, 600 (800 to a lesser degree) are more common here.
Before this one, I had a 620 SI, which has never let me down.
There are two problems though - lack of skilled mechanics who know the R75, and availibility + prices of spare parts ("back box" - equivalent of Ł370).

Kind regards,
Waldek

Hello Waldek!! Your just across the (Baltic) pond from me. There seems to be you , me and Fille in Finland in this neck of the woods

I get all my spares off the great blokes on here (Messenger and co) and off the ebay. There is one guy in town here who services Rovers. He seems a nice bloke but don´t half charge (my scottish side coming out) He wanted 3 to 4 hundred pounds for a service (oil change etc). I got all the bits off ebay and did it myself (easy on a diesel), cost about 100 pounds. That paid for the diesel for the 4000 km trip over to my brother and friends in UK There is so much knowledge about our cars in the club so just ask (Jules, T-cut, Greeners and Phil are really friendly and helpful)

[zojosc]

Originally Posted by Bjorn the bear

Me an Fred is gud mates now.

He duz like his beer, though. Wot hav use lot been teaching him?

That Trebor bloke is not a bad man really, Fred admitted two mee that it woz really hiz eyedea to get sum munee out of you. Eye like hiz stile!!.

I woz going two doo sum dammige to trebors car too get him bak, butt it woz wayy two nice and it turns owt it wuz Fred being norty anywaze. Even mum (Mrs Lowedb) said wot a luvly kar Rob has got.

Bjorn

How come you can afford fancy trips to Poland with your friends new and OLD but cant afford to help this great club by forking out a few quid to go RED?

Andy

[calysto]

Originally Posted by Roverowner

Hello Waldek!! Your just across the (Baltic) pond from me. There seems to be you , me and Fille in Finland in this neck of the woods

I get all my spares off the great blokes on here (Messenger and co) and off the ebay. There is one guy in town here who services Rovers. He seems a nice bloke but don´t half charge (my scottish side coming out) He wanted 3 to 4 hundred pounds for a service (oil change etc). I got all the bits off ebay and did it myself (easy on a diesel), cost about 100 pounds. That paid for the diesel for the 4000 km trip over to my brother and friends in UK There is so much knowledge about our cars in the club so just ask (Jules, T-cut, Greeners and Phil are really friendly and helpful)

Hi Bjorn!
It's good to know that you're quite close, just across the Baltic "pond" as you name it
Two weeks ago I was at the seaside, and although the cliff was quite high I was not able to see Sweden I could see however, among others, StenaLine ferries I guess everyday, which means that I'm only three hundred miles away! It's peanuts compared to the journey lowedb did - ca. 1000 miles one way.
Thanks for letting me know that you and Fille are here.
Kind regards
Waldek

[calysto]

Originally Posted by lowedb

Tuesday we went for a bit of a walk. Fred did come to Schindlers Factory, but as it's being refurbished didn't get a photo.

Yesterday, he decided to stay in town again. First of all he went to the university. He said that even though it's the second oldest in Europe, it was still nice.

Did you take Fred to Wieliczka salt mine? It's only 20 miles away from Krakow. I'm sure Fred would love it, especially the chapel with a sculpture in salt of the Last Supper http://wyszperanewsieci.blox.pl/2008...ie-znacie.html
Rgds,
Waldek

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Originally Posted by calysto

Hello Lowedb,

Thans for the link. I would probably never get here
I hope Fred and you enjoyed your trip to southern Poland, though I believe that neither of you liked the roads. Nor did the suspension of your R75! It's getting better year by year, though.
You probably have visited more places than I've been to, funny, isn't it?
I don't mean Kraków, but the remaining towns - Cieszyn, Rzeszów, Łańcut. I passed through Rzeszów once to the Solina dam - I don't know if you travelled deeper south?
I strongly recommend visiting another part of Poland - the Lake District. It's where the Teutonic Knights lived - Malbork castle was their "den".

Yes, the R75 is becoming to be more popular here; mine was purchased in Poland in 2004; I'm the second owner. A lady I know well drove it and she did 40.000 miles in four years.
Rovers series 200, 400, 600 (800 to a lesser degree) are more common here.
Before this one, I had a 620 SI, which has never let me down.
There are two problems though - lack of skilled mechanics who know the R75, and availibility + prices of spare parts ("back box" - equivalent of Ł370).

Kind regards,
Waldek

Hi glad you found it.

Yes we've been to the North too. Spent a couple of weeks in Gdansk (Oliwa) and also went to Hel and further east. Saw Malbork but didn't call in. Planning to go back that way. Really enjoyed Slawiniski park on the Baltic coast.

We've been to Solina too, as one year we stayed in Premszyl, right by the Ukraine border. They aren't used to the English and we got a very odd look when we asked for 'herbata zmlekem' (tea with milk for anyone wondering).

We've also been to Wroclaw a few years ago.

Sorry to say our 75 didn't come to Poland. Most times we hire a car, one year we did drive but we didn't have our 75 then.

Fred didn't go to the salt mine, as we'd been a couple of times before. He didn't visit Oswiecim either as we thought it might upset him.

And sorry if my spelling is not so good!

For the person asking why Bjorn didn't pay and turn red. I'm afraid he rather upset the mods and got himself banned (he was breaking the rules so it was quite justified). That's why he hasn't posted for a while!