Who’d have thought an Orange could taste so good? Day 22 On packing car an orange was found which had.travelled all the way from Cumbria. The money bag of BB 1 broke yesterday and BB 1 was very pleased to find a local workman to give her a piece of string to tie it up BB1 then pierced her finger … Read More
Beijing Biddies in the Altai Mountains
The mysterious whirring in the back of the Nissan… Communications are now becoming a bit more difficult as the.BBs are.currently in the Altai mountains Amazingly this blog is being sent from the mobile of BB1 Unfortunately there are no photos as they are all on BB 1s IPad! A very interesting morning which involved a visit to a bank and … Read More
Beijiing Biddies reach Altai Republic
Beijing Biddies Team Work Day 20. Well here we are in the Altai Republic. Simply amazing to think that we are are in the South East of Russia after 17 days of driving. 2 extra days had to be spent in Moscow due to the Military Victory Day Parade and 1 extra day in Kurgan due to a visit to … Read More
Beijing Biddies and the wonders of communication
Day 19 Beijing Biddies – Fame & Fortune for the Bus Conductor First thing in the morning BB2 taped up the Laser lights. ( photo already sent) Interesting morning in Novosobirsk travelling on a trolley bus in to the centre. Managed to get us all a free ride. BB1 told the conductor he was going to be famous and in … Read More
Beijing Biddies Face Another Serious Car Challenge
And with no music they break into song….. Day 18 This was a very long driving day of 9 hours which took us from Omsk to Novosobirsk. Going through some roadworks a workman started waving to the front of car. We found that the Laser bar cluster had come adrift on one side. A bolt and bracket had been lost! … Read More
Beijing Biddies Adventure in Kurgan
Kurgan. Trials, triumphs and finally some decent dinner! Day 14 The BBs planned to leave in good time from a very weird looking hotel where the bedroom was quite depressing and the breakfast equally so. The feature of this place was the location on Lake Turgoyak. A very lengthy administrative checkout had to be done because of our very late … Read More
Beijing Biddies and the Facebook Challenge!
We got by with a little help from our Russian friend! Day 13 As you know I have had difficulties with Facebook and managed to get myself locked out of my account. I had forgotten my security question, Facebook would not accept my birthday date and the photos in order to identify would not come on the screen!!!! It involved … Read More
Beijing Biddies go wild in Moscow…. well they try to!
The Largest Military Parade in the World in Moscow and the Beijing Biddies Were There.. Nearly! Day 9 A great day in Moscow as it was the Military Parade- the largest Military parade in the world! However it was very difficult to get about as most of the roads were closed. A decision to take the metro to Red Square was … Read More
Beijing Biddies hit Moscow…. after a hiccup or two!
A tricky border control delay……. but no match for the Beijing Biddies The Beijing BIddies hit Moscow Day 7 continued. Arrived at the border at 4.45am!! First 2 booths at the border were fairly straight forward. 3rd booth – there was a very officious Russian woman who periodically brushed her hair, had a coffee, disappeared out of the booth, made … Read More