151 Adhesives Exterior Sticky Pads - useless

 These sticky pads won't even stick a small poster to a wall indoors - very disappointed, don't waste you money: sticks nowt

50 Years ago - problem with dates

50 years ago: I just can't seem to think that we spent just a few days in Germany and then a few hours in Austria and three weeks in Yugoslavia, although that is what the passport stamps suggest, that we passed through Spielfeld on March 1st 1972 but did not pass through Eyzonon in Greece until March 24th. I am convinced that the Spielfeld stamp in incorrect and must have been March 11th although I have no evidence.

Our van had no side windows so most of the time only the driver and front passenger had a good view.

Travelling as a vegetarian in those days was not easy and most of the time I ate bread and cheese and salad and fruit, very little hot food except eggs. 

 

In Germany I dscovered Bouillon mit Ei, a broth containing chicken or beef with an egg or two added, not vegetarian but often the closest I could get. The problem getting true vegetarian hot meals was to continue all the way to India with the exception of the occassional pizza.

 

Below is also a picture of my good friend the Late John Sullivan, another Chemistry graduate from UEA.

 

 

Bouillon mit Ei

 

John Sullivan 1972, RIP
 

50 Years Ago - March 1972: Three Weeks in Yugoslavia, Heading East

50 years ago today we were in a country once called Yugoslavia. Now when we think of Ukraine we must not forget the fighting that split it and the people that died. In 1972, I found it to be a pleasant country with friendly people..

In our little van we headed from Sentilj through Zagreb in Croatia, to Belgrade (Beograd) in Serbia and Skopje in Macedonia.

According to my passport, we entered at Sentilj on March 1st and exited the country at Eyzonon, the border with Greece, on March 23rd, although I don't remember being in Yugoslavia for as long as 3 weeks..

We slept inside or close to our van in the countryside, without problem apart from that first night in some woods when we were awoken and shouted at by what was maybe a gamekeeper who threatened us with his rifle.

At one time we stopped at a roadside cafe, quite a large place but with only two other customers, a young couple who left soon after we arrived. Keith (pictured below) got up from our table and went outside. I saw him speaking to the couple near their car. He came back and told us he had scored a small piece of nice hash.

Whilst we were in and around Belgrade, we visited a local park. As we sat on the grass, we were approached by two young guys who said they were students at the University. They sold us some hash. We saw police walking nearby, but the students said t was OK to smoke, so we did, without problem.

At another roadside cafe, I was approached by an elderly man who spoke no English. He started offering me food. I somehow got the impression he was trying to buy me. Obviously I went hungry!

My story will stop here for a few weeks until we reached Thessaloniki, where I was given My Hat by a local barber, That was March 23rd.

Keith

50 Years Ago Today, March 1972: Arriving in Yugoslvia and Threatened with a Gun

50 years ago today, we left Germany and crossed the border into Austria at Spielfeld. 

We hardly stopped at all in Austria, soon entering what was then Yugolslvia, passing Zagreb and heading towards Belgrade (Beograd). 

Our first night in Yugolsvia we spent the night and built a small but safe campfire in the woods. 

As some of us slept around the embers, we were awoken by the shouts of a man holding a rifle, pointing it at us and making it obvious that if we did move, he would shoot us.

Now (in 2022) I have discovered a strange thing - although my passprt is stamped March 1 1972 Spielfeld and I remember we did cross Austria quick, the only stamp that I can find for Yugoslvia is 19 March 1972 at Sentilj, in the west - we did spend some time in Yugolslvia and the entry stamp for Greece shows 23 March. So that stamp showing 19 March must have been wrong and should have been 1st.

 

50 years ago today - March 1972: Munich

 50 years ago today, after sepnding the night in a car park close to the Munich Olympic stadium, with some of us sleeping in the van and some outside on the grass, we spent a lzy day in Germany before heading to the border with Austria to cross that country tomorrow. 

American Jonnie kept us entertained with his guitar and travel tales. He was heading for India.

Our own plans would take us into Turkey but as we were unable to get the necessary documents to go any further that was to be our destination - at least that was our plan. Warmer weather meant we would slow down and see more sites. 

My first trip outside the UK and I had mostly seen roads.

50 Years Ago Today - March 1972: Heidelberg and Munich

 

50 Years ago today - after spending the night just outside Frankfurt, we headed towrads Munich, stopping for a few hours in the early afternoon in the delightful and sunny Heidelberg - I always wanted to go back there but never had, although I imagine it is much bigger nowadays with many chnages.

 

 Heidelberg - recent photo.

 

Along the road to Munich we picked up a hitch-hiker, American Jonnie, with cowboy hat and guitar. 

 

Jonnie knew of a club where we could score so we found it and he went inside and came out with a lady dealer who sold us a small amount of good hash.

 

As we sat outside in the van with Keith at the wheel there was a flash, like the flash of a camera maybe, and quickly Keith was driving off down the road.

 

We ended up at the recently build Olymoic Stadium and walked up a hill for an excellent view. There we found a group of laughing Germans, drinking beer from bottles. Keith described them as "piss artists" - I had no idea what that meant.

 

Despite the wind I managed to stick some papers together and make a large joint which we shared with them. All was well and we laughed together.

 

 Modern day pic of Munich Olympic Stadium

 

We slept there that night, planning to cross Austria and enter what was then Yugoslvia the next day.

From what I remember we were mostly eating bread with cheeses and tomatoes, washed down with white wine. We had just a small one-burner gas camping stove which we reserved for our essential morning teas.

It was getting warmer now.

50 years ago today we left Belgium and rapidly drove to Frankfurt

50 years ago today we left Belgium in our little van, five of us, John, Keith, Mike, Marion and myself. We entered Germany and arrived in Frankfurt. We stayed the night there, again sleeping in the van, and managed to score some good hash outside a club with an in-house dealer who came out to meet us. We are travelling quite fast, not stopping often during the day, so not seeing much. John and Keithy are taking turns driving. Keith seems the only one of us with any previous travel experiences.

 

 

50 years ago today, five of us jumped into our cheap little van and headed East

50 years ago today, five of us jumped into our cheap little van and set out across Europe heading for Turkey (two of us carried on to India). This was the first time I had left the UK. I was a 22-year-old chemistry graduate of the University of East Anglia, Noriwch. I had about seventy pounds, twenty pounds above the legal limit, some in travellers cheques and some in cash. We soon arrived in Brussels where we parked up on a street for the night and slept in the van. It was very cold.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0993210716 

 

The Effie Enigma: The Motherless Mothers

Using portable worm holes, mind download and Pure Information Clones, led by artificial super-intelligence, mankind is ready to colonise the galaxy. Now, after decades of sabotage against Project Outreach, ZX, FE and QT meet to uncover connections. When future and past become entangled, they face a quandary: should they risk their very existence to prevent the enslavement of humanity for ever or let be what will be?But who is Effie and what part did LSD play in this?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0993210791 

 

 

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