Fighting fit

[Sands of Time]

If any of that is true (I'm only 34, bending to pick up beer etc.), then you really need to do some strengthening exercises. Now I know I bang on about this, and I'm sorry to be boring but consider something like horse riding. It all comes from the back so it gets to be strong and flexible. Never had a bad back in my life (broken nose, cracked shoulder, busted toe, concussion - twice - but it's a small price to pay).

Putting up tents is pretty good exercise too.

Horse riding birds.... hmmmmm.....


Bing!

[EternalOptimist]

Foreign is a big place, have you anywhere in mind?



Ah, foreign and hot. And presumably some place where you won't get squished by an elephant or attacked by a grizzly while inside a tent. Birmingham?

not Birmingham

my aim is to go russia, mogolia, china, hong kong then fly back.

the missus, being a namby pamby, airy fairy, arty farty, wishy washy, politically correct, lefty scum sucker, is a bit wary

so the plan for 2011 is---

WEST MEETS EAST

Manchester, portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Austria (possibly Hungary) Russia - Manchester


I need to know if there are any Russians or Ukranians on the board who can help me out here

[minestrone]

the missus, being a namby pamby, airy fairy, arty farty, wishy washy, politically correct, lefty scum sucker, is a bit wary

Are you shagging suity?

[TimberWolf]

not Birmingham

my aim is to go russia, mogolia, china, hong kong then fly back.

the missus, being a namby pamby, airy fairy, arty farty, wishy washy, politically correct, lefty scum sucker, is a bit wary

so the plan for 2011 is---

WEST MEETS EAST

Manchester, portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Austria (possibly Hungary) Russia - Manchester


I need to know if there are any Russians or Ukranians on the board who can help me out here

What's the tent for? Are you going to stay in grotty tulipholes that will part you from large chunks of your money, or are you going to avoid hotels and use campsites instead?

[MarillionFan]

Big tents? My tent takes only takes about 5 minutes to put up.

They call that a caravan.

[conned tractor]

Big tents? My tent takes only takes about 5 minutes to put up.

Depends on the size of your erection.

[MarillionFan]

not Birmingham

my aim is to go russia, mogolia, china, hong kong then fly back.

the missus, being a namby pamby, airy fairy, arty farty, wishy washy, politically correct, lefty scum sucker, is a bit wary

so the plan for 2011 is---

WEST MEETS EAST

Manchester, portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Austria (possibly Hungary) Russia - Manchester


I need to know if there are any Russians or Ukranians on the board who can help me out here

Ah, A trip across the Trans Siberian railway. Russia to Mongolia, a visit to Ulan Batar, cross into China, down into Vietnam, to Lao, through Cambodia, into Vietnam, down through Malyasia and to Singapore.

If only we new someone who had done that.

[mudskipper]

Do you cycle? You want to get yourselves a tandem and do the golden ring of Russia. Sounds right up your back alley, so to speak.

[PAH]

avoid hotels and use campsites instead

I think a large part of the attraction of such an adventure would be wild camping, seeing the real thing and not just hotel rooms. Bonus is there's not much in the way of dangerous wild animals in mainland Europe, only humans.

Even if wild camping is a touch too far, there are loads of cheap campsites. I'd be tempted to take a vehicle that could double as a bed for the night too. More options you have the less hassle you have finding somewhere to kip down.