UK, Ireland / What do you hate about England and English people? [142]


Do your Scottish friends know about this...? My ex girlfriend , who i am still best friends with is a Scot , and we had many a teasing argument about Scots and the Brits...Whenever she was going back home she would always assure me she would throw all her rubbish out of the coach window before crossing the border into Jockland....She regarded even fellow Scots as southerners tho ,as she was from Cape wrath , a real Heelander....

UK, Ireland / What do you hate about England and English people? [142]


Its full of dam Polish people...so i moved to Poland , not so many here..! For those that don,t know me...ITS A JOKE... I had eight Polish people living in my house with me in UK , they were all great...

Love / Are 98% of young Polish girls emotionally unstable and mood changing? [191]


Err..whats one of them...?

Travel / Motorcycle tour of Poland [137]

Whilst in Tallin be sure to visit the race track and have a look at the memorial to the man Joey dunlop , a great man , and a personal friend of mine..It was he that inspired me to get involved in taking aid to Eastern Europe , something Joey did many times , and so i guess he is somewhat responsible for the fact i now live in Poland...

I think you will find better biking roads in the centre and north of Poland , round Krakow they are a bit more potholed and rutted

Best of luck in Riga and Vilnius , last time i was there the lack of road signs was a real pain , they were in the process of changing many town names from the ones the Russians imposed on them , so many places just had the town sign painted over , with no clue as to what the town was called ,or the new name , hopefully thats been sorted out now...

If you find yourself in Torun , and are headed for Berlin you will be passing close to my place , so you are welcome to have a rest here , and if you get any problems in my area i can maybe help out...

I am located on the 173 route between Drawsko pomorskie and Polczyn zdroj , so if its on your route you are welcome... I am not so far from the German border Szczecin is about 100 kms from me....

If you need any further help or information just pm me and i will give you my email address and phone number....I reckon its going to be a fun trip , but you are gonna know you have done it , its a lot of kms you have there....

Love / WHY DO POLISH MEN LIE? [150]


Err no is the short answer to that.....

Travel / How long to drive from Brussels to Gdansk? [3]

It all depends on your ability to drive long distances , some people could do it easily , but for others it would be a struggle...The routes through Germany are very good , with plenty of rest stops if you need them , and the roads from Szczecin to Gdansk are pretty good too.....Speaking for myself i would say it is possible to do it in a day without exhausting your self , but nothing is worth killing yourself for , if you feel tired just pull off the road , take a walk , have some coffee and take a nap....i reckon you can do it ok.....

UK, Ireland / The mystery of Ireland's worst driver "Prawo Jazdy" [37]


Indeed it is......Did you hear about the Polish driver asked to take an eye test....? Can you read the bottom line of the chart says the doctor ? Read it , says the Pole... . I know the guy....!

UK, Ireland / The mystery of Ireland's worst driver "Prawo Jazdy" [37]

You know that in Ireland you can,t get fire and theft insurance for a car...the insurance companies don,t believe anyone would steal a car thats on fire...!

UK, Ireland / The mystery of Ireland's worst driver "Prawo Jazdy" [37]

scroll up a bit...you will see one....

UK, Ireland / The mystery of Ireland's worst driver "Prawo Jazdy" [37]

Ha... made me smile.....wonder if i could get away with telling the Police Policja my name is Mr Driving Licence......?

Life / What can citizens do to make Poland a better place to live? [125]

Between forty and sixty tons , depending on the type.....definatly more than 7.5 tons..!

Life / What can citizens do to make Poland a better place to live? [125]


I believe in Poland its perfectly legal to park a vehicle that weighs less than 7.5 tons half on the pavement...i am sure i read that somewhere in a book on Polish road rules....

Travel / Motorcycle tour of Poland [137]

I am in contact with a few Harley clubs over here , so i can find out if you can hire a Harley here , there are certainly a few Harley dealers not too far away from me in Gdansk and Poznan...

Oh , sharing my beans , now that would be tricky , don,t mind giving people all my money , but my beans , they would have to be very good friends to get my beans.....

Travel / Motorcycle tour of Poland [137]

In march it may well be a bit cold , might even be some snow still around which can be a problem on a bike as the roads are not often gritted and you can wind up with the snow compressed into a layer of ice , quite good fun in a car , but not too much fun on a bike...

However , i am hoping that march will be snow free , and warm enough to drag my Harley out into the daylight for a ride or two..

Some roads in Poland do have one or two holes , especially after the winter , and these can be a problem untill the roads crews get around to repairing them , the main motorways are in very good condition , as are major roads , but in towns they can be heavily rutted , that and the tram lines can be a bit tricky...

I can,t deny that the Poles have a high accident rate , and drinking and driving seems much more popular here than in the UK...

Strangely enough i find that that people pulling out on me , which was common in the UK , just hasn,t happened here at all , ok , i live out in the sticks , but i travel all over the place on the bike , and i have had much less tricky moments than i have in the car...My car is not looking too good after a drunk Polish driver hit it a glancing blow at 80 mph and trashed the side of it , well i think he was drunk , he didn,t stop...

If you have a fair bit of experiance i don,t see why you can,t survive the cold , Polish roads , the nutty drivers , the odd wild animal jumping out of the forest , and the loose sand at junctions , its all part of the fun...

I have been riding here for five years , and apart from a minor bump with a Polish drunk i have survived intact....

If you want any further advice on riding here , or want to call for a hot coffee on route send me a pm , or post on here and i will send you one with my email address.....safe riding mate.....

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]


I live in Poland....i don,t have one , well not on that works....

Travel / Motorcycle tour of Poland [137]


Well if you are passing my part of Poland , drop in for a beer , free camping for bikers....

Travel / Driving to Poland from England - any tips? [264]


Just like a normal train...but don,t open the windows....or the train floods....

Travel / Passenger plane converted into restaurant near Katowice, Poland [21]

I want to fly in a resteraunt thats been converted into an airliner...now that would be something....!

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]

I have been asked what its like to live in a communist country...do they have colour telly , is it true it snows all the time , do people have cars...all this from apparently educated English people....?

Travel / Motorcycle tour of Poland [137]


All the rural roads are nice to ride on , the main roads are well surfaced , but can be a bit tricky in towns due to deep ruts and tram lines....As for the roads of Ukraine , in places bloody lethal on a motorcycle , full of mega deep pot holes and ruts bad enough to throw you off if you are caught unawares....riding at night is especially tricky....!

Travel / Motorcycle tour of Poland [137]

Its the usual mix of Honda , Yamaha , Kawasaki , Suzuki , along with Harleys and Italian bikes , then of course you have the East European and Russian machines which are fun if you want very basic biking...Bikes are not as popular here as they are in the UK or USA , but they seem to have most of the models that are used in the west , just with a greater number of Polish , Russian and Jawa machines....

Travel / Motorcycle tour of Poland [137]


Now there is another bike i would love to have in my collection...i well remember watching Agostini thundering around the race track in my home town of Scarborough on an MV....awesome....

The ride to Poland on the Harley was quite easy really , compared to the ride in to Ukraine on it....really lethal roads there , but the people and the cops were friendly enough , and the food and beer very nice.....

Travel / Motorcycle tour of Poland [137]


No , i bought the bike in UK , and rode it to Poland , well apart from the wet bit between UK and Holland , quite a nice ride actually...

Its sad that Harley have lost sales , and are laying people off , but i guess the recession affects everybody....I am sure the factory will survive , they have been through trauma before , and they will get through this one too....Maybe if things get worse people will start buying fuel efficient Harleys instead of thirsty cars....?

Travel / Motorcycle tour of Poland [137]

If you manage to sort out a bike , and you find yourself in the Drawski national park area you can drop by my place and stay for free...I am an English Harley owner living on my own farm in the forest...come and have a beer and a barbie at my place....

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]


It is indeed......

History / Polish weapons and militaria - got any? [153]

Looks to me like a German bayonet....

Travel / Polish Architecture [147]


If you come to my place i have a book in Polish all about Polish buildings...it was presented to me by head of childrens foundation...some very nice pics in it....its called ...Polska piekno architektury..by Agnieszka and Wlodek bilinscy....oh and its in English text too...

Life / Why do people think that I'm Polish ? [92]

Some Russian girl told me the other day i looked Asian....blimey..nobody ever told me that before....i am 100% white Yorkshireman....i think she had been on the vodka....?

Life / How Safe Are the Polish Cities? [179]

Cities are the same all over the world...trust me , i have been to many , there are parts of the city where its qute safe , and parts where its best not go alone at night...Think of your own city where you live , there are parts where you would tell a stranger not to go , and nice area,s too....I find its always best to get hold of a native that lives there and go on their advice , failuing that , just try not to look like a lost tourist....