Bucketeer Posted September 24, 2015 Author Posted September 24, 2015 Part 3 - The Final Insult I've recently discovered that my camera has a decent video function and in my never-ending quest to plumb the depths of dull I've taken to filming some action* in town. I went out on Tuesday and filmed at a few different junctions. These videos have been uploaded to Youtube so you can have a gander if you want but be warned, nothing much happens. There's not even any particularly interesting shite. It's something I could quite happily watch but I guarantee not everyone/anyone will be as enthralled with traffic. Also bear in mind these were taken on Tuesday, which was Independence Day, so there is much more tourist and less big old Russian truck than on a normal working day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hym5V5KTSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sYBJuwdLPk I have more of these should anyone be terminally bored enough. That grey Mercedes 308 camper on the previous page is a beautiful shot and I'd have been really hard pushed to pin down which country it had been taken in; a guess would've been somewhere in Asia, I reckon. Plus I love the design of the semi derelict factory entrance above, which looks like it should be the entrance to the Industrial Zone on Crystal Maze. Good luck on the house build! Just don't turn your back too long as I reckon it wouldn't take long to see that land filled with a Talbot motorhome and half a dozen Sambas. Yeah, the old factory is awesome, I will be back to take more pictures. Even the wrought iron fences just look so cool.The Merc camper is by the river here and the background bamboo semi-structures were built last summer by visitors who didn't realise how bad Bulgarian winters get. They survived upright until November.Oh and Ed is always welcome to invade my yard. The house needs a bit of wallpapering. Is that an offer? mat_the_cat and Junkman 2
hairnet Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Part 2.9 The 'Photobucket is a stroppy tart' edition. And for Hairnet, a Dacia Solenza ex-taxi. not happy its not a sandero althought he clio saloon was good Why don't they chose cars with space for passengers as taxis?A bit like the English when they can't afford a London cab. bit like here theres only one passenger apart from driver blerk And when is the noels house party?Da. Junkman and Bucketeer 2
mat_the_cat Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 I'm so pleased that the photos aren't what the thread title suggests.
garethj Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Absolutely spiffing work, as ever. Congratulations on the new house, I guess with a couple of grand to spend you could become the Squire of Bulgaria? Is there some kind of chod exchange that could be done between there and the UK, a truck going over with some marginal MoT fail cars and coming back with a Skoda and Lada Niva? Bucketeer 1
The Moog Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 International Shitefest at Bucketeer Kushta? Junkman and Bucketeer 2
Junkman Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 ^^YOW!Bring your own beer and house if you want to stay overnight. Bucketeer 1
hairnet Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 International Shitefest at Bucketeer Kushta? ôð. Ñ‚Ñ€ÑÂñòð ÑÂõ ýðÿрðòø. Bucketeer 1
Bucketeer Posted October 30, 2015 Author Posted October 30, 2015 I've been spending a lot of time camping up at the new house shack hovel ruin so I'm overdue an update.I'll ease gently in to it with some recent spots. If you've made it this far, congratulations. As a reward, have a DAEWOO Musso. I'm sure, like me, you've all been poring over the Finnish newspapers of a morning at the breakfast table and can't failed to have noticed this article. Lada are going to attempt a come back in Finland. Apparently they stopped selling cars there a few years back when they only managed ONE sale for the year. I saw this graffiti outside a restaurant in town. Non-standard Lada Section This is not just any old 1500 S. It's a HOLIDAY.Check out the perfectly aligned stripe on the petrol flap. Turbo*. Bicycle/bollard reflector for grille badge. Looks fairly ordinary . . . . . . . . .but wait. It's only a bloody URBO SPOR! The pinnacle of the range. Other Stuff. In a souvenir shop, among the usual Ferrari and Porsche stuff. AstraKitty sez ORL VOXALLZ R CUMFY. And finally, an old picture of Veliko Turnovo.This is within throwing distance of Lady Bucket's front door. I'll get a picture of the same spot now, to contrast, when/if I remember. Junkman, oldcars, Sealtainn and 9 others 12
320touring Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 epic work! I particularly enjoyed the Seat Toledo Bucketeer 1
DVee8 Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 Great as always.. How is the shack coming on? Bucketeer 1
Skizzer Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 This is just the BEST thread. I am also very admiring of your country residence, which I'd somehow missed previously. Bucketeer and Junkman 2
hairnet Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 fecker! must find a bag of lev somewhere............... Bucketeer 1
panhard65 Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 Looking at the new abode I can only think of one thing missing. It needs an MG ZT parked outside, now where is that spare raffle ticket ! The Moog and Bucketeer 2
Bucketeer Posted October 31, 2015 Author Posted October 31, 2015 How is the shack coming on? I haven't done anything to the country residence yet. I've been camping up there just because it's a thrill being on a beautiful little part of the planet that is all mine. I spend hours dreaming about how I'm going to fix it up, what I can grow on the land, spending winter nights up there with just a cat and a fire, etc.I have been busy collecting materials and stuff for the place though, in preparation for when the current cold snap finishes and the promised 'gypsy summer' arrives and I can crack on. I'm currently busy taking down a barn for someone nearby in return for all the bricks, roof tiles and wood. I also rescued this woodburner/oven from a local who was going to throw it out. Which came up alright after I gave it a quick fettle. I've made a chaise longue, a bookcase and a shoe rack out of scrap timber from around my land. All essentials. I mean the roof and windows and removing the garden from inside the building can be done later. Anyway, here's a few more photos.I'll maybe start a thread about it on the other channel/open forum. Looks good from this side. Rather serendipitously, I did a weekend course in building with cob earlier this year which should help me with the walls. I also discovered when I did a more thorough recce of the site that this bit to the side of the house wasn't actually the end of the land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . but in fact an overgrown track leading through the jungle to here. More room for rusty Ladas!! This is also where my hay bale workshop will be. Anyway, enough house waffle. It's exciting for me, but only me I reckon. STUNO, panhard65, Jon and 8 others 11
The Moog Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 To true. We can be international playboys (and girls) vicariously through your international pad, xtriples Bentley and Taffs bed post notches... It's like a lidl James bond lifestyle Taff, Bucketeer, andrew e and 3 others 6
hairnet Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 im doing exactly the same - looking at daft.ie and sherryfitz and putting in 40k euro and seeing what comes out anything vaguely habitable is on the list ps WTF at urbo sport lada - looks knackered but is on gas ps throw me some modern lada mobile.bg action please Bucketeer 1
garethj Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 There's enough space there for a helicopter pad, can you dig out some massive forgotten Russian helicopter and start your Eastern Bloc - UK chod import export business? The Moog, Junkman and Bucketeer 3
garethj Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 Check out the infotainment system, top left! Junkman 1
TataBobu Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 ps throw me some modern lada mobile.bg action please I think cars.bg has a good enough selection. Here's what's listed right now, starting of course at the cheapest: http://www.cars.bg/?go=cars&search=1&advanced=&fromhomeu=1&publishedTime=0&filterOrderBy=2&showPrice=&autotype=1&stateId=1&filterOrderBy1=2&showPrice1=0&publishedTime1=0&brandId=40&modelId=0&yearFrom=&yearTo=&priceFrom=&priceTo=¤cyId=1®ionId=0&cityId=0&conditionId=1&photos=&barter=0&dcredit=0&leasing=0&fuelId=0&gearId=0&usageId=0&steering_weel=&categoryId=0&offerFrom1=1&offerFrom2=1&offerFrom3=0&offerFrom4=1&brandBusId=&modelBusId=&doorId=0&manual_price=&man_priceFrom=&man_priceTo=
hairnet Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 how fucked is the 1600 lada 600 lev is 200 quid ??montana??? yeah right
Taff Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 Check out the infotainment system, top left! that sales graph is brilliant. Bucketman, top posts as ever. Can't speak for the others but it's inspiring stuff, thank you Bucketeer 1
Bucketeer Posted November 8, 2015 Author Posted November 8, 2015 Is there some kind of chod exchange that could be done between there and the UK, a truck going over with some marginal MoT fail cars and coming back with a Skoda and Lada Niva?I am definitely working on that.At the moment I'm thinking mopeds/scooters/bikes to UK and LHD car back to BG. This is just the BEST thread.It's a (too) bold shout. What about all the 'what does your car smell like?' and 'if your car was a potato, how would you cook it?' kind of threads? STRONG COMPETITION. im doing exactly the same - looking at daft.ie and sherryfitz and putting in 40k euro and seeing what comes out anything vaguely habitable is on the list ps WTF at urbo sport lada - looks knackered but is on gas ps throw me some modern lada mobile.bg action pleaseHouse and car information is very much forthcoming for you. Can't speak for the others but it's inspiring stuff, thank youI first read that as 'insipid' rather than 'inspired'. Both work.I am definitely feeling less than inspiring, I really need to crack on with traveling the rest of the world rather than fannying about in Bulgaria.Lady_Bucket and I have amicably and mutually agreed last night that she doesn't like me anymore so that's one 'obstacle' to travel resumption out of the way. Aaaaand relax, it's spots time. 320_touring liked a Toledo in a previous post. Here's two more. The building above is the main art museum in Veliko Tarnovo and also officially The Bulgarian National Museum of Art. I've been here nearly two years in total and I've still never been inside. As soon as you approach, the 'guardian' lady runs inside and locks the door - every time. Local museum for local people. I spotted this proper old communist slide today. I love the way it is pointed straight at a tree trunk. More today spots. Also, last night I went to a Scandinavian art exhibition in town. To be honest, the art was minimal but I got to explore (drunkenly and illegally) the out of bounds parts of the main library. All the best bits of the communist buildings are the 'hidden from public' bits. And in 'the picture that gave the thread it's name'. What fruit/veg/alien egg is this?Ex_Lady_Bucket found it the other day whilst we were out in the woods. Shit update I know, but I'm a bit busy trying to find somewhere with a roof to live.C U L8ER. Junkman, Skizzer and Jim Bergerac 3
Junkman Posted November 8, 2015 Posted November 8, 2015 Shit update I know, but I'm a bit busy trying to find somewhere with a roof to live. Your house plus an old lorry tarpaulin = somewhere with a roof to live.
hairnet Posted November 8, 2015 Posted November 8, 2015 buy estate chod - kip in estate chod Junkman 1
KruJoe Posted November 8, 2015 Posted November 8, 2015 Sorry to hear of your loss of digs and companion Alex. You'll always have Autoshite though. Upwards! Civic Shuttle 4WD for me please this week. Bucketeer 1
Bucketeer Posted December 24, 2015 Author Posted December 24, 2015 I'm back in the UK for a fortnight so I've got a few rubbish pictures to dispose of from the last couple of weeks in Bulgaria. One for the 'cars and girls' thread? Anybody know what this is/was? It's really chapping my arse, I should know what it is but I don't. And for double or quits, what is this? On the walk from the bus station to Sofia Airport I planned to visit the abandoned Sofia Cars showroom that Tayne first found a year or two back. To see, nevermind own a Sofia Type B is a dream of mine but unfortunately it was dark and cold and I hadn't memorised his directions properly. I WILL find the place when I return next week.In the meantime, if anybody missed it, they featured in Tayne's excellent Bulgarian Car Production thread.http://autoshite.com/topic/16030-bulgarian-car-production/ I did manage a couple of spots on my stroll to the airport but the night-time was not my camera's friend. If you think they were bad, most of my attempted pre-sunrise spots looked like this. One from after sun-rise, in Sofia Airport car park. And a couple from this week in the North of England. That's about it for now. I fly back to Bulgaria at 3am on the 1st of Jan, can't wait.I've also got a little Macedonia and Albania hitchhiking/walking visit planned for January so hopefully some decent spots will come from that. In the meantime, happy season and merry palaver to one and all. Jon, Skizzer, Asimo and 5 others 8
SiC Posted December 25, 2015 Posted December 25, 2015 Just read through the whole thread. Fascinating! Loved the mix of travels, reality of travels, life and shite cars. Loved to do a bit of travelling, but old life got in the way. But being nearly/only 30, I guess I still have time on my side? Bucketeer 1
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