Before you read further, I'm fine, and has driven a motorcycle today.

Yesterday was the first day with really nice weather and it was fun to drive.

We drove on and we drove maybe a little fast and suddenly a policeman standing there and motioned us. We had been driving the type 114 which was the 90th He looked quite unhappy, then the police. He did not really know how he would solve this. But Kjell came at a good solution. - We've rubles so we can pay "fines," said Kjell to the police who immediately looked very happy. He decided quickly and easily that it cost 300 rubles / man and then we could continue to run. The last thing I saw of the police was when he turned up 600 rubles and put in your breast pocket.

We are happy and the police are happy ...

Then it happened that did not happen. In a really steep hill where we gassed in full, I was hit from behind and fall. I had time to think about some things before I landed in the asphalt and the first was: - Now I am going to scratch myself to death. And the second was: - How lucky that I have comprehensive helmet.

This fixes Kjell box so that we can drive to the workshop.

I kasade a bit and scraped up my jacket and my shoes were also scraped up the nose. But what actually saved me was that until I had a packed bag auto parts store that took a large part of the blast and broke. At the rear, I have a large aluminum box that is completely scratched the entire side. During my tattered coat I had a skyddstöja with protection on the sleeves, chest protection and back brace. I also had boots from Sievi, with steel toe and midsole protection, and despite this I have a swollen big toe and a blue nail, I would not even think of how the foot would have looked if I had not had my shoes Sievi.

A relieved Natalie realizes that she has not caused serious damage.

So ... .. despite a crash in the 1990 flick, I only have an abrasion on one elbow, a blue nail and a large bruise on the thigh and a few sore muscles in the entire left side. So thank you all, Sievi, auto parts store, aluminum producers, and those who made my vest (I do not know the brand). Now I know at least I know how important it is to dress properly when you drive a motorcycle.

Here, the master fixer pulled out and the Russian style bent and welded up the right stole the team so that we can continue.

The motorcycle is fixed. So we can run Vidar. But it was an ordeal yesterday. First of all, to get hit by a Russian girl who can not be a word of English and who was almost hysterical in and completely shocked. After many ifs and buts were there as a police car to the scene and they decided that we would go to a workshop and that all parties involved would be with it. There was no doubt from the police, she ran into me were having to shop and pay the bill. They asked several times if it was certain that I did not need a doctor, and checked on my motorcycle injuries, and checked me again so I certainly did not need the hospital. Kjell had to take a few rods to the bags before we could drive to workshop. It was a bit scary to jump up on the bike again immediately after the hit and run to the workshop, which was about one mil from the accident site.

The police had already arranged so that there were people at the workshop that could fix it. Great cops can I say.

Right now we are sitting in Chelybinsk N55.09.601 E061.25.571 ° ° at the Meridian hotel. We've been running around 60 mil now, which is not the same as running 60 mil home. Kjell think they add asphalt to plow here.

We were taken by police again today, but this time we had just had his admonition that we are driving too fast, where it was 50th We had not seen some 50 signs and we were probably those who drove at least soon.

We are tired, worn out, and nyduschade to creep down into the clean, made beds. Yesterday night we stayed at a motel 300 m away from the workshop, which fixed the bike. We got self-making beds and there was no shower. But we met an American guy called David, and his Russian girlfriend. They were very nice and would take the bus to Ufa. But half twelve at night the bus drove right past them without stopping, so here they stood, without a place to sleep for the motel where we stayed was full. We solved it by downloading our sleeping pads and made up for it on the floor in our room.