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Just to clear up these rumours in which you have no evidence or grounds to start them, the English born turned Russian James Edmonds is infact not grey.

If you need proof, I can hold of the next update and insert an update which shows he's not grey. ;)

Thanks for the comments guys, very much appreciated.

Glad to hear it Jazzeh :p
 
Wow great update again Jaz . this is getting to be a brilliant story . Wow lol the realism of the story . :hpraise
 
"Like a drifter I was born to...ride...with Landkort"

We rode off in the direction of Kopenhaven with Lennie behind us going the opposite way. I asked him where he would go now, he said he had always wanted to return to where he was born; Ireland. I hoped he got there ok and had a great life ahead of him, as he was very kind to me. I'm sure our paths will cross at least once more in the future..

When I was in a boat or in a van with Lennie, he was the most annoying person ever, but at least he was fun. The ride to Kobenhaven from where we were seemed to go on for days and I didn't say much to Landkort. I then remembered what I heard on the radio when in Sunderland about there being a massive accident.

"Did you hear about the massive accident in Russia?"
"The fire? Yeah I heard about it, I even know who it started. It was just a matter of time."
"Who did it?"
"China. China and Russia are at war."

China and Russia are at war? Oh god. Russia can't be that safe and that means my parents are in even more trouble... that is if they're not already... you know... dead. He assured me that the first place we can go to once we've passed the border is where I used to live with my parents. They might not live there like they did 15 years ago with me but it's all I've got.

We reached Kopenhaven after days on end of hardcore riding. Once we arrived in Kopenhaven, Landkort sold the horses off to get money for us to have a boat to take us to Helsinki, Finland. After that we go to Estonia and then to Russia! Anyway we arrived at the dock where the boat was supposed to be, but it wasn't there! We had been conned... We walked around the corner only to find the man who conned us with a few others. He was talking to others about how fast his speedboat was and how he was going to show them. He offers us a boat for 2 horses when he has a speedboat?

We ran, as quietly as possible, to the speedboat gently getting on without making too much of a sound. Landkort, being the man of the world he is, knew how to drive a speedboat(Ok...) and quickly got the engine running. We weren't exactly anticipating the amount of noise the engine would make though and we shortly saw a very angry figure coming running round the corner shouting all kind of expletives.

We set off with the man running along the land shouting to us to stop but we already had our mind made up and we were too focused on where we wanted to go to stop. With Landkort manning the boat steering wheel, I took a trip down to beneath the deck and into the cabin to find a whole fridge full of beer and alcohol. Stella Artois? Well at least the man we stole from had some intelligence.
 
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Wow great update looks like a great story book . Brilliant Jaz . Great written about the war between China and Russia(loved that para)
 
Haha, great update all alcahol related again, Russia and China at war! OMG, hope your mummy and daddy are ok.
 
We arrived in Helsinki home to 569,892 people. Did you know 1 in 10 people in Finland were born in another country? That's how fun Helsinki is... Arriving in the western part of the City, we had to make our way over to the other side, the east side, and catch another boat to Estonia. Where do they choose these countries? We rushed through the streets of Helsinki with many people shouting and it being surprisingly loud and active.

We were walking down one street when we came up to a pub. It looked completely Finnish. We walked in and sat at the bar. They had these leaflets at the bar saying which beers were available. There were all different types of beer but there was definitely one which came to my attention. "Sahti".

"Can I have a bottle of Sahti, please?"

The Landlord just stared at me. The people around me laughed and it seemed when I looked around that there were no foreigners. Were we even allowed in this pub? I looked at Landkort who smiled and turned to the Landlord.

"Voinko min? saada pullollisen Sahtia, olkaa hyv??"
"Tuleva oikeus yl?s!"

Yeah, you understood as much as me there I think. He can speak English, Danish, Russian and Finnish now? I wonder if he can speak Estonian. Anyways we got our drinks and paid the bills. We decided to sit in and watch the entertainment. Entertainment? Finland? Yeah you've probably guessed; we stayed in there for about 5 minutes. Not particularly known for their entertainment in Pubs.

We took our beer and left. We took a few shortcuts and soon arrived at our next destination. Instead of a hard paddle boat which Lennie and I had to cross the North Sea in, a speedboat which Landkort and I had to power at all times, we had a ferry. We set off, early in the morning. The Baltic sea looked lovely in the morning, with the sun just rising.

"Landkort, how do you know so many different languages?"
"What do you think I've been doing these last 15 years? I had to, so we could get back to Russia."
"You knew we would be taking this route back to Russia 15 years ago?"
"I did have a slight inkling."

He's been planning this trip for the last 15 years? No wonder it's done to perfection, even if we have to nick a speedboat here and there. Anyway now to the important stuff. Alcohol and our evaluation of the Finnish bear. We said we'd both down it on the count of three, no matter how bad it was. So we picked up our bottles, looked at each other...

"1, 2, 3!"

Result? Both of us were sick in the following 5 minutes. It was the worst beer I had ever had, it said on the back "Used in Michael Jackson songs". There was a warning that it was terrible right there. We looked at the ingredients and nearly threw up again once we saw what was in it. One of the ingredients were oats! It had oats in yet it had a distinct flavour of a out of date banana.

If we were being sick then, then the morning after was going to be pretty horrific...
 
Brilliant update James . Didnt knew about the fact of 1 of 10 people in Finland are born in other countries . Nice you had Landkort with you who knows many languages .

Great Story and written again :clap
 
OMG! Brillant work again James, good job you have Landkort on board.
KUTGW
 
Both of us were sick in the following 5 minutes

hahahaha

awesoem story mate very well written, dont know how you plowed through 5 pages with nothing happeneing,

good luck and keep going,
:D
 

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