Hi Chris, it’s great to hear from you and it’s good to know that most of your memories and the stories that you took the time to write down and to share with us all those years ago, are now hopefully coming back to help with your recovery.
You mentioned a driver called John in your last story and I can only presume that it was John Latham who you were travelling with. I first met John on his first trip for Astran in his Volvo F12 Globetrotter at Kapikule, which was the first U.K. registered Globetrotter that I had ever seen. I met him again three years later when he was driving I.I.R.C. an M.A.N. 22-320 for Mervyn from M.& C. Transport from Braintree. Trucknet member Klunk, showed a great photo of John on here many years ago, which I am unable to find at the moment although I did come across this old post from M.& C. Jamie.
B.T.W. In one of the photos on my last post, I mentioned that Dennis McCarthy from Hick’s was stood outside The Blue Mosque. I now think that it was Dennis Mcgraph who drove for the Terrible Twins.
SHIPKA PASS, BULGARIA.
Somebody might recall seeing the gold coloured spire and domes on the church at the bottom of the pass, when they were heading East.