Tam and Toby ~~ Hunting Zorba .....Take two.

Podney said:
Agree.
Newspapers,Folkestone MP, RSPCA .....don’t know who might be interested. Tam,if you wanted to you could start a new thread just about this issue and that might give some info and ideas,but I do realise it’s not something that you may want to do.
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I haven't the photo's anymore as i deleted after posting here and not sure what could or would be done but maybe when i get home and sorted 👍
 
Clarky said:
Sleep well.
Far better to get a few hours kip than drive when tired, particularly in the dark.
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Phill D said:
is that not the same as a HGV driver does??
OK driver hours dont count in a motorhome but driver safety does.. I am sure if you told plod nicely you did not want to risk yours and other lives and will be moving on as soon as rested all will be well...
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Aye thats my thoughts too ....but im just prepared as my previous experiences with the police have never been that great ....but i have plenty proof of my travels today to back it up etc ...im not that keen on driving the motorhome in the dark either and would have to park on the street at the house tonight also ...
Id rather just get an early start from here in the morning.
 
Get your head down and have a good night's sleep, looks a nice day at your tomorrow.
 

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Podney said:
I wonder if the buyers over here realise the trauma the dogs go through.
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A nice BS 💩 sob story and most won't look any further - they want a dog, and they want to believe they're doing a good thing... not promoting dog trafficking.
Helen Ariel said:
Sounds like it needs reporting. Maybe Tams photos would be of interest..
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What about Ricky Gervais... he's big into dog welfare and has a huge Social Media presence?

Sleep well Tam Northernraider
Hopefully plod has more important things to do than chap at your door.
...and if they do, don't get defensive. I know they're not your favourite.
 
Northernraider said:
would have to park on the street at the house tonight also ...
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Has someone dumped an old bus on the drive? :rofl:

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Podney said:
The more I read about this,the more concerned I am for the dogs welfare.

I wonder if the buyers over here realise the trauma the dogs go through.

Coincidentally,the duchess met a lady recently who had just got a dog from Romania and it was very timid....not surprising if it had a journey from hell in the back of a van.
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That has reminded me a neighbour bought a Romanian rescue dog about a year ago. Poor thing was really frightened wouldn't go near people or other dogs. She already had a dog and the 2 dogs wouldn't tolerate each other. She has had dogs all her life she couldn't do anything with this one I think she returned it to the Romamanians.
Like me she didn't have a clue what was going on, she though she was helping out by taking on a rescued dog.
 
gus-lopez said:
yes.


I was thinking that as the requirements for commercial transportation is up to a maximum of 20 in vehicles that comply with UK & NI requirements for safety, adaptation, temperature control, etc. Additionally they have to be a licensed registered business or a registered charity & the people transporting have to be employee¡s/ registered volunteers.
The animals cannot be taken in one at a time but must be seen in situ by the person checking each animal to ensure no substitution,that the vehicle is legal, registered as a vehicle for transportation of live animals, is insured as such & complies with the requirements to transport the animals in the safe & legal manor..
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It does make you wonder how many dogs are being taken into the country daily. If anyone else has the opportunity of parking there overnight, keep an eye out for how many vans pull up and take dogs in for checking. We have seen this on more than one occasion and it upset us tremendously. There certainly wasn’t anyone coming out from the office to check and only one dog has been taken in from each van. Maybe this happens under the cover of darkness. It closes at ten or eleven. We asked if we could stay overnight, they said no problem.
 
Lenny HB said:
That has reminded me a neighbour bought a Romanian rescue dog about a year ago. Poor thing was really frightened wouldn't go near people or other dogs. She already had a dog and the 2 dogs wouldn't tolerate each other. She has had dogs all her life she couldn't do anything with this one I think she returned it to the Romamanians.
Like me she didn't have a clue what was going on, she though she was helping out by taking on a rescued dog.
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If the dog is born in the bush, with no human contact, it hunts for food, raids the garbage bins, does what mother did, etc., What else they do is abandon them from cars. This evening on my way from the petrol station, I pass a bridge, a new puppy lost , being dumped. One km further a big one wandering for food, it’s a sad sad reality. How those dogs are going to behave with humans again? The ones dumped, are sometimes lucky and find a kind soul if they don’t get attached by other territorial dogs. When we came here late autumn, few days later a cat turned up on our terrace at the back. Looking for food. She was dumped as you could see she was still healthy, nice fir but very old no teeth. We treated her as ours, she was used to humans that was another clue she was dumped. Later we noticed she is pregnant to, so old pregnant no use she had to go, sad. We kept her and fed her plenty of wet food, she can’t eat dry as no teeth. About 12 days ago she gave birth to 3 beutiful kittens. They are in a cardboard box in the hallway near the radiator. Few days ago they opened their eyes, mama she is very tired I’m praying she hangs on till they start drinking milk and food. My neighbour saw them and begged to give them to him. I said he needs to look after mama as we will leave shortly.
Last year we adopted the most loyal dog, that neighbour looked after it when we left. He was sleeping on our back door for months. Eventually we turned up but the dog was caught and sold by a drunk idiot living few houses down.
 
Northernraider said:
Yeah and not parked it properly...and my car has flat battery so i need to move them both before i can get toby in
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Bet you will have to move Jackie out as well 🤣

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Hymerbell said:
Ooh...bit worrying. Are you saying they have stamped your passport saying you have spent 90 days in Schengen ? Did they stamp your passport when you entered Italy ?
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I dunno ....it has the date i left but then after that it says 90 ...and im just wondering if thats what its for ....which if it is then its actually wrong

Not that it matters much this year as i won't be back in shengen in the next 3 months anyway.

Theres no shengen border at italy only between uk and eu or any other non eu shengen country ie bulgaria , romania etc
 
Are you getting an early start this morning Tam? Hopefully you have had a good few hours of undisturbed sleep?
 
GROGGY64 said:
Are you getting an early start this morning Tam? Hopefully you have had a good few hours of undisturbed sleep?
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Yeah I woke up around 4.20 ....so im just going to have some coffee and hit the road . Went to bed around 10.30 last night so got a decent kip .
 
Well done - last leg of the trip now. Mum will be overjoyed to see you and the dogs. Keep us all in the loop with the “build” and your future travels in Zorba.

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Sundowners said:
It does make you wonder how many dogs are being taken into the country daily. If anyone else has the opportunity of parking there overnight, keep an eye out for how many vans pull up and take dogs in for checking. We have seen this on more than one occasion and it upset us tremendously. There certainly wasn’t anyone coming out from the office to check and only one dog has been taken in from each van. Maybe this happens under the cover of darkness. It closes at ten or eleven. We asked if we could stay overnight, they said no problem.
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We may be staying there in a week so will keep an eye out.
 
Well thats me home ...you do always get a little moment of pride and relief when you pass this sign
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But its often short lived ....in this case about 20 minutes before it started raining 😁 .....its cold dull and grey here but thats me back at mums .

My bus looks fecking huge in person when you're standing next to it .....and bloody rusty but i expected that to be honest ..once i get a good poke about at it ill know more.

Mums in the shower so im sat out in the street till i can get all the keys to move the 2 cars and the bus so i can get toby tucked in the corner.
 
Well done. What a relief it must be. Are you going to start a new thread for the project?

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Fantastic. Welcome home. Sorry it's grey - it is here in Lancaster too but not raining.
How will we find you when you stsrt posting again?. Looking forward to your adventures with the bus and your next road trip.
 
If I knew how to,I would put up a video of “Welcome Home”,Peters and Lee wasn’t it?

End of a great trip and a great thread,now we want to see a rusty old merc turned into a beautiful swan.
 
Congrats or commiserations depending on how you look at it. Still not too long before the next trip!

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