Slept well and woke to warm sunshine....We had had visitors in the night---we had a 4 part ladder, now only one part! Some wahing gone and line cut---could of been worse! We were going to stop for the day, but now are going to move on, we think it wiser......On the road for midday, we are going to try and find the Fagarus highway that we saw on Top Gear....We pass lots of tiny tiny stalls selling cheeses and bread and then a Great Western Hotel with a limo on the drive, then a man sitting in a field by the side of the road (no fences) watching his cows....We see people working the land with horses, a man shepherding his goats on the railway line, and many slums, although they do seem to all have satelite dishes!.....1.30pm turned off towards the mountains covered in snow, passing through the last marked village on the map-----mountain marked as 2254m, don't know if I am looking forward to this climb it's going to be very cold.........500m trees full of mistletoe....670m signs fo snow tyres and chains, sun still shining, getting very windy...800m trees very thick, some being felled....935m--yawning--air getting thinner......1000m it's just corner after corner---1074m stopped to ,let engine cool down.....1113m snow.......1255m...road blocked, road has collapsed---Lee has to reverse very very slowly and turning---scarey...glad that's over!!That is a shame, to be stopped in this was.......oh well ---onto Dracula Castle!! 4.20pm getting close to Bran now, there are oxen and carts here with cows walking alongside....5.20pm...6km from Bran.....stopped at local shop for beer supply, me and Beverley went, Lee stayed with the Landy, they were very friendly and cheap......then we saw a horse and cart with a coffin in the back........
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