Currently driving from Moscow - London in a Suzuki Liana
Discussion
Hi All.Thought you might be interested in this volcanic ash story. I was working in Russia last week and was due to fly out on Friday morning but the Volcano put paid to that. Not being very patient, I and a couple of colleagues decided to borrow a reasobably-priced car and drive the 1799 miles back. Currently waiting to go through the Poland border wih Belarus. Once I'm back, I'll post up the full story and a few pics.
(Not the Mini, the really old one.)
..........ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer 
once you get past warsaw and closer to the centre of poland, they have a nice toll road leading all teh way to germany with no speed cameras or coppers about (from what i remember when doing a similar road trip last year). So you could cover the distance to belgium very quickly, theoretically at least. Goo dluck with the crossing though. if you haven't already booked it you are likely to be spending a few nights in the suzuki or paying an extorsionate amount for the ticket.
In a Liana?! Help. The very best of luck to you. A friend of mine took the train from Moscow to London via Scandinavia (US passport, no Belarus transit visa). I think he is currently aroundabout Copenhagen.
I've driven from London to Moscow and back twice but in an Alfa 156 GTA, so was altogether more pleasant. Must say though that although it is more direct, I always avoided Belarus on the basis of not going through two complicated border crossings. Maybe with a Russian-registered car it is easier that way, but with a UK-registered car, it was always easier to either:
1. up to St Pete's and then Finland/Sweden (Turku-Stockholm overnight ferry) and down over the Oresund bridge and the Rodby/Puttgarden ferry to Germany etc (which as a route has the advantage of better roads); or
2. across to Latvia at Veliki Luki and then through Lithuania to Poland and then on to Germany etc (which as a route is shorter but has worse roads),
because that way you left Russia directly into the EU Schengen zone.
Record was three days (Day 1: Moscow - St Pete's, Day 2: St P to Turku and then overnight ferry to Stockholm, Day 3: Stockholm to London). Took longer through the Baltic states as the roads are slow, plus the crossing point took much longer between Latvia and Russia than it does between Finland and Russia.
Hope you have better weather than I did the last time:
I've driven from London to Moscow and back twice but in an Alfa 156 GTA, so was altogether more pleasant. Must say though that although it is more direct, I always avoided Belarus on the basis of not going through two complicated border crossings. Maybe with a Russian-registered car it is easier that way, but with a UK-registered car, it was always easier to either:
1. up to St Pete's and then Finland/Sweden (Turku-Stockholm overnight ferry) and down over the Oresund bridge and the Rodby/Puttgarden ferry to Germany etc (which as a route has the advantage of better roads); or
2. across to Latvia at Veliki Luki and then through Lithuania to Poland and then on to Germany etc (which as a route is shorter but has worse roads),
because that way you left Russia directly into the EU Schengen zone.
Record was three days (Day 1: Moscow - St Pete's, Day 2: St P to Turku and then overnight ferry to Stockholm, Day 3: Stockholm to London). Took longer through the Baltic states as the roads are slow, plus the crossing point took much longer between Latvia and Russia than it does between Finland and Russia.
Hope you have better weather than I did the last time:
Edited by RacingTeatray on Monday 19th April 13:39
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