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thanks for you help bertrand,

garming gps map would be useful, where can it be found?

is that region with lakes and forests in the north/north west of poland? landy needs exercise!! especially while theres two, so if i get stuck i can be removed!
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electronic map is sold by Garmin-

Have you thought about look at the Stanfords web site (map shop in Covent Garden) as they have the best selection of maps I have ever come across including O.S maps which sound what you need to find those trails you are seekingThe Bialowieski National Park is also worth a look but be warned you need a guide and will deffo not be allowed to 'off road it there'!
It has some of largest forests in Europe (maybe even the largest) and is near the Polish-Byelorussian border, near Bialystok. 580 square kilometers of the forest.

Sounds to me like you may need to keep heading East and head into Russia! plenty of open spaces there for the Landy to exercise those bearings and differentials!
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I had a look on there but at the time i had no idea where was good to go so i bought the 1:200,000 scale map for all of poland. Ill have another look at the smaller maps.

Well we only have a week and because we seem to want to do things in three main areas which are in different corners of poland we are going to do the western half, leaving out the old forest on the belarus (cant spell) border.

Id love to go to russia, but we dont have the time this year, next year is probably the sahara so maybe the year after!
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There's loads of off roading in Poland and a very active 4x4 scene. Just look for 4x4 magazines in garages and newsagents when you get there. be aware that you can't drive in the Bledow desert. It's a military training area and you could get a 5000 zloty fine.

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Hello Jojo,

ok, well bear that in mind about the desert, we want to go that way anyway so still go down and have a look from the outside.

i dont speak polish... how do i interpret what the 4x4 mags are saying? not meaning to be rude but am wondering how to gather infromaiton from them!

can i assume that if we follow dirt tracks in the forested area east of berling that we will come across offroad tracks?

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Hi Peter,

The better 4x4 magazines have tulip diagrams which are easy to interpret. If you're very lucky they'll have tracks in the region that you're headed for.

They're also full of addresses for off road specialists, parts suppliers, garages, local clubs, etc. Hotel/campsite staff can help with translations if you're really stuck.

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ok thats really good info jojo, thanks

another question, what are the tatra mountains and sudenten mountains like to visit from tourist and 4x4 point of view, the tatra mountians are in a national park what does this mean?

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