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March 12, 2025
Rehabilitation-aid to trip to Ukraine by Charlie McGrath & Paul Kelly February 2025
After 2,500 km, it’s high time our dependable Mercedes Sprinter freezer van had a good wash, so we pull into a busy car wash on Kyiv’s busy ring-road. Kyiv may be subjected to drone and missile attacks each night but its citizens continue to keep their standards up, so we have to queue for a short time. Car washes are good fun in Ukraine and whilst on my last trip, James Gaselee & I made such a hash of it that the lady attendant had to take over, this time Paul and I mastered the water and shampoo jet sprayers like old timers! It needs to be cleaned as this evening the van will be adorned with logo stickers of the Mercy & Health Foundation and one of the army brigades in preparation for its handover near Chernihiv tomorrow (140 km to the Northeast).
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