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Bonneville to Los Angeles In A Skoda
'Hey buddy, neat car! What is it?'
If I had a dollar for every time someone stops to quiz us on our
car I'd be one wealthy man. Admittedly, a 1.4-liter Czech-built hot hatchback is a quirky choice of chariot to take on a road trip from the God-fearing state of Utah to California's City of Angels, but this was never going to be a conventional visit
to the United States.
Earlier in the week I'd driven a specially built Skoda Octavia vRS to a new production class record at Bonneville SpeedWeek. Now, to stave off post-Bonneville blues, I'm embarking
on a drive from the splendid isolation of Utah's hallowed salt to the immense urban sprawl of Los Angeles, via the sickly neon of Las Vegas and furnace-like heat of Death Valley in the UK-registered Skoda Fabia vRS we've been using to drive to and from the salt during SpeedWeek.
More than 800 miles of endless vistas, winding canyons and blistering temperatures is a big challenge for any car, let alone a small hot hatchback that's 6000 miles away from its natural habitat. A tough test, then, not only of the car but also the curiosity of American car enthusiasts. Will the Fabia wilt in the heat and struggle on the Interstate? And will American car enthusiasts warm to a car equipped with an engine of smaller capacity than the average pick-up's cupholder?
If the response we get from the competitors and spectators at SpeedWeek is anything to go by, the little Fabia is a great way to make friends. I'm sure the colour helps – it looks like someone liquidized Kermit and threw some sparkly glitter into the mix – as does the unfamiliar winged arrow badge, but the Fabia's businesslike stance sends out a kind of visual pheromone that draws people in. And it has a trick under the bonnet too.
There are few more car-savvy sample groups than members of the Southern California Timing Association, whose members like nothing better than baking themselves in 100º heat at this original festival of speed. Yet, when you're sharing salt with 400mph streamliners, precarious-looking 1930s roadsters and all manner of weird and wonderful machinery, it says a lot for the Fabia that anyone notices it at all.
Those who wander over to take a look are soon poking around under the bonnet. Talk inevitably turns to output, which is my favorite part of the 'Hey buddy…' conversation. Peaks of 180bhp and 184lb ft are hardly going to drop jaws out here, but eyebrows never fail to rise when I explain the engine is a 1.4-liter in-line four-cylinder fitted with a turbocharger and supercharger. When told it also features a seven-speed, double-clutch paddleshift transmission, hits 60mph in just over 7sec dead, tops out at 140mph and does the best part of 50mpg, even the hairiest and most heavily tattooed hot rodders are bowled over by our diminutive Czech mate.
I'm sad to leave the Salt Flats: if you've even a drop of petrol in your blood they are holy ground. Unfortunately the same can't be said of the nearest town to the salt, Wendover. Straddling the Utah-Nevada border, it's a tawdry, bipolar outpost of the Midwest: modest and a bit scruffy on the Utah side of town, brash and crass on the casino-peppered Nevada side. Wendover's other claim to fame is the old airbase where all the USAF's heavy bomber crews were trained during World War Two, and also where the B-29 Stratofortress Enola Gay was loaded with the world's first nuclear bomb before leaving for her grisly world-changing atomic raid on Hiroshima.
We head due south on Highway 93A, destination Las Vegas. As Wendover recedes in our rear-view mirror, it's a shock to find we're almost immediately in the wilds of Nevada. Dwarfed by the Toana mountain range, we skirt by the evocatively named Wildcat Peak. It's a beautiful, barren wilderness of such vast scale you barely seem to make progress, even at 90mph. That sounds fast, but we have to maintain it to avoid being steamrollered by the 18-wheelers
that thunder by like runaway trains.
I love driving big distances through wide-open America, for it always feels like an adventure. Mesmerising and memorable, tedious, humbling and quirky all in the space of a few hours, it also underlines the unique sense of freedom a car and a full tank of gas bestow upon you. No wonder America's bond with the automobile is so strong.
Smalltown America remains a heartland for homegrown metal, but there's no doubt the steady influx of cars built by European and Far Eastern brands (often in new US-based plants) means America's roads are far more cosmopolitan than ever before. No other Skodas though, thanks to a VW Group brand strategy that denies the Czech brand a presence in the USA. In a nation boasting 250,000,000 registered passenger vehicles, knowing you're driving the only car of its kind in the country feels very strange.
Just over 120 miles south of Wendover is the town of Ely. I've always wanted to come here,
not because of any great cultural significance, but because the road out of town is closed once a
year for the Silver State Classic. An open-road
race (actually it's more of a time trial) in which competitors tackle a 90-mile course as fast as
they dare, the Silver State has a route largely comprised of endless straights cutting through the rattlesnake-infested scrub. Some are as
much as 14 miles long, with hidden compressions to launch the unwary into Low Earth Orbit. There's also a fabulous canyon section that
sweeps and swoops through a rocky gorge. By
the time we reach it, the crags and cliffs are
bathed in intense orange light as the sun snuffs itself out over the Sierra Nevada.
The temptation to emulate the Silver State Classic's flat-to-the-boards style is hard to resist, but an earlier run-in with a local Sheriff has at least partially sated our appetite for speed.
No matter, for the vRS is just as happy to cruise
for hours at a time as it is to zip through the welcome twists and turns of the canyons, where its grip, agility and infectiously enthusiastic character are given a rare and welcome opportunity to shine.
It's gone 10pm by the time we approach Las Vegas. We crest a rise on Interstate 15 and the sinful city's shimmering lights spill across the inky black desert like a sea of sparks. As we draw a little closer the infamous 'strip' dominates the scene, with its surreal collision of cultures; the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, a Venetian palace and huge black pyramid all jostling for attention. The Fabia's livid green paintwork comes to life beneath the neon and we find unexpected sport in cutting and thrusting between the stretched limos and pimped supercars, the Fabia's plentiful low-rev torque and instant gearshifts combining to great effect. Eventually we dart into the sanctuary of our hotel, where the Skoda causes something of a stir amongst the valet parking team. 'Good evening sir, may I welcome you to the Mandarin Oriental. Er, neat car. What is it…?'
Vegas is best viewed at night, for the harsh light of day peels back the glossy neon veneer to reveal an ugly, sun-baked husk filled with hungover visitors struggling to make it through the morning after the night before. We make our escape, heading into the unspoilt desert, skirting the mysterious Area 51 en route to Death Valley and journey's end in the iconic Hollywood Hills.
Another long day's drive, and all the local guidebooks warn of the dangers that await visitors to Death Valley. Take plenty of water; always stop for fuel if you're close to half a tank; don't drive with your air-conditioning on constantly as it can overheat the engine. Seems the place got its name for a reason.
The aptly named Furnace Creek is an extraordinary and rather intimidating place. The Fabia's running fine, its air-con delivering chilled air without protest, but the exterior temperature gauge is registering incredible temperatures: 40ºC soon rises to 45ºC, then peaks at 47.5ºC. So we park the car and get out for a stroll. There's a strong, desiccating wind blowing through the valley – the result of potent convection currents – and the sensation is alarmingly similar to the moment you throw open the door of your fan-assisted oven to cook the Sunday roast. We retreat to the chilled cockpit of the vRS and wonder how hard it must have been to pass through here in the gold rush of the late 1800s.
The sun is beginning to set as we work our way out of the 3,000,000-acre National Park. There's little traffic, save for a team of Audi engineers putting a prototype A3 hatchback through its paces in the world's best natural hot weather test facility. The roads are awesome: fast, clear and with a mix of surface quality from freshly laid and smooth to gnarly and sun-baked. It's impossible not to have a bit of a hoon, even though there might be a police patrol lurking in the heat shimmer. I reckon if Sheriff Buford T Justice has sat in wait this far into the wilderness, then he probably deserves to catch us.
We make it to Burbank in the suburbs of LA without incident and get a good night's sleep before rising early the next morning to catch a 'cars and coffee' meeting at a large parking area
in nearby Woodland Hills. Held every Sunday from around 7am, these impromptu gatherings can see literally thousands of cars converge on
the area. Today is quiet by comparison, perhaps because the Pebble Beach Concours is taking place just up the Pacific coast, but still there are lots of cars present, from muscle cars and RS Porsches to original Minis and Italian exotica.
Just as at Bonneville, the UK-registered Fabia – now joined by the salt-encrusted Octavia
record-breaker – arouses curiosity and attracts many compliments.
There's one place left to go before the Fabia heads for the Port of Long Beach and its long trip home to the UK, and that's Hollywood. The whole Hollywood sign photo opportunity is a terrible cliché, but you'd somehow feel cheated if you didn't take a look. The best view of the sign is on a tight residential street, but we squeeze through the conga of cars, park and get the shot.
As I find somewhere to do a U-turn, I inadvertently drive into a layby occupied by a police cruiser. The occupant lowers his sunglasses and looks the Fabia up and down. Fearing I've just performed some kind of traffic violation
I give him a weak smile, but I needn't have worried. 'Morning sir. That's a neat car you got there. What is it…?'
Breaking records in the world's fastest Skoda
The reason we were in Bonneville? To smash the 200mph barrier in a family hatchback – by quite a margin.
Bonneville Speed Week is an event I'd always wanted to experience, so to be offered the chance to compete was a life's ambition fulfilled. I never thought the chance would come from Skoda, but that shows how far the marque has progressed recently.
The Octavia I drove was built and run by a team from Skoda UK to celebrate ten years of the vRS performance brand. We were to compete in the G-PS class for production cars with forced induction engines up to 2.0 liters. Externally it was stock bar skinny Goodyear rubber, Moon discs – and
a parachute brake…
Inside, the car was stripped, its fixtures and fittings replaced by a strong and comprehensive rollcage, fire extinguisher system, full harness and bare metal 'containment' seat to keep me safe if the worst happened.
The 2.0-liter TSI engine was largely stock: standard block, pistons, crankshaft, gaskets, ECU and ignition, but a much bigger Garrett turbo and beefed-up cooling system, resulting
in close to 600bhp at the front wheels – yet there were many more standard components than competition items. To lengthen the Octavia's stride,
a six-speed transmission from the eco-friendly Greenline diesel model was used.
Driving fast on salt is, perhaps not surprisingly, like nothing else. It's very slippery and inconsistent, so traction is limited and high-speed stability totally at the mercy of crosswinds.
Our original objective was to hit 200mph, but such was the Octavia's pace we'd done 202mph (in fifth gear!) with four days of SpeedWeek remaining, so we decided to try for the class record of 216mph. I'm pleased and incredibly proud to say we smashed it on the final day, setting
a new record of 227.080mph.
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"Tell me, Johann, what is tonight?"
He crossed himself, as he answered laconically: "Walpurgis nacht." Then he took out his watch, a great, old-fashioned German silver thing as big as a turnip and looked at it, with his eyebrows gathered together and a little impatient shrug of his shoulders. I realized that this was his way of respectfully protesting against the unnecessary delay and sank back in the carriage, merely motioning him to proceed. He started off rapidly, as if to make up for lost time. Every now and then the horses seemed to throw up their heads and sniff the air suspiciously. On such occasions I often looked round in alarm. The road was pretty bleak, for we were traversing a sort of high windswept plateau. As we drove,I saw a road that looked but little used and which seemed to dip through a little winding valley. It looked so inviting that, even at the risk of offending him, I called Johann to stop–and when he had pulled up, I told him I would like to drive down that road. He made all sorts of excuses and frequently crossed himself as he spoke. This somewhat piqued my curiosity, so I asked him various questions. He answered fencingly and repeatedly looked at his watch in protest.
Finally I said, "Well, Johann, I want to go down this road. I shall not ask you to come unless you like; but tell me why you do not like to go, that is all I ask." For answer he seemed to throw himself off the box, so quickly did he reach the ground. Then he stretched out his hands appealingly to me and implored me not to go. There was just enough of English mixed with the German for me to understand the drift of his talk. He seemed always just about to tell me something–the very idea of which evidently frightened him; but each time he pulled himself up saying, "Walpurgis nacht!"
I tried to argue with him, but it was difficult to argue with a man when I did not know his language. The advantage certainly rested with him, for although he began to speak in English, of a very crude and broken kind, he always got excited and broke into his native tongue–and every time he did so, he looked at his watch. Then the horses became restless and sniffed the air. At this he grew very pale, and, looking around in a frightened way, he suddenly jumped forward, took them by the bridles,and led them on some twenty feet. I followed and asked why he had done this. For an answer he crossed himself, pointed to the spot we had left, and drew his carriage in the direction of the other road, indicating a cross, and said, first in German, then in English, "Buried him–him what killed themselves."
I remembered the old custom of burying suicides at cross roads: "Ah! I see, a suicide. How interesting!" But for the life of me I could not make out why the horses were frightened.
Whilst we were talking, we heard a sort of sound between a yelp and a bark.It was far away; but the horses got very restless, and it took Johann all his time to quiet them. He was pale and said, "It sounds like a wolf–but yet there are no wolves here now."
"No?" I said, questioning him. "Isn't it long since the wolves were so near the city?"
"Long, long," he answered, "in the spring and summer; but with the snow the wolves have been here not so long."
Whilst he was petting the horses and trying to quiet them, dark clouds drifted rapidly across the sky. The sunshine passed away, and a breath of cold wind seemed to drift over us.It was only a breath, however, and more of a warning than a fact, for the sun came out brightly again.
Johann looked under his lifted hand at the horizon and said, "The storm of snow, he comes before long time." Then he looked at his watch again, and, straightway holding his reins firmly–for the horses were still pawing the ground restlessly and shaking their heads–he climbed to his box as though the time had come for proceeding on our journey.
I felt a little obstinate and did not at once get into the carriage.
"Tell me," I said, "about this place where the road leads," and I pointed down.
Again he crossed himself and mumbled a prayer before he answered, "It is unholy."
"What is unholy?" I enquired.
"The village."
"Then there is a village?"
"No, no. No one lives there hundreds of years."
My curiosity was piqued, "But you said there was a village."
"There was."
"Where is it now?"
Whereupon he burst out into a long story in German and English, so mixed up that I could not quite understand exactly what he said. Roughly I gathered that long ago, hundreds of years, men had died there and been buried in their graves; but sounds were heard under the clay, and when the graves were opened, men and women were found rosy with life and their mouths red with blood. And so, in haste to save their lives (aye, and their souls!–and here he crossed himself) those who were left fled away to other places, where the living lived and the dead were dead and not–not something. He was evidently afraid to speak the last words. As he proceeded with his narration, he grew more and more excited. It seemed as if his imagination had got hold of him, and he ended in a perfect paroxysm of fear–white-faced, perspiring, trembling, and looking round him as if expecting that some dreadful presence would manifest itself there in the bright sunshine on the open plain.
Finally, in an agony of desperation, he cried, "Walpurgis nacht!" and pointed to the carriage for me to get in.
All my English blood rose at this, and standing back I said, "You are afraid, Johann–you are afraid. Go home, I shall return alone, the walk will do me good." The carriage door was open. I took from the seat my oak walking stick–which I always carry on my holiday excursions–and closed the door, pointing back to Munich, and said, "Go home, Johann–Walpurgis nacht doesn't concern Englishmen."
The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in, while excitedly imploring me not to do anything so foolish. I pitied the poor fellow, he was so deeply in earnest; but all the same I could not help laughing. His English was quite gone now. In his anxiety he had forgotten that his only means of making me understand was to talk my language, so he jabbered away in his native German. It began to be a little tedious. After giving the direction, "Home!" I turned to go down the cross road into the valley.
With a despairing gesture, Johann turned his horses towards Munich. I leaned on my stick and looked after him. He went slowly along the road for a while, then there came over the crest of the hill a man tall and thin. I could see so much in the distance. When he drew near the horses, they began to jump and kick about, then to scream with terror. Johann could not hold them in; they bolted down the road, running away madly. I watched them out of sight, then looked for the stranger; but I found that he, too, was gone.
With a light heart I turned down the side road through the deepening valley to which Johann had objected. There was not the slightest reason, that I could see, for his objection; and I daresay I tramped for a couple of hours without thinking of time or distance and certainly without seeing a person or a house. So far as the place was concerned, it was desolation itself. But I did not notice this particularly till, on turning a bend in the road, I came upon a scattered fringe of wood; then I recognized that I had been impressed unconsciously by the desolation of the region through which I had passed.
I sat down to rest myself and began to look around. It struck me that it was considerably colder than it had been at the commencement of my walk–a sort of sighing sound seemed to be around me with, now and then, high overhead, a sort of muffled roar. Looking upwards I noticed that great thick clouds were drafting rapidly across the sky from north to south at a great height.There were signs of a coming storm in some lofty stratum of the air. I was a little chilly, and, thinking that it was the sitting still after the exercise of walking, I resumed my journey.
The ground I passed over was now much more picturesque. There were no striking objects that the eye might single out, but in all there was a charm of beauty.I took little heed of time, and it was only when the deepening twilight forced itself upon me that I began to think of how I should find my way home. The air was cold, and the drifting of clouds high overhead was more marked. They were accompanied by a sort of far away rushing sound, through which seemed to come at intervals that mysterious cry which the driver had said came from a wolf. For a while I hesitated. I had said I would see the deserted village, so on I went and presently came on a wide stretch of open country, shut in by hills all around. Their sides were covered with trees which spread down to the plain, dotting in clumps the gentler slopes and hollows which showed here and there.I followed with my eye the winding of the road and saw that it curved close to one of the densest of these clumps and was lost behind it.
As I looked there came a cold shiver in the air, and the snow began to fall. I thought of the miles and miles of bleak country I had passed, and then hurried on to seek shelter of the wood in front. Darker and darker grew the sky, and faster and heavier fell the snow, till the earth before and around me was a glistening white carpet the further edge of which was lost in misty vagueness. The road was here but crude, and when on the level its boundaries were not so marked as when it passed through the cuttings; and in a little while I found that I must have strayed from it, for I missed underfoot the hard surface, and my feet sank deeper in the grass and moss. Then the wind grew stronger and blew with ever increasing force, till I was fain to run before it. The air became icy-cold, and in spite of my exercise I began to suffer. The snow was now falling so thickly and whirling around me in such rapid eddies that I could hardly keep my eyes open. Every now and then the heavens were torn asunder by vivid lightning, and in the flashes I could see ahead of me a great mass of trees, chiefly yew and cypress all heavily coated with snow.
I was soon amongst the shelter of the trees, and there in comparative silence I could hear the rush of the wind high overhead. Presently the blackness of the storm had become merged in the darkness of the night. By-and-by the storm seemed to be passing away, it now only came in fierce puffs or blasts. At such moments the weird sound of the wolf appeared to be echoed by many similar sounds around me.
Now and again, through the black mass of drifting cloud, came a straggling ray of moonlight which lit up the expanse and showed me that I was at the edge of a dense mass of cypress and yew trees. As the snow had ceased to fall, I walked out from the shelter and began to investigate more closely. It appeared to me that, amongst so many old foundations as I had passed, there might be still standing a house in which, though in ruins, I could find some sort of shelter for a while. As I skirted the edge of the copse, I found that a low wall encircled it, and following this I presently found an opening. Here the cypresses formed an alley leading up to a square mass of some kind of building. Just as I caught sight of this, however, the drifting clouds obscured the moon, and I passed up the path in darkness. The wind must have grown colder, for I felt myself shiver as I walked; but there was hope of shelter, and I groped my way blindly on.
I stopped, for there was a sudden stillness. The storm had passed; and, perhaps in sympathy with nature's silence, my heart seemed to cease to beat. But this was only momentarily; for suddenly the moonlight broke through the clouds showing me that I was in a graveyard and that the square object before me was a great massive tomb of marble, as white as the snow that lay on and all around it. With the moonlight there came a fierce sigh of the storm which appeared to resume its course with a long, low howl, as of many dogs or wolves.I was awed and shocked, and I felt the cold perceptibly grow upon me till it seemed to grip me by the heart. Then while the flood of moonlight still fell on the marble tomb, the storm gave further evidence of renewing, as though it were returning on its track. Impelled by some sort of fascination, I approached the sepulchre to see what it was and why such a thing stood alone in such a place.I walked around it and read, over the Doric door, in German–
There was something so weird and uncanny about the whole thing that it gave me a turn and made me feel quite faint. I began to wish, for the first time, that I had taken Johann's advice. Here a thought struck me, which came under almost mysterious circumstances and with a terrible shock. This was Walpurgis Night!
Walpurgis Night was when, according to the belief of millions of people, the devil was abroad–when the graves were opened and the dead came forth and walked. When all evil things of earth and air and water held revel. This very place the driver had specially shunned. This was the depopulated village of centuries ago.This was where the suicide lay; and this was the place where I was alone–unmanned, shivering with cold in a shroud of snow with a wild storm gathering again upon me! It took all my philosophy, all the religion I had been taught, all my courage, not to collapse in a paroxysm of fright.
And now a perfect tornado burst upon me. The ground shook as though thousands of horses thundered across it; and this time the storm bore on its icy wings, not snow, but great hailstones which drove with such violence that they might have come from the thongs of Balearic slingers–hailstones that beat down leaf and branch and made the shelter of the cypresses of no more avail than though their stems were standing corn. At the first I had rushed to the nearest tree;but I was soon fain to leave it and seek the only spot that seemed to afford refuge, the deep Doric doorway of the marble tomb. There, crouching against the massive bronze door, I gained a certain amount of protection from the beating of the hailstones, for now they only drove against me as they ricochetted from the ground and the side of the marble.
As I leaned against the door, it moved slightly and opened inwards. The shelter of even a tomb was welcome in that pitiless tempest and I was about to enter it when there came a flash of forked lightning that lit up the whole expanse of the heavens. In the instant, as I am a living man, I saw, as my my eyes turned into the darkness of the tomb, a beautiful woman with rounded cheeks and red lips, seemingly sleeping on a bier. As the thunder broke overhead, I was grasped as by the hand of a giant and hurled out into the storm. The whole thing was so sudden that, before I could realize the shock, moral as well as physical, I found the hailstones beating me down. At the same time I had a strange, dominating feeling that I was not alone. I looked towards the tomb. Just then there came another blinding flash which seemed to strike the iron stake that surmounted the tomb and to pour through to the earth, blasting and crumbling the marble, as in a burst of flame. The dead woman rose for a moment of agony while she was lapped in the flame, and her bitter scream of pain was drowned in the thundercrash. The last thing I heard was this mingling of dreadful sound, as again I was seized in the giant grasp and dragged away, while the hailstones beat on me and the air around seemed reverberant with the howling of wolves. The last sight that I remembered was a vague, white, moving mass, as if all the graves around me had sent out the phantoms of their sheeted dead, and that they were closing in on me through the white cloudiness of the driving hail.
Gradually there came a sort of vague beginning of consciousness, then a sense of weariness that was dreadful. For a time I remembered nothing, but slowly my senses returned. My feet seemed positively racked with pain, yet I could not move them. They seemed to be numbed. There was an icy feeling at the back of my neck and all down my spine, and my ears, like my feet, were dead yet in torment; but there was in my breast a sense of warmth which was by comparison delicious. It was as a nightmare–a physical nightmare, if one may use such an expression; for some heavy weight on my chest made it difficult for me to breathe.
This period of semilethargy seemed to remain a long time, and as it faded away I must have slept or swooned. Then came a sort of loathing, like the first stage of seasickness, and a wild desire to be free of something–I knew not what. A vast stillness enveloped me, as though all the world were asleep or dead–only broken by the low panting as of some animal close to me. I felt a warm rasping at my throat, then came a consciousness of the awful truth which chilled me to the heart and sent the blood surging up through my brain. Some great animal was lying on me and now licking my throat. I feared to stir, for some instinct of prudence bade me lie still; but the brute seemed to realize that there was now some change in me, for it raised its head. Through my eyelashes I saw above me the two great flaming eyes of a gigantic wolf. Its sharp white teeth gleamed in the gaping red mouth, and I could feel its hot breath fierce and acrid upon me.
For another spell of time I remembered no more. Then I became conscious of a low growl, followed by a yelp, renewed again and again. Then seemingly very far away, I heard a "Holloa! holloa!" as of many voices calling in unison. Cautiously I raised my head and looked in the direction whence the sound came, but the cemetery blocked my view. The wolf still continued to yelp in a strange way, and a red glare began to move round the grove of cypresses, as though following the sound. As the voices drew closer, the wolf yelped faster and louder. I feared to make either sound or motion. Nearer came the red glow over the white pall which stretched into the darkness around me. Then all at once from beyond the trees there came at a trot a troop of horsemen bearing torches. The wolf rose from my breast and made for the cemetery. I saw one of the horsemen (soldiers by their caps and their long military cloaks) raise his carbine and take aim. A companion knocked up his arm, and I heard the ball whiz over my head. He had evidently taken my body for that of the wolf. Another sighted the animal as it slunk away, and a shot followed. Then, at a gallop, the troop rode forward–some towards me, others following the wolf as it disappeared amongst the snow-clad cypresses.
As they drew nearer I tried to move but was powerless, although I could see and hear all that went on around me. Two or three of the soldiers jumped from their horses and knelt beside me. One of them raised my head and placed his hand over my heart.
"Good news, comrades!" he cried. "His heart still beats!"
Then some brandy was poured down my throat; it put vigor into me, and I was able to open my eyes fully and look around. Lights and shadows were moving among the trees, and I heard men call to one another. They drew together, uttering frightened exclamations; and the lights flashed as the others came pouring out of the cemetery pell-mell, like men possessed. When the further ones came close to us, those who were around me asked them eagerly, "Well, have you found him?"
The reply rang out hurriedly, "No! no! Come away quick-quick! This is no place to stay, and on this of all nights!"
"What was it?" was the question, asked in all manner of keys. The answer came variously and all indefinitely as though the men were moved by some common impulse to speak yet were restrained by some common fear from giving their thoughts.
"It–it–indeed!" gibbered one, whose wits had plainly given out for the moment.
"A wolf–and yet not a wolf!" another put in shudderingly.
"No use trying for him without the sacred bullet," a third remarked in a more ordinary manner.
"Serve us right for coming out on this night! Truly we have earned our thousand marks!" were the ejaculations of a fourth.
"There was blood on the broken marble," another said after a pause, "the lightning never brought that there. And for him — is he safe? Look at his throat! See comrades, the wolf has been lying on him and keeping his blood warm."
The officer looked at my throat and replied, "He is all right, the skin is not pierced. What does it all mean? We should never have found him but for the yelping of the wolf."
"What became of it?" asked the man who was holding up my head and who seemed the least panic-stricken of the party, for his hands were steady and without tremor. On his sleeve was the chevron of a petty officer.
"It went home," answered the man, whose long face was pallid and who actually shook with terror as he glanced around him fearfully. "There are graves enough there in which it may lie. Come, comrades–come quickly! Let us leave this cursed spot."
The officer raised me to a sitting posture, as he uttered a word of command; then several men placed me upon a horse. He sprang to the saddle behind me, took me in his arms, gave the word to advance; and, turning our faces away from the cypresses, we rode away in swift military order.
As yet my tongue refused its office, and I was perforce silent. I must have fallen asleep; for the next thing I remembered was finding myself standing up, supported by a soldier on each side of me. It was almost broad daylight, and to the north a red streak of sunlight was reflected like a path of blood over the waste of snow. The officer was telling the men to say nothing of what they had seen, except that they found an English stranger, guarded by a large dog.
"Dog! that was no dog," cut in the man who had exhibited such fear. "I think I know a wolf when I see one."
The young officer answered calmly, "I said a dog."
"Dog!" reiterated the other ironically. It was evident that his courage was rising with the sun; and, pointing to me, he said, "Look at his throat. Is that the work of a dog, master?"
Instinctively I raised my hand to my throat, and as I touched it I cried out in pain. The men crowded round to look, some stooping down from their saddles;and again there came the calm voice of the young officer, "A dog, as I said. If aught else were said we should only be laughed at."
I was then mounted behind a trooper, and we rode on into the suburbs of Munich. Here we came across a stray carriage into which I was lifted, and it was driven off to the Quatre Saisons–the young officer accompanying me, whilst a trooper followed with his horse, and the others rode off to their barracks.
When we arrived, Herr Delbruck rushed so quickly down the steps to meet me, that it was apparent he had been watching within. Taking me by both hands he solicitously led me in. The officer saluted me and was turning to withdraw, when I recognized his purpose and insisted that he should come to my rooms. Over a glass of wine I warmly thanked him and his brave comrades for saving me. He replied simply that he was more than glad, and that Herr Delbruck had at the first taken steps to make all the searching party pleased; at which ambiguous utterance the maitre d'hotel smiled, while the officer plead duty and withdrew.
"But Herr Delbruck," I enquired, "how and why was it that the soldiers searched for me?"
He shrugged his shoulders, as if in depreciation of his own deed, as he replied, "I was so fortunate as to obtain leave from the commander of the regiment in which I serve, to ask for volunteers."
"But how did you know I was lost?" I asked.
"The driver came hither with the remains of his carriage, which had been upset when the horses ran away."
"But surely you would not send a search party of soldiers merely on this account?"
"Oh, no!" he answered, "but even before the coachman arrived, I had this telegram from the Boyar whose guest you are," and he took from his pocket a telegram which he handed to me, and I read:
Bistritz. Be careful of my guest–his safety is most precious to me. Should aught happen to him, or if he be missed, spare nothing to find him and ensure his safety. He is English and therefore adventurous. There are often dangers from snow and wolves and night. Lose not a moment if you suspect harm to him. I answer your zeal with my fortune. –Dracula.
As I held the telegram in my hand, the room seemed to whirl around me, and if the attentive maitre d'hotel had not caught me, I think I should have fallen. There was something so strange in all this, something so weird and impossible to imagine, that there grew on me a sense of my being in some way the sport of opposite forces–the mere vague idea of which seemed in a way to paralyze me. I was certainly under some form of mysterious protection. From a distant country had come, in the very nick of time, a message that took me out of the danger of the snow sleep and the jaws of the wolf.
Story originally published in 1914


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- Do not drink large amounts of alcohol (eg, 5 drinks or more) while you take Tadapox. Doing so may increase your risk of dizziness, headache, fast heartbeat, and low blood pressure.
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- Tadapox will not prevent pregnancy. If your partner may become pregnant and you wish to avoid pregnancy, be sure to use an effective form of birth control.
- Do not use other medicines or treatments for ED while you are taking Tadapox without first checking with your doctor.
- Use Tadapox with caution in the elderly; they may be more sensitive to its effects.
- Tadapox is not recommended for use in women, teenagers and children younger 18 years.
All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects.
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Most of symptoms that this drug has subside with time. In extremely rare cases, Tadapox shows severe reactions that can lead to conditions such as priapism, respiratory disorders and rashes with pus formation.


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Residents in a southern Chinese city that has come under fire for an annual summer solstice festival in which thousands of dogs are slaughtered for food have held their feasts early to avoid attention.
Residents in a southern Chinese city that has come under fire for an annual summer solstice festival in which thousands of dogs are slaughtered for food have held their feasts early to avoid attention.
Some residents of Yulin started gathering last weekend and eating dog meat and lychees to celebrate the longest day of the year, ahead of Saturday's actual solstice, state media reported this week. The residents wanted to avoid protests by animal rights activists.
In recent years, the festival has been targeted by activists who have drummed up public awareness of the event with posts on social media and online petitions, and descended on the city to protest outside slaughterhouses or markets where the dogs are sold.
The public uproar reflects the increasing affluence of ordinary Chinese, who keep pets, travel overseas and are changing attitudes toward traditions they may not have questioned before.
Photos on state media showed groups of Yulin city residents tucking into plates of meat and vegetables around dining tables strewn with lychees. Other photos, which circulated widely on Chinese microblogs, were of skinned, cooked dogs hanging from hooks at street stalls or piled on tables.
Under the Yulin tradition, eating dog and lychee and drinking liquor on the solstice is supposed to make people stay healthy during winter. It is unclear if the supposed health benefits diminish if the feast occurs before the actual solstice.
Animal rights activists say the event is a public health risk because the dogs undergo no quarantine to ensure they are free of disease, and that they are strays grabbed off streets around the country, as well as allegedly stolen from pet owners. The dogs are often poisoned with toxic chemicals that could be harmful to humans, they say.
Deng Yidan, an activist with Animals Asia, said the public backlash hurts the image of Yulin and China.
"Negative coverage is growing _ dog theft, criminal activities, food hygiene issues, and rabies fears - not to mention the division in society between those for and against the festival - together these have brought significantly more negative publicity to Yulin than economic benefits," Deng said in a statement.
The Yulin government has sought to distance itself from the feasting, saying it is not officially endorsed. State media reports say the government told restaurants to remove references to dog meat from their menus and signboards - though it did not bar the sale and consumption of the meat, which is not illegal in China.
The government has denied the formal existence of such a festival, saying it is a culinary habit practiced only by some businesses and people.
Public pressure stopped another dog meat festival, in eastern Zhejiang province, which was canceled in 2011 despite dating back hundreds of years.


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There are two subspecies of African grey parrot commonly found in the pet trade - the Congo African grey (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) and the Timneh African grey (Psittacus erithacus timneh). The Congo African grey is slightly larger than the Timneh, and has bright red tail feathers. The Timneh's tail feathers are darker (maroon), and overall the Timneh usually has slightly darker coloration than the Congo, especially over the back (although not always the case). While the Congo's beak is grey, the Timneh's upper mandible is bone colored with a dark edge, while the lower mandible is grey.
There is some debate over whether there are significant differences in temperament between Congos and Timnehs. Some say the Timnehs are slightly more laid back and less prone to feather picking and other neurotic behavior. Others say there is no difference. There is a lot of individual variation between birds of both subspecies and even if there is a slight overall difference in temperament, this generalization won't necessarily hold true for any given bird.
For the rest of this article, the term African grey will be used to refer to both subspecies, as they are very similar in character, and their care is identical.
Life Span
African greys have the potential to be very long lived, so be prepared for a commitment of 50 years or more. Average life spans are difficult to estimate for some parrots as the life expectancy varies widely and depends a lot on the history of the bird, stress, disease, and other factors. The range 25-50 years is often quoted for African greys.
African greys are extremely intelligent birds. The most famous African Grey is Alex, a bird studied for years by Dr. Irene Pepper berg. Alex has been shown to have the ability to process information and make appropriate choices with the correct choice of words, and understand concepts such as color or shape (i.e. he is not simply displaying previously trained behaviors).
Greys are excellent mimics, and many (though not all) are excellent talkers, with a capacity of over 2000 words. Even those that don't repeat words are very adept at repeating household noises such as the telephone or doorbell, often well enough to confuse their owners! Most greys have a large collection of sounds they repeat. As the studies with Alex have shown, greys have a unique capacity for putting their words and sounds into the right context as opposed to simply repeating them, showing their intelligence.
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Their intelligence makes the African grey a very demanding pet, however. You must absolutely be prepared to spend lots of time with an African grey, providing social contact as well as mental stimulation. Greys have been described as being the emotional equivalent of a two year old human, with the intelligence of a five year old. This means they need a lot of attention and patience, along with a good deal of guidance to acceptable behavior. And, they can be a challenge to deal with at times!
African greys tend to be quite cautious with new situations and new people, although devoted to their owners. They have a reputation as one-person birds, but that is largely because often only one person in a household spends enough time with a grey to really form a close bond.
Make an effort to socialize a grey with lots of people, although you will have to give your parrot the chance to become comfortable with any new person. A grey will happily interact with more than one person as long as the effort is made by each person to spend enough time to earn the trust and companionship of the bird.
Greys have somewhat of a reputation for biting, but this largely relates to the socialization issue. Like other parrots they will bite, especially if they feel threatened in any way. However, the trust of an African grey must be earned through patience and respect, and pushing interaction with a grey that doesn't trust you fully may result in a bite. They are also perceptive to the moods of the people around them, so they should be approached with a calm and relaxed demeanor, or the bird may become agitated or excited. Also, a bored or stressed parrot is more likely to exhibit behavioral problems including biting, so making sure the emotional, mental, and physical needs of the bird are not being met will help avoid problems. The intelligence of these birds means they must have a lot of social interaction with their owners along with and mental and physical stimulation.
Feather Picking
African greys have a reputation as feather pickers. Parrots, including greys, will sometimes resort to feather picking or worse forms of self mutilation for a variety of physical and physiological reasons, and also if their emotional needs are not being met or they are stressed. It should be noted that any bird that is plucking its feathers needs a thorough check up with an avian veterinarian to rule out a physical cause first, and if none can be found that behavioral reasons should be explored. Any increased tendency greys might have toward this problem is likely due to their intelligence and needs for attention and stimulation.
In summary, African greys are magnificent and amazing parrots, but are not the right bird for everyone. Potential owners need to carefully evaluate their ability to commit to the needs of these birds for their expected life span, and be sure they understand the best way to care for these wonderful parrots.
Housing African Grey Parrots
- Cage size: the bigger the better. You'll need a large cage for these guys. I would recommend a minimum in the area of 3 feet by 2 feet by 4 feet tall, but bigger is definitely better when it comes to housing parrots.
- The bar spacing should be 3/4 to 1 inch (best to get 3/4 inch spacing for a Timneh).
- At least part of the cage should have horizontally oriented bars to allow the parrot to climb on the sides of the cage. The cage should be placed in a part of the house where the bird will have lots of contact with people, but ideally not in the most hectic area of the home. Keep the cage away from windows where they would receive direct sunlight (may overheat), away from draughts, and not too close to heat vents or air conditioning ducts.
- A selection of perches should be provided - varied in size and material (e.g. natural branches such as manzanita wood, which is often available at pet stores). Smooth, slippery perches should not be used, neither should sandpaper covered perches.
- Provide a good selection of appropriate toys - the right size and checked for safety concerns (parts that could be swallowed, strangulation or entrapment hazards). Having a good selection of toys on hand and rotating them through the cage a few at a time can help to provide entertainment and stimulation.
- Should also invest in a good play gym, and plan on having your African grey spend a significant amount of time outside of his or her cage daily.
Feeding African Grey Parrots
- Variety is the key here. Pelletted diets should form the foundation of the diet, but should be supplemented with a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables as well as grains and proteins. A small amount of seed mix can be fed as well, keeping in mind that seeds have some nutritional value and place in the diet but are largely fattening and poorly balanced as a main part of the diet. "
- African greys are somewhat prone to calcium deficiency, so calcium levels should be monitored at a yearly vet check. Calcium supplements should not be used except under the advice of a veterinarian, but it can be beneficial to feed a variety of calcium rich foods such as leafy green vegetables (kale, mustard greens, swiss chard, spinach).
- Fresh clean water should be available at all times. Food and water dishes should be washed daily.