DAY FIVE… Rest Day After hours and hours of searching in the shops and market area, we finally procured some paraffin, or something like it, wrong colour and wrong smell….
DAY 04… Lomaturtskhi to Gyumri
DAY FOUR… 49 miles (78.5 km) Rose at 6am to dawn over the mountains, a wonderful sight. Lovely ride on unmetalled road to the next town. We had no water…
DAY 03… Borjomi to Lomaturtskhi
DAY THREE… 19.5 miles (31.5 km) Everywhere we look to try to buy camping gas or paraffin we are met with helpful offers of candles or explosive acetone. Then we…
DAY 02… Kitskhi to Borjomi
DAY TWO… 27.75 miles (44.25 km) We cannot leave before we have had breakfast they say. Alarmingly there are two chickens in a big pot. For us? We protest and…
DAY 01… Home to Kutaisi to Kitskhi
DAY ONE… 17.5 miles (28 km) Home to Luton Airport…. 26th August The journey has begun. We had some problems getting here! Our coach was cancelled just the night before…