DAY ONE… 28.5 miles (45.5 km) Tim is in the shower having totally rearranged his pannier bags. There’s no milk so we are having ginger oatcakes and tea with coffee…
DAY 01… Home to Donaueschingen
DAY ONE… 13.25 miles (21.25 km) We arrived safely after a bumpy plane descent, and quickly restored bikes from their plastic bag and pipe lagging wrapping to find that we…
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…
DAY 01… Home to Qom
DAY ONE… Arriving in Iran We are all waiting in our rooms for our supper which we have opted to have at the hotel (no other options!). The staff here…
DAY 01… St Malo to St-Meen-le-Grand
DAY ONE… 51.5 miles (82.5 km) Arrived at St Malo on overnight (rather rolling) ferry. Woken by persistent music at the unearthly hour of 6am. Disembarked to find that the…
DAY 02… Donaueschingen to Hausen im Tal
DAY TWO… 44 miles (70.5 km) Amazingly good and flat roads, mainly for cyclists, through rolling farmland and fields of small sunflowers with borage borders. Perfect for bees! And I…
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 02… Qom
DAY TWO… Sightseeing in Qom A thunderstorm this morning and rain on arrival yesterday. I have to say the weather is dampening my spirits. Rain is forecast for three days….
DAY 02… Ráckeve to Kalocsa
DAY ONE… 51.5 miles (82.5 km) We rose early today. The Slovakian men’s choir, camped near us are flat out in their sleeping bags under a tarp. We left the…
DAY 02… St-Meen-le-Grand to Redon
DAY TWO… 64 miles (102.5 km) We left the campsite and discovered almond croissants to die for. We continued along greenways and stopped to eat our croissants at a little…