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 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 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 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 05… Gyumri
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 06… Gyumri to Aparan
DAY SIX… 47.25 miles (75.5 km) We are back on the road and we’ve flown along for the first 15miles, leaving at 7.15am, and getting to our first stop around…
DAY 07… Aparan to Lake Sevan
DAY SEVEN… 37.5 miles (60 km) Rose at 6am to wonderful mountains again. It wasn’t so cold and the wind had dropped overnight. We had a breakfast of more yoghurt,…
DAY 08… Lake Sevan to Martuni
DAY EIGHT… 36 miles (58 km) Woke at 6am. It was quite cold and windy. We set off but were beset by thick black clouds of tiny flies. They all…
DAY 09… Martuni to Malishka
DAY NINE… 41 miles (66 km) Mercifully I slept through the Russian sex orgy party but received a very full report at 6.30am from a very sleepy Tim. The revellers…
DAY 10… Malishka to Gorayk
DAY TEN… 31.5 miles (50 km) We’ve stopped by a small brook, in a fancy restaurant garden (table and chairs!!) for banana and tea. Really, it’s 10.30am but I feel…