First Wild Camp
Location: A small patch of land near Temeșești (between Deva and Arad) Not much riding this week – I’ve had an unplanned break in Timișoara drinking beer and hanging out …
New Tyres Sourced!
I’m back in Timișoara, Romania, and I’ve managed to get some new tyres sourced with www.thunderbikes.ro (shameless plug). For those people interested, I’ve gone for Continental TKC80 knobbly jobs for …
Chilling in the Countryside
I’ve had the bike apart and cleaned out the fuel filter (looked Ok) and the air filter. Joe was right about excess oil bubbling through into the air box. Not …
Chilling in the Countryside
After another leisurely ride through Serbia surrounded by friendly folk smiling, waving and chatting whenever I stopped, I have arrived in Romania. My frst section of gnarly road surface has …
Friendly Romania
Mike Gogan has sorted me out a treat and I’m now at the home of Paul & Cristina (and their daughter, Iris) in Romania. What a lovely family. They are …
Bosnia to Serbia
Serbia: What a contrast from Bosnia. Although the stay in Bosnia was good fun, the country had an odd feel to the place. The very obvious polarisation of wealth and …
Camped by the Danube
Bosnia was interesting. After following the Croatian coast road down just past Split, I turned off into the mountains and headed for Mostar to see the famous bridge. The mountains …
Croatia to Bosnia
Yesterday (Friday) was interesting. Starting off in Croatia, everything was again beautiful. More coast roads, blue skies and wild jasmine in the air. Lovely. Just south of Split I turned …
Amazing Coast Road
The ride from Obrov to Zadar today has been one of the most enjoyable experiences of my life. I started off by wanting to lay down some miles and thought …
Ride of a Lifetime
Today has been a day of utterly blissful riding. No understatement – today has involved one of the most joyous experiences of my life. At the start of the day’s …