Butterflies and Flat Tyres

Finally in Russia at about 8 or 9pm after the border crossing. Then a terribly cold ride to the hotel and finally to bed at 2am. Up early the following day with a couple 100kms to Moscow. We reached the outskirts of Moscow early enough to brave the traffic to…

I have read and heard so many stories about border crossing and how difficult (frustrating) the Russian one can be. However unless you have actually experienced this no stories can truly describe the reality of the situation and complete lack of logic fond amongst the customs officials. Our first attempt…

Sitting in bed feeling very sorry for myself after having a root canal, my nightmare has always been needing a dentist while travelling especially when I was diligent enough to go have a check-up before I left.  I started getting tooth ache about 5 days ago but it was very…

Final rest day before heading off to Russia and the real adventure. I met the group I’ll be travelling with last night it’s smaller than I thought with just us 4 bikes (I originally thought 8) and the support vehicle. I am however quite happy that it’s a smaller group…

In contrast to Lithuania, Latvia was a surprise. The landscape again beautiful flat and green with a huge wide river running down the middle, all very pretty.  The towns were the shocker, these are filled with the typical communist gray aging low rise tower blocks, very depressing and uninviting. At…

I have a rest day so am trying to catch up on the Blog, however it is actually a lot harder to blog than one would think, and let’s face it I could talk the hind leg off a donkey J Crossing the border from Poland to Lithuania the thing…

I have a love hate relationship with my GPS which once directed me to the centre of a golf course. I was on my riding down a small lane which didn’t feel quite right. I then turned onto the golf course, it’s amazing how far one can travel in the…

I’ve just spent two great days in Berlin and still think this is one of the nicest major cities in the world. I realised today just how much I rely on my GPS. I went to find a new pair of goggles and was given direction to another shop the…

Arrived in Jena last night just as it was about the rain …hmmm what luck 😉 as the camp site rented the cutest little bungalows so I decided I did not want to spend my first night camping in the rain. The ride to Berlin was rather uneventful just motorway…

WOW what a sunny day, perfect weather in which to begin the great trek….erm great way to start a blog by talking about the weather … hmmmm ok I’ll try again Things had a rather comical start this morning. I had packed the panniers on the bike last night so…