Category: World Tour

May 20th, 2022 We enjoyed a bit of a lie in this morning as we only have 35km to our Dubrovnik apartment with a 3 pm check-in time. We enjoyed a final chat with our German motor home neighbours before cycling along the coast road we had walked along last night into the town centre….

May 19th, 2022 Deborah washed a few clothes out last night before bed and hung them on a drier on one of our two balconies. While the bed was comfortable and the room quiet, at some point in the middle of the night, we were both woken by a howling wind. While I stayed in…

May 18th, 2022 For the most part, we enjoyed a good night’s sleep until about 4 am when the wind started. It wasn’t a steady wind, but a gusty one. One second it was calm, the next as if a hurricane blew through, each time accompanied by something around the campsite falling over and occasionally…

May 17th, 2022 We both suffered a night of very little sleep. The bed was comfortable, but it sounded like the people upstairs were practicing their furniture removal skills from about 2 am until the sun was peeking through our window. Add to that the distant sound of dogs barking and a metallic clicking noise…

May 16th, 2022 Another 6 am alarm call after a great night’s sleep for me but a restless night’s sleep for Deborah. Apparently, a combination of barking dogs, cuckoos and humming aliens kept Deborah awake much of the night, providing the reader with insight into what I have to put up with 7×24 these days….

May 15th, 2022 It would have been an undisturbed slumber if people staying in the adjacent room didn’t arrive at 00.40, but we were tired so went back to sleep quickly. The alarm went off at 6 am, and the bike was packed and ready for the off by 7 am. Thanks to the accommodation…

May 14th, 2022 As we prepared for bed last night, hoping for a good night’s sleep before today’s big climbs, we thought Friday the 13th was going to have one final say as the thunder rumbled overhead but before our heads hit the pillow all was quiet again. We had set the alarm for 5:30…

May 13th, 2022 Maybe we shouldn’t have started cycling after two days off on Friday the 13th, but here goes! We didn’t have a great night’s sleep, so while an extra couple of hours in bed would have been appreciated, when the alarm rudely went off at 6 am, we were already awake. We already…

May 11th to 12th, 2022 While we have had a few fun days off the bike since leaving Scotland each of them was less than relaxing. We therefore decided to take a break on the outskirts of Zagreb for two full days of doing pretty much nothing. That said, nothing has included: Washing our clothes…

May 10th, 2022 As it was a relatively short day at about 65km, we decided to have a slightly longer lie in bed, so when the alarm went off at 7:30 am, we were ready to get up. We hadn’t unpacked much, so the repacking after breakfast was relatively quick, so goodness knows what we…

May 5th, 2022 Budapest is one of the cities on our tour that we have looked forward to visiting, so we booked into a city campsite for two nights and spent an entire day exploring everything the city has to offer, which is a lot. To look my best for the city tour, Deborah kicked…

April 25th, 2022 We could hardly call the last four days in Prague relaxing, but still, we didn’t manage much sleep last night. We dragged ourselves out of bed at 7:30 am as Honi and Benas had their taxi booked for 9 am, and we still had a few more things to stuff into their…

April 26th, 2022 While I had booked a quadruple room with a private bathroom, we had been given a double containing a single bunk bed. The quadruple room would have allowed us both to sleep at ground level, so having a single bunk bed, one of us would need to sleep with their head closer…

While the cycling is going well, with a few expected and unexpected challenges, the electronics we brought to remain online, take videos and photos, and share our journey through blogs and vlogs are proving more of a challenge than the pedalling. With little sunshine since leaving Scotland, we can keep only our navigation and phones…

6th April 2022 Another good night’s sleep, regardless of the traffic on the bridge above. We set the alarm for 7 am in the hope of sorting through our gear and still getting away early, but it was not to be. With the aid of Google Translate, I chatted to a French chap by the…

April 5th, 2022 We slept reasonably well, all being considered. With heavy rain hammering on the roof, the tarpaulin flapping in the wind, and the local duck population partying all night, it was far from continuous sleep, but the in-between rest added up to enough. Deborah had her alarm set for 6 am, but we…

March 30th, 2022 I woke to the noise of Lynn getting ready for work, but not because of the noise of Lynn getting ready for work. I realised that we had been engaged in conversation so much so that we had forgotten to take a group photo for our adventure album, so we quickly throw…

March 29th, 2022 Deborah’s alarm was set for 6 am to give us plenty of time to complete the fifty or so miles planned for the day. Our destination for the day was the home of my oldest school friend and his wife, Andrew and Lynn. While we were almost like brothers from the age…

March 28th. 2022 It was another cold night in the tent, with temperatures below freezing. We both seemed to sleep well once the East Coast Mainline trains stopped running, but we woke earlier than planned due to the cold, wet air that filled the tent. Our usual expedition tent, an MSR Access 3, is designed…

March 27th, 2022 In hindsight, we probably could have guessed that sleeping in a marina that has been conveniently built between two road bridges and a rail bridge may not be the quietest of camping locations. While I managed to block out the noise and get a few hours of sleep, Deborah reported that she…

March 26th, 2022 To say we had a good night’s sleep would be a lie, although I’m not sure if that was down to the sheer terror at what we have set ourselves up to do for the next two years or the Sirian takeaway we had last night. Regardless of the reason, the 5:30…