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A few hills…
9th August, last of the Mekong river, 30km to Pakse A short and pleasant ride into Pakse, where we decided to go “grand” since it was cheap (by Ozzie standards anyhow!). The Champasak Grand Palace was built for a Champasak Prince back in 1969 but was left unfinished when the prince fled due to the…
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The Mighty Mekong
3rd August, Laos! Stung Treng to Khone Phapheng, 70km Into Laos…An easy but time consuming border crossing. Almost no traffic from either direction, so no queues at immigration- yet it still took around half hour of waiting for us to get our Laos visas sorted. Neil has a (I really hope not dodgy🤞 ) plan…
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Albania and out
15th OctoberA big and beautiful descent to the Albanian border. Huge queues of cars, and dozens of pedestrians waiting to get through- we figured out they are all Albanians, assumedly returning from their day’s work in Montenegro, where the pay might be a tiny bit better we think. Some kind soul pointed us through the…
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The Ciro Trail…to the Adriatic Sea
The Ciro Trail follows a discontinued railway line to Dubrovnik, and proved to be a most enjoyable and scenic ride! 3rd October. 85km, the first section of the Ciro Trail, cloudy, windy and cold 9 degrees, brrrr. We set off from Mostar with a little trepidation after the previous few experiences on Bosnian Roads. Once…
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Following the Inn
September 7, into Austria! Scuol to Imst, 86km and 640m elevation even though its mostly downhill… The last km of Switzerland were a delight- gorgeous views and a fairly traffic free cycle route to the Austrian border.. Over the border it was a busy but wide shouldered road for a bit, and then the Austrian…
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To the Alps
And that’s France! Nearly 1500km across France, with a mixture of everything from lovely flat river paths to super steep gradients as we approached the magnificent Alps. The language… It’s been challenging yet rewarding trying to get by with a tiny bit of the French language. We’ve both definitely picked up quite a bit of…
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Sur La Loire
A week on the beautiful Loire… Sandy river beaches, heat and no swimming allowed! Banned since 1969 on the Loire apparently- it’s a fast flowing, braided river with dangerous whirlpools, undercurrents and collapsing sandbanks. Looked tempting but… 10th August, A work and rest day in Nantes, with more culinary delights including a “single menu” meal…
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Brittany
Bonjour! making our way East… 3rd August A 5 hour ferry ride saw us cross the channel from Plymouth to Roscoff on the Northwest coast of France. An easy exit through passport control and then to familiarise ourselves with riding on the “wrong” side of the road as we made our way 30km to Morlaix. Takes…
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England and out
Well…it’s been almost three months, we’ve covered nearly 4000km on our bikes and over 40,000 metres of ascent in the UK and Ireland. Time to jump on a ferry and try a different language… A randomly generated set of pics from the GoPro… ‘cos we just don’t ever seem to have time to do anything…
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Wales!
Well…all I can say is it’s very hilly! But oh so very scenic. 19th July, 17km of riding and 100km of water A 3 1/2 hour ferry ride and we change countries. No riding off the ferry this time- we manhandled our bikes onto the shuttle bus to take us to the terminal so that…