Where were we last time I wrote, Ah yes we had just arrived in the Lakesidetown of Van having taken a 5 hour ferry ride across Van Golu (Van Lake). OurIranian visas had lapsed by this point so we had to take a detour up to theuniversity town of Erzerum. It is famous for […]

Jenny by this point was sounding a bit rough. Wheezing and coughing away so we decided to stay for a few days as the only way out of town was uphill and she definitely couldn’t manage hills in the state she was in. So a couple of sick days were called. Not […]

Well we finally arrived in Turkey on the 9th of September after a crossing which could only be described as luxurious.We had a cabin for four all to our selves, airconditioned and everything, oh the hardships we have gone through.Cesme is a typical Turkish Mediterranean resort, everyone speaks faultless English and the menus have chips […]

After a couple of days off to celebrate Jenny’s birthday and to do some long awaited maintainance it was with a degree of trepedation we got back on the bikes, that and knowing we had a hell of a day ahead of us. The steep climb from Vielsalm felt like cycling through treacle, I couldn’t […]

Written sitting in Garden terrace of a reconstructed stone 13th century farmhouse. 2 weeks into the trip I had better take some stock. So far we’ve done about 750km and used one tyre (mine) and eaten our weight in chocolate.
But I’m getting ahead of myself as usual, let me start at the very beginning […]