(Guys, I promised to put your photo on my blog. I’m sorry it took so long !) Today’s ride on Komoot It took some time to leave Ferizaj, as I was stopped by locals wishing me well. One guy spoke great english and gave me his life story. He was so happy for a visitor …
Today’s ride on Komoot There’s something about Skopje that makes me a tiny bit uneasy. There’s lots here to stroll around and look at, from the grand buildings to the large statues of significant individuals. Maybe I’m just yet to get used to the Balkans. This morning, I left via the centre of town, and …
Today’s ride on Komoot An easy day with a painful back feels the same as a hard day. I’d love to know what caused this. To be fair, after nearly thirty thousand kilometres on three continents, I’ve had very little sickness or injury and I’m really thankful for that, but it doesn’t help me now …
Today’s ride on Komoot Last night, I ate at the restaurant attached to the hotel. It was mentioned in all of the reviews and it was Mexican. I’m a sucker for decent Mexican food. It’s up there with Indian. It wasn’t great though. It’s to be expected really. “When in Rome eat pizza”, is always …
My back wasn’t too bad this morning. I had breakfast at the hotel in the cavernous and almost deserted restaurant. I wondered what was happening as all of the staff were sitting at a table smoking cigarettes. I sat at a table as far as I could get away from them and had a coffee …
Today’s ride on Komoot Leaving Thessaloniki was pretty ugly. The first however many kms were flat, dusty and full of randomly driven cars without a lot of order or purpose. Turning off the fairly major road to the west didn’t improve things as quite a few trucks made the turn as well. In fact, most …
I hardly took photos today. Seriously, there was nothing to see. Today’s ride on Komoot I was the only occupant of the hostel last night, so it was a little strange, but I was up and out at a reasonable hour. Any thoughts I had about returning to Meteora disappeared with the morning’s cloud and …
Today’s ride on Komoot What a strange day. It was a cold night up in the hills. It didn’t rain much after I had my dinner, but the temps were definitely down on what I’m used to. I even got out my Trifecta – a thermal sleeping bag cover that improved things no end. It …
Today’s ride on Komoot Today was a day of two halves like any good game of rugby league – sorry, I listened to Roy and HG’s Bludging on the Blind side podcast for the first part of the day. Too much sport really was barely enough. It was a flat boring little ride into Lamia, …
Today, I was tired after two hard days back riding from my two weeks of rest and magnificent relaxation in the Greek Isles. Luckily, there was nobody around in the morning to make me hurry, and while I’d always like to get going early, my natural laziness kicks in and says – John, this is …
