3/37 – Epilogue – Monday 06 Oct 2025 

Today was a weird day; I didn’t know what to do with myself! My “lodger” had left the place immaculate – much cleaner than I had left it for him, which was a little embarrassing – so I had no immediate cleaning to do. I wandered around aimlessly, looking at this, checking on that, andContinueContinue reading “3/37 – Epilogue – Monday 06 Oct 2025 “

3/35: Ithaca, And The Palace of Odysseus – 26–30Sep 

Fri 26 Sep 2025 The ride to Sami was only 30 kms, and Sami is not a big place, so I easily found the one and only campsite. The main reason I was here, on Kefalonia, was to take the ferry to Ithaca, supposedly the home of Odysseus whose trials, I had been contemplating asContinueContinue reading “3/35: Ithaca, And The Palace of Odysseus – 26–30Sep “

3/34: Greece – 22–26 Sep 

Sun 21 Sep 2025 Being only 8 kms from the port, there wasn’t much for me to do today except wait. I met my new Russian friend again, and he very kindly presented me with a bar of Moscow chocolate; “From Russia with love,” he said grinning widely. At the port There was the usualContinueContinue reading “3/34: Greece – 22–26 Sep “

3/33 – Ancient Turkey – 18/19 Sep 2025

Thur 18 Sep 2025 The Home, and indeed most of the town, was still asleep as I left, discovering on the way that the town was much bigger than I had thought. With the improvement in the weather, not too hot and not too cold, and as my ride was relatively short, I was planningContinueContinue reading “3/33 – Ancient Turkey – 18/19 Sep 2025”

3/32 – Turkey: To The Seaside – 15-17 Sep 2025

Mon 15 Sep 2025 A simple day. On the road by 0700. 2 hours and 200km to breakfast in Loba Café, Mersin – a remarkably good croissant filled with ham cheese and tomato. The croissant was good Then another 1½ hours to my destination, the Pinar Motel in Adyincik. The road to here was interesting;ContinueContinue reading “3/32 – Turkey: To The Seaside – 15-17 Sep 2025”

3/31 – Turkey: Borders and Tolls – 12 -14 Sep 2025

Fri 12 Sep 2025 Having decided that, since I wasn’t really enjoying myself, and that I was going to get to milder climes as quickly as possible, I decided to try to make it to the border and get across in one day. As this meant a 360km ride plus the two borders, I wasContinueContinue reading “3/31 – Turkey: Borders and Tolls – 12 -14 Sep 2025”