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”
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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”
3/29 – It’s Just As I Imagined – 02-06 Sep 2025
Tue 02 Sep 2025 Having made the most of my luxurious surroundings, I forced myself out at 0600 next morning, headed for the border. I rather expected a straightforward passage; oh, was I mistaken. https://studio.youtube.com/video/O-uiOyHImqE/edit At the UAE border, the only sign indicated “Exit Saudi Arabia” needing a stamp on my CdP I couldn’t exit,ContinueContinue reading “3/29 – It’s Just As I Imagined – 02-06 Sep 2025”
3/28 – The End Has Begun – 30/31 Aug 2025
Sat 30 Aug 2025 Everything has to start somewhere, and this ending started early, on a grey drizzly morning. However in spite of the gloomy weather, my day got off to a good start, and after a welcome ride to the train station – thank you Gary – and a painless train journey, I foundContinueContinue reading “3/28 – The End Has Begun – 30/31 Aug 2025”
3/13 – Belfast-2-Belfast On Hold – 03 Mar 2025
Due to unforeseen circumstances my trip has had to be put on hold for a bit. As you might have guessed from the main photo, I had an accident. It was the most serious of my tumbles to date, leaving me with a broken rib, a fracture in my hand , some impressive abrasions and numerousContinueContinue reading “3/13 – Belfast-2-Belfast On Hold – 03 Mar 2025”
3/09 – Belfast, Canterbury, New Zealand – 11/12 Feb 2025
Tue 11 Feb 2025 Because it was raining, I set off from Liz’s place towards midday, with a promise of dryer weather in the afternoon, and indeed I reached Blenheim with nothing more than a few sprinkles to bother me. The road was, as I had been warned, boring, with it’s only redeeming feature being,ContinueContinue reading “3/09 – Belfast, Canterbury, New Zealand – 11/12 Feb 2025”
3/08 – My First Traffic Stop! – 08/10 Feb 2025
A bit longer than usual this post, but not a single technical word in sight; promise! Saturday 08 Feb 2024 My day dawned in darkness at 0400, as I had to be at the ferry by 0515 and had been warned that they were pretty strict about timing. Unusually, I got there early after ridingContinueContinue reading “3/08 – My First Traffic Stop! – 08/10 Feb 2025”
3/03 – Reunited, And It Feels So Good – 14-17 Jan 2025
Reunited and Uploaded! Darryll and Helenna live in a town about 40 minutes from Auckland. I was greeted with the same openness and warmth I had experienced across N America. A little later, while Darryll prepared some dinner, Helenna insisted I sit and put my feet up. I wasn’t too hard to convince as IContinueContinue reading “3/03 – Reunited, And It Feels So Good – 14-17 Jan 2025”
3/02 – Getting to New Zealand – 10-13 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2025 Thanks to Stéphane’s speedy driving, I arrived at the station in, unusually, good time, only to see that there was a short delay! Why did I expect anything else. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the SNCF Intercity train. It was clean, comfortable and quiet. I passed through Narbonne, BezierContinueContinue reading “3/02 – Getting to New Zealand – 10-13 Jan 2024”
2/47 – Oregon and Highway 101 – 26-29 Sep 2024
Thursday 26 Sep 2024 Thankfully the weather had improved markedly when I peered through the window. It was still chilly, so I dressed accordingly. The ride was a throwback to my experience at Myrtle Beach; a long stretch of shops and businesses with nose-to-tail traffic and robots every 200 metres or so. I was headingContinueContinue reading “2/47 – Oregon and Highway 101 – 26-29 Sep 2024”
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