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”

3/27 – Homeward Bound – 30 Aug – ?? Oct 2025

Today is exactly 10 weeks since I boarded the plane in Dubai, to come home and await the outcome of the unwelcome events in Iran. My bike was safely parked, beside the croissants, in the Biker’s Café and I expected to be back in 3, maybe 4 weeks; toujours optimist! How many times ,on thisContinueContinue reading “3/27 – Homeward Bound – 30 Aug – ?? Oct 2025”