14 April 2022 Image heavy post. We take our time. We have a flat 27 km ride to our lunch reservation. No point in leaving early. We grab an average breakfast and hit the road at 10.00 am. Shell sets a cracking pace. It is fun riding. Through busy streets, quiet countryside, and the occasional…
Category: Albania
Day 123 – Beach
13 April 2022 Breakfast and set off early. There is a dog to see us off. We give him a pat. Dogs bring joy. We have about 10 km to cover the way we came yesterday. Past the falling down bridge but not over it. We are mostly on back roads. It is fun riding…
Day 122 – Somewhere near Rubik
12 April 2022 Blue skies. The temperature dropped below zero last night. Breakfast on the mountainside. Today’s ride is about 40 km. We have a big downhill so it should be an easy ride. Leaving Kujë we head offroad and onto a quarry track. Pass goat herders and an old man on a mule pushing…
Day 120 & 121 – Rain and Mountains
10 – 11 April 2022 10 April 2022 Wake up and look out the window. Grey clouds and some blue sky to the west. Shoot down to check on the bikes. Shell gets nervous with them chained up outside. They are fine. I get a look at the mountains to the east. Black clouds. Head…
Day 119 – Albania
9 April 2022 It is a 10 hour trip on the ferry from Bari to Durrës. I slept pretty well considering the noises a large boat makes. Shell not so much. She was up at 3.00 am and beat me up this morning. We arrive in port around 9.00 am. Vodafone has roaming now in…