19 April 2022 Much has been said about the bond between man and dog. The devotion a dog gives its master and the joy one gets from the companionship are unique. Maybe you have to be a dog person to appreciate the relationship. You understand this or you do not. It cannot be explained. We…
Day 128 – Tivat
18 April 2022 We worked out that if the door is open whatever is loose on the roof stops rattling. Don’t ask me why. Physics is complicated. You just have to accept it. A better night’s sleep. The wind is still blowing. We set off. It turns out that our accommodation is in the windiest…
Day 127 – Rest
17 April 2022 Terrible night’s sleep. The wind howled all night. Whatever dislodged on the roof made a racket all night. We lay about all day. Read our books and binge watch a nineties series called Frontline. A parody of current affairs programs. In today’s hyperactive hysteria creating news cycle, it is still on point….
Day 126 – Petrovac
16 April 2022 Not a great start. Our room is 4 / 5. The postal box is clearly marked 4 / 5. Only an idiot would put the keys in the incorrect box. I spent the next ten minutes fishing the keys out of 4 / 4. Got there in the end. “Whenever a man…
Day 125 – Montenegro
15 April 2022 A long ride today, over 60 km, and a good hill toward the end. In hindsight, I would have seen more of Albania if I could. Maybe headed south. Done is done. We cruise along. Easy, flat riding. It is mostly on roads and not unpleasant though hardly scenic. We see our…
Day 124 – Mrizi Zanave
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…
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…