195km, 12:35 hours, 500 alt gain, headwind Today was not one of those crazy madcap adventure days filled with calamity and daring – it was just a good old fashioned grind into a headwind in the heat on straight roads for hours on end. It is what it is, and I tried to make the…
Category: Serbia
Day 5 – Српске изненађења (Serbian Surprises)
282km, 18.5 hours riding, 1 732m alt gain, 35.8 high temp Today was a good day, I got my mojo back, the bike ran well, and I covered excellent kms. I am also loving Serbia. The people are as friendly and welcoming as the Bulgarians but the country is a little built up with regular…
Day 3 & 4 – Rains and reunions
250km, 4900 alt gain, 18 hours riding The efforts of parcour 1 and the whole bike fiasco had really left me quite overwhelmed at Sofia. A morning WhatsApp video with kids proved just that and had a moment on the phone with them – shame poor kids on way to school seeing a tearing dad…