A tough day of riding through a bleak Serbian winters day! It’s been lightly snowing all day and a stiff northerly breeze has kept the wind chill feeling below freezing. Not ideal conditions for cycling, especially with an unavoidable longest day of riding of the expedition! We set out early to make sure we had Read more

After a fine few days of rest, relaxation and re-planning the next phase of the journey we cycled out of Sombor this morning. Use of the swimming pool, sauna, steam room and a day off the bikes has certainly been restorative for us both. The weather is still cold, but the snow storms have been Read more

Porridge again for breakfast today, in our host’s kitchen… Today is the 10 year anniversary of our wedding day! A landmark occasion and a day to celebrate, but our enthusiasm for cycling was being dampened by the heavy rain outside! We lingered over breakfast and sat close to the warmth of the ceramic stove/oven in Read more

Last nights sleep didn’t feel like long enough! Before we knew it, we were back downstairs having breakfast in the big hotel hall. It’s a huge hotel, which must have been very grand in its day. After eating in the formal hall, (nice, but a bit weird being the only people in there!), we took Read more

Freshly cooked cheese omelettes at the hotel made a nice change from porridge this morning, before we wheeled our bike through the spotless reception area and back onto the “EuroVelo 6” cycle route.  The trail followed the river all day, but this time along a tarmac route on top of the dyke.     After a Read more

Finally, we’re back to proper cycling touring conditions! A mostly traffic free day, much better (dry!) weather and a stop for coffee and cake after only five minutes of leaving the guest house! We’d stayed the night in a room just outside of Solt, so after making some more porridge for breakfast, rolled into town Read more