Countries 10 (Denmark), or 12 if you include Germany and Netherlands again Distance so far: 5375km Total distance by the time we get...

Distance so far: 4358km Not much to say really. Phew you say. The last three days have been spent mostly riding on what must be some of...

Countries: 9 (Sweden and Norway) Distance so far: 3800km Start with where we are now. Ardalstangen at the head of Norway’s longest fjord,...

Countries: 7 (Estonia) Distance so far: About 2900km We’ve started to look forward to Scandinavian roads, even if they have the rumoured...

Countries: 6 (Lithuania and Latvia) Distance so far: forgot to look and the bikes are in an underground garage - but somewhat north of...

Countries: 4 (Poland) Distance so far: 1690km We have just about completed our crossing of Poland from West to East and we still...

Wasn’t sure whether to write this one and sorry if this is “oversharing”. But I decided to put my thoughts as far as I can order them...

Countries: 3 (England, Netherlands, Germany) Distance so far: 706km There hasn’t been much time for this, primarily due to our usual...

Hard to believe but since we completed our mammoth tour of the American Rockies in September 2022, we have managed precisely one (ONE!)...

Can't resist. Have to start with a minor whinge about our hotel. Which is completely unfair because it is a beautiful building in a...

Ok, how many of you knew that James Joyce lived in Trieste and wrote "The Dubliners" here? And some of "Ulysses". And "Portrait of the...

OK, I lied. We aren’t in Trieste yet but having had another spectacular day in Venezia I thought it only fair to share… As I write we are...

Or as some prefer to call it: “The Birmingham of the Mediterranean”. Maybe stretching it a bit! We have been home for 6 months since...

We are coming to the end of this trip and I shall very soon run out of words to say about it. Phew, you say. But before I do, just some...

Like most people the reason I have heard of Robben Island is because it is where Mandela was imprisoned for the majority of the time he...

Nope, not the film. And not me and six of my mates either. But very possibly a new target (for when I have been to all 50 US states). Of...

A newspaper article in the 1930s referred to Cape Town as the world's only true metropolis, from the Greek "meter" for mother, and...

Well, that was meal and a half. Actually probably worth about 4 meals. Or if just judged on quality, perhaps ten. This was just the...

If there is anyone out there that has read them all, you deserve a medal! And, unless you are unlucky enough to be married to me, you are...

Hard though it was to tear ourselves away from our last "game" experience, we had yet more things to look forward to. Well, at least this...