On the hillside opposite the hotel we stayed in last night there was a Shepherd who spends his day tending his flock, this is a scene repeated all over Romania, mainly sheep, although sometimes cattle. What I find so ironic is that the Shepherd in these biblical scenes can often be seen using the most […]
What road
Today we leave Hungary and head to Romania. The first story is about changing Hungarian Florints back into Euros before leaving Hungary. I stood in the bank for 30mins, totally ignored, I thought I was invisible, they must have been able to smell me after 11days of high temperatures in heavy motorcycle clothing. I eventually […]
A Bank not a Vet!
Yesterday morning we eventually forced the steel gate open and exited the deserted campsite, our escape was watched enviously by some locals as they stood around a barbeque they had started at 9.00am. A queue of youngsters was forming at a pedestrian gate ready to pay their fee to use the pool and listen to […]
Heavy rain
Woke with a bad head, two Slovenian motorcyclists, Egor and his friend invited us to have a drink with them. They bought a beer we returned the hospitality and on it goes. Today we are heading through Slovakia towards Hungary, we plan to camp in Slovakia as their currency is Euros and we don’t have […]
Auschwitz-Birkenau
There can’t be many people that don’t recognise the name Auschwitz, which is in fact a small town in Poland. Most of us will immediately associate the name with a WWII Concentration and Death Camp. The tour guide threw statistics and numbers at me that were very difficult to take in, it was particularly difficult […]
Stalag Luft III
Stalag Luft III is not well signed, we found it in the end, In the background of the picture is the stone that marks the end of “Harry” the 111 metre long escape tunnel dug by the POW’s. Found some unpaved roads today, the overnight rain had cleared the air so it was less muggy, […]
Great Escape
Stayed the night at the Villa Park Hotel, Zagan, Poland. Stalag Luft III was built at Zagan made famous by the 1963 Great Escape film. Do I look a bit like Steve MCQueen? On our last night camping at Colditz we met Tony and Sian with their 2 boys aged 8 and 10. They had […]
Colditz, son of a former inmate
The castle is a 20-25 min walk from the Waldbad campsite, through the woods that were a game reserve in bygone years, The extended tour was 2 hours, were took 3 hours thanks to the very helpful lady who was our tour guide. Our tour was made all the more interesting as we were joined […]
Dam Buster
We left the campsite at Naumberg and rode a few short miles to the Eder dam, particular relevant to a resident of Lincolnshire, home of the 617 Squadron and the Lancaster bomber. We walked across the dam, ordered an Iced Coffee and watched the world go by. The rest of the journey, 227 miles in […]
Speed limit
There is not much interesting to say about German Autobahns, apart that is to say, for the stretches where the speed limit indicator on your sat nav goes blank. Experimenting with speeds that would have serious consequences in our country does bring with it some excitement! Camping at Naumburg in Germany, quite and good value […]