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 […]
Menin Gate
Chichester to Ypres, I first came here last year, amazing to see 54000 plus names carved into the stone and then to find out these were the ones that have known grave, I presume this means no body was found. The road is closed every night of the year and the last post is played […]
First day
Ride to Chichester to spend the evening with our daugher Louise. Unevenfull other than the M25. Where is everyone going?