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Continue reading →: Day 24 – Cisna to Tylawa:The Trail Of The Eastern Front 1914-18 46 miles (74 km) – Total so far: 1,096 miles (1,764 km) Leaving my accommodation this morning, at a very relaxed 9:15.It was good, big and cool rooms, with a great sitting area and kitchen, it’s great being able to do your own breakfast.The…
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Continue reading →: Day 23 – Perechyn (UA) to Cisna (Poland) via Slovakia: The Old Russian Road54 miles (87 km) – Total so far: 1,050 miles (1,690 km) Breakfast yoghurt and banana. It was a warm and humid night and difficult to sleep in Perechyn.At only 130 metres asl positively subterranean, homesick for the hills ( don’t follow leaders ). A main road for 15 kilometres or so out…
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Continue reading →: Day 22 – Svalyava to Perechyn: Getting the strength back35 miles (56 km) – Total so far: 996 miles (1,603 km) Fortunately not that it’s very often (last year when riding in Croatia), but every time I get food-poisoning I think back to almost 8 years ago when I picked it up after a bad curry at my brother’s in…
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Continue reading →: Day 21 – Volovets to Svalyava27 miles (43 km) – Total so far: 961 miles (1,547 km) I had every intention of taking a rest day today but the place I was staying, Grun Hof, was pretty awful, and there is a very stormy day forecast tomorrow, which meant I decided on a few hours ride.…
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Continue reading →: Day 20 – Mizhhir’ya to Volovets: Guklivii Pass27 miles (43 km) – Total so far: 934 miles (1,503 km) View from the balcony of the place I stayed this morning.Weather pattern is similar at the moment; misty morning, sun breaks through and soon gets warm, humidity builds, storm late afternoon, cleared evening. It’s not bad conditions, but by…
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Continue reading →: Day 19 – Kolochava to Mizhhir’yaSynevyr Pass – so good so climb it twice 33 miles (53 km) – Total so far: 907 miles (1,460 km) Leaving the Agio Hotel this morning – good place to stay, the usual 400 Hrvynia’s, about £13 – and really couldn’t be faulted. Up the Tereblya river valley this morning,…
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Continue reading →: Day 18 – Ust Chorna to Kolochava: Pryslip Pass16 miles (26 km) – Total so far: 874 miles (1,407 km) Leaving Ust Chorna this morning.I cycled the couple of kilometres into ‘town ‘ last night for something to eat and back in the dark. I’m a fair bit ahead of my schedule so took my time this morning and…
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Continue reading →: Day 17 -Vorokhta to Ust ChornaIndependence Day in the Ukraine – The Okole Pass 60 miles (97 km) – Total so far: 858 miles (1,381 km) Fine weather this morning after a shower or two of rain last night.Really good food at the cafe of the hotel last night; Borscht (beetroot soup) and a roast lamb,…
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Continue reading →: Day 16 – Kuty to Vorokhta: Carpathian National Park54 miles (87 km) – Total so far: 798 miles (1,284 km) Wonderful breakfast at the little restaurant I ate at last night. Good fun staff who tolerated me translating the menu and my attempts at pronunciation. Last night I sat up late chatting with the two women in the neighbouring…
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Continue reading →: Day 15 – Putra (RO) to Kuty (Ukraine)60 miles (97 km) – Total so far: 744 miles (1,197 km) Leaving Putna this morning at just before 8:30 am on a cloudy morning, and thankfully very much cooler, 16C. Cut through to Vicovu de Sus And the border, which despite its electronic deisplay, has been closed for 7 years……
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Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
