Author Archives: awayonmybike

Last time I posted I was in middle England just about to start a round of visits to friends in Yorkshire; well that came and went and from there I moved on to North Wales to visit more friends – and then it was but a brief trip down to my final finishing spot at … Continue reading »

Its December, I’m in Scotland I suppose I should have expected snow.  Unfortunately there seems to have been an excess of it just as I arrived – one week earlier and I would have seen none (conversely I was later to discover one week later I might have never made it all the way north or … Continue reading »

Last time I posted I was in Spain – well now I’m in the UK so I’m nearly at my final destination Swansea in Wales.  To add a bit of a challenge to the final week or so I’ve decided to go from Lands End to John O’groats – the two opposite tips of the … Continue reading »

What isn’t there to like in a country of beautiful scenery, where the cafe and bar have been taken to an art form, there’s culture and history wherever you look, the weather is (mostly) warm, the people extrovertly friendly, the motorcycle is king of the streets in the towns and there are some of the … Continue reading »

With time counting down I decided I needed to up my pace – so in the space of the last  fortnight I’ve been in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany again, France and now I’ve arrived in Spain. Poland was my first stop after Germany – only a flying visit and only staying overnight in one … Continue reading »

After leaving Norway headed south for about 500 km straight down the west coast of Sweden before turning west into Denmark.  On the first day all the run was on motorway type road and I ended up thinking what a boring looking country Sweden was.  But I wasn’t really doing it justice because the next … Continue reading »

Norway is an incredibly beautiful country – it has to be the most scenically “dense” of my whole trip.  It’s also the most expensive, succeeding in making Sweden look cheap(ish) – but $ per view it would still be a winner.  Here are a few shots to whet the appetite:       Since hotels … Continue reading »

The ferry trip Tallinn – Stockholm was (fortunately) uneventful.   After Moscow, St Petersburg, Tallinn and Riga I really didn’t want to spend much time in  another big city for awhile – but I did give Stockholm one day as I wanted to go and see the Vasa museum.  The Vasa was the pride of … Continue reading »

Firstly apologies for the delay in posting this.  It was written a few days ago – but initially problems with accessing the web site and then the fact I have been camping out for half a week have prevented posting it until now. Ever wondered where Estonia and Latvia were and what they were like? … Continue reading »

Well I write this from Estonia – so I’m now out of Russia and in the EU.  I originally thought I would spend about 2 months crossing Russia (and Mongolia) but in the end I spent 89 days out of the 90 days allowed by my visa. Before leaving my last major stop was Saint … Continue reading »