OFF THE HAMSTER WHEEL

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Days 13 to 16 Poland, Slovakia, Austria and Italy to France

Day 13Sometimes you just know that your plans will not work out and despite your best efforts everything turns to shit. In most cases, the reason for your plans going sideways is …

Posted by The Madbiker on Fri, Mar 20, 2020

Biking in Poland

The speed limits in Poland are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways The motorways are numbered and …

Posted by The Madbiker on Wed, Dec 18, 2019

Biking in Czech Republic

The speed limits in the Czech Republic are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways. The motorways are are …

Posted by The Madbiker on Tue, Nov 12, 2019

Biking in Germany

The speed limits in Germany are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways. The motorways are are called …

Posted by The Madbiker on Mon, Nov 11, 2019

Biking in Italy

The speed limits in Italy are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways. The motorways are the A roads, the …

Posted by The Madbiker on Mon, Nov 11, 2019

Biking in Switzerland

The speed limits in Switzerland are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways. The motorways are the A roads, …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sun, Nov 10, 2019

Biking in Spain

The speed limits in Spain are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways. Like France, the motorways are the A …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sat, Nov 9, 2019

Days 9 to 12 France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Czech Republic to Poland

Day 9The next morning I set off along the D133 in the direction of Gap and at last the sun was out, it was warm and the bike was running well. En route to Gap I passed through the …

Posted by The Madbiker on Thu, Oct 31, 2019

Days 6 to 8 Spain to France

Day 6After lounging about in the sun and riding some forest dirt roads in Galicia to reacquaint myself with riding off road it was time to head back to Krakow in Poland where I …

Posted by The Madbiker on Thu, Oct 31, 2019

Biking in France

The speed limits in France are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 130 km/h (86 mph) on motorways but the 130 kph limit on the …

Posted by The Madbiker on Mon, Sep 30, 2019