OFF THE HAMSTER WHEEL

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Days 82 to 84 Hungary and Serbia to North Macedonia

Day 82Miskloc is a place that I had again passed by whilst transiting through Hungary but I had never actually stopped in. It is quite a well spread out city that is much longer …

Posted by The Madbiker on Tue, Aug 23, 2022

Days 79 to 81 Poland and Slovakia to Hungary

Day 79As the world is still mad and borders are still shut because of the alleged virus, or wars, or other political nonsense, and all roads East from Central Europe are still …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sat, Aug 20, 2022

Five Years Down And Who Would Have Guessed?

Five Years DownIt has been five years since I left Scotland to begin my Round The World trip (RTW) and who would have guessed how the world would have so dramatically changed since …

Posted by The Madbiker on Tue, Apr 26, 2022

Days 74 to 78 Spain, France, Italy, Austria and Slovakia to Poland

Day 74As those who read this blog are aware of my travels, like those of many others, have been restricted by measures brought in by Governments around the world. Until now such …

Posted by The Madbiker on Mon, Feb 21, 2022

Engine Rebuild and Spain December 2021

The damage to the bike engine was substantial so I knew that it would take more than a few days to fix it. As I have owned and ridden bikes continually since I was a teenager my …

Posted by The Madbiker on Mon, Dec 27, 2021

Days 70 to 73 Poland, Germany and France to Spain

Day 70The madness is still with us and four years after leaving the UK on my RTW trip and it is still disrupting my travel plans, borders are still closed or heavily restricted. …

Posted by The Madbiker on Tue, Sep 7, 2021

Four Years Down and the Tatra Mountains

It has now been 4 years since I left the UK on my adventures, however, as I mentioned in my previous post because of all of the madness engendered in politicians in respect of …

Posted by The Madbiker on Thu, Jul 29, 2021

Biking in Turkey

The speed limits in Turkey are 50 km/h (50 mph) in built up areas, 90 km/h (56 mph) outside built up areas, and 120 km/h (74 mph) on motorways. In Turkey the motorways are numbered …

Posted by The Madbiker on Wed, Nov 11, 2020

Days 68 to 69 Romania, Hungary and Slovakia to Poland

Day 68I had spent the night in the town of Satu Mare close to the border crossing with Hungary. I had read that Hungary was open for transit only and that Slovakia were testing …

Posted by The Madbiker on Mon, Nov 9, 2020

Days 65 to 67 Turkey, Bulgaria and Moldovian Border to Romania

Day 65One of the main reasons for leaving Turkey was because all of the land routes to the East from Turkey were closed and because of this I had to decide where to go for the …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sat, Nov 7, 2020