Day 8 Gerede to Gumushane (22nd May)
The landscape on the way from Gerede to Samsun changes after Merzifon from low bush-covered hills to much higher hills and tall needle-type poplars began to appear in the valley … Read more
The landscape on the way from Gerede to Samsun changes after Merzifon from low bush-covered hills to much higher hills and tall needle-type poplars began to appear in the valley … Read more
We set off early in the mornng after discovering that a large fleet of trucks had parked round us during the night. The landscape on the road from Kavalla to … Read more
Day 6 Meteora to Kavalla We got to the tour office for 08.30 and were taken on a bus to pick up other participants in the tour. The bus wound … Read more
The landscape from Skopje through Northern Macedonia and into Greece consists of rolling hills covered in dense shrub vegetation with the road meandering between the hills or powering its way … Read more
We woke up early and I bought 4 chocolate croisants from the Autogrill place for breakfast. We arrived at the Fusina campsite in good time and found it flooded due … Read more
Day 3 Offenburg to Vicenza After surviving a traffic jam in Freiberg we took the road to Donaueschingen (the source of the Danube) after a long series of hairpin bends … Read more
It would be nice if there was just one straight motorway running from Ypres to Karlsruhe. But there isn’t. Even using the satnav, we managed to get lost in Kortrijk, … Read more
Day 1 is traditionally the most boring day of our trip, and wasn’t helped by the need to drive to Birmingham to get the water flowing through the tap in … Read more
Day 62 (1st May) Amman to Aqaba A lazy day wandering along the seafront at Aqaba waiting for the ferry which leaves at 10 pm. We had a good meal … Read more
Day 32 (1st April) Dohuk to Amedi The first place on my schedule to visit in Kurdistan was Lalish, capital of the Yazidi people who are thought to be devil-worshippers … Read more