Siberian friends
We spend the week end ( 16th and 17th July) in Novosibirsk. Andrey left us the use of his beautiful flat and went to his parents'. They live in the…
Into Siberia
Day 29- Sunday 10th of July - Perm, 0kms Perm hasn't got the touristic charm of Petrozavodsk, with its bohemian bars and Parisian cafes, it hasn't got the faded beauty of…
Riding East
Day 24 - Tuesday 5th of July - Velikiy Ustyug - 0kms Velikiy is an ancient town that is now enjoying a sort of Renaissance since 1998. This is when…
The missing cattle mystery
There is something that has been bothering me for a while. Over the last two years, we have ridden thousands of miles across Russia (west, southern and central Siberia), flew…
Northern Russia taking its toll
Outside town we refuelled and reassessed the situation. No place to stay for a long time. What to do? Camping was pretty much out of the question. Every time we…
Cosmodrome and KGB… just another day on the road!
Day 21 - Sat 2d July - Pudozh - 370kms We packed up and left Petrozavodsk under a glorious sun! We had decided to ride around the north shore of…
Republic of Karelia
On our last day in St Pete, the weather was not so nice. In the afternoon we took a stroll to the local botanic gardens. Sadly we could not visit…
St Petersburg
Day 11 - Friday 24th June - St Petersburg - 160 kms We left the cabin in the woods ( and the millions of mosquitoes!) after a quick breakfast of…
Into Russia
Day 10 - Tuesday 21st June 2016 - Zarasai (Lithuania) - 320 kms We left Poland and cross quickly into Lithuania. The raids were straight for miles on end. This…
Meeting friends in Warsaw
I read a quote a long time ago: "strangers are only friends you have not met yet"... This has been so true on all our trips! As I just published…