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…
Crossing Germany and Poland
Day 4 - weds. 15th June - Waren - 410 kms. We left the sleepy town of Visbek, and rode through country lanes and small roads, across valleys and many…
Russia here we come!
Sunday 12th June - near Norwich - 211kms. Note that this time round, distances will be in kms, as my bike is Japanese import and data is only in metric.…
Wr are off today !
Today is the day! Just showing few photos as we tried fitting our luggage on the bikes yesterday. XT below: The TTR with the panniers: Wish us good luck. Over…