Europe

For me it's more about the people I meet and the experiences in a long journey such as this but the first thing people ask understandably is where did you go so last night I wrote it down and I'll paste a copy below.

The bike performed perfectly as usual even in the strongest wind and rain it never missed a beat nor was it affected by the wind. The oil level remained full when I checked it in Portugal and at the end. I replaced the front tyre in Malta and the rear will be replaced now.

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Here is a summary of the route.
I started on the 8th May and ended 26th June.

I rode From my home near Cambridge in England down to the eurotunnel train and then headed south in France and entered Germany then east across Germany and Austria and Slovenia then continued south east across Croatia to Slovensky Brod where I stayed with some friends for a few days. 
Then I turned south into central Bosnia and Herzegovina then through Montenegro to Durres on the coast of Albania where I caught a ferry to Bari in Italy. 

After riding across the foot of Italy, I got another ferry to Messina in Sicily, then rode down the east coast to Pozzallo in the south where I caught yet another ferry to Malta. 

I had a few days in Malta, then rode my 1959 Velocette and enjoyed a 3-day ride to Ragusa district of Sicily with the historic bike club of Malta. 

Then back to the BMW and up through Sicily, into Italy following the west coast to just above Rome a place called Civitavecchia where I called a ferry to Barcelona.

Mandy flew to meet me there and we had 4 days together. Then I headed south to Seville in southern Spain a few days there with a friend and then I headed to the Algarve of Portugal to stay with another friend. 

From the south of Portugal I turned straight north to about halfway up Portugal where I re-entered Spain because the roads were better and not so many tolls. 

I stayed away from Madrid to avoid heavy traffic and entered France on the northwest coast. Then continued up the west side again avoiding Paris and came around to Calais where I got the Eurotunnel train then rode my lovely bike back to Wickhambrook near Cambridge.Lue lisää