Malta via The Balkans

5月 - 7月 2019

This is my first solo motorcycle adventure.
My aim is to ride to Malta via Croatia Montenegro Albania Corfu Italy etc.
I have no fixed timetable other than to meet Mandy in Dubrovnik. もっと詳しく

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Peter Sprot Malta via The Balkans
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- 2019/05/12 6:33
- ☀️ -1 °C
- 海抜: 299 フィート
- イングランド St. Edmundsbury District Wickhambrook 52.15992, 0.5547452°9’36” N 0°33’17” E
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A frosty start at 6am
2019年5月12日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ -1 °C
As I took the bike out of the garage moisture condensed in its screen then froze solid. I rode only 8 miles to meet a bunch of motorcyclists who are riding for a track day at Folembray in France. By the time we reached Dover the group had grown to over 30. I must admit riding through France they were all riding faster than I would prefer. I think I was on the smallest bike at 850cc. When we filled with fuel I noticed I put 30% less than the 1250cc bikes. They were great company so I'm glad I started in the same hotel for a couple of nights and went to the track day with them.もっと詳しく
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Peter Sprot Malta via The Balkans
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- 2019/05/13 9:00
- ⛅ 8 °C
- 海抜: 302 フィート
- フランス Hauts-de-France Folembray 49.54403, 3.2988549°32’39” N 3°17’56” E
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Folembray race circuit
2019年5月13日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
A full day zooming round the track. I photographed the bikes and enjoyed the banter. We had a very nice barbecue for lunch and all went out for a steak. Mine was really tough.
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John hood Tough steak in France....Neigh..
2019/05/19返信する
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- 2019/05/14 17:00
- ⛅ 18 °C
- 海抜: 659 フィート
- ドイツ Baden-Württemberg Region Oberkirch 48.53356, 8.0767848°32’1” N 8°4’36” E
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Rhine Valley to Oberkirch
2019年5月14日, ドイツ ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
A nice easy ride into Germany. Border guards were busy searching many cars but they just let me through. The Rhine Valley was a nice twist road. I had a scary moment when I hit a swarm of bees that sounded like hailstones hitting me and the bike, luckily I had my jacket fastened so none got in. The hotel was ok. This was just a stop over on the way to meet Andrew on Wednesday. Not sure what the huge brush is in the last photo but this sort of brush was seen all over town.もっと詳しく
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- 2019/05/15 14:00
- ⛅ 10 °C
- 海抜: 1,362 フィート
- スイス Zürich Zürich (Kreis 4) / Werd 47.36555, 8.5248447°21’56” N 8°31’29” E
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Google Zurich
2019年5月15日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Problems with the sat nav not recognising a main road being closed made me very late meeting Andrew at his office in Zurich Centre. We had a lovely meal followed by an extensive tour of Google which employs over 2000 people. It is a truely amazing place. It must be great fun working there.もっと詳しく
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- 2019/05/16
- ⛅ 4 °C
- 海抜: 5,856 フィート
- スイス Kanton Schwyz Arth Rigi Kulm Sendeturm Rigi 47.05599, 8.4851647°3’22” N 8°29’7” E
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Lusern and Mount Rigi
2019年5月16日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
Had a great day. I left the bike at Google and went on a train to Lusern then a ferry boat for an hour to the foot of Mount Rigi, then a cog railway which climbed very steeply up the mountain for around 40 minutes. We were above the clouds at the top. Beautiful. The we walked down for 40 minutes and caught a different train and had a walk around Lusern.
More walking after another train to Zurich as we went to Google to dry my washing as they have facilities for the staff. At the end of a tiring day we had walked over 23000 steps. Over 11 miles. The day finished with a lovely self service Italian meal. Followed by renting a couple of electric assisted bicycles to ride back to Google and pick up my washing.もっと詳しく
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Lovely place, Luzern - we haven't been for several years, which is too long. Your photos look as if you did most of the sights while you were there., and as if you enjoyed it. Sally
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Jean Johnson Luzern was where I went on my first trip abroad as a young teenager and the friends I made there are still part of my world. Great place. J.
2019/05/18返信する
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Peter Sprot Malta via The Balkans
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- 2019/05/17 19:49
- ⛅ 9 °C
- 海抜: 4,449 フィート
- オーストリア Tirol Nauders Arsangsbach 46.88636, 10.5044946°53’11” N 10°30’16” E
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Reschen pass Austria
2019年5月17日, オーストリア ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
5 hours riding a day is enough so I'm choosing a place to stop which fits with that. I could ride more but it's enough. Nauders is a picturesque tourist resort. Motorcyclists are very welcome nearly every hotel has a sign saying so.
The pass is fantastic to ride on the bike and the roads are very quiet. I had to buy a vinniete which is a pass to ride on the motorways in Austria. It was only 5.5 euros for ten days unlike the Swiss one which I didn't buy out of principle at 40 euros for a year of which I would use 2 days.
The hotel in in is a family one, quite modern and very clean but no heating that I can find. If it is underfloor it is switched off so I'm going to bed early. Also there is no food the nearest restaurant was closed so all I've had to eat today is a croissant at Google and a small sandwich at 4pm from the supermarket. It'll have to do. The supermarket serves breakfasts so I'll drop in on my way out of town.もっと詳しく
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Jean Johnson Avril is here and we are both sending our WARMEST thoughts your way.
2019/05/17返信する
Moving south so I hope it warms up for you. 84f here today! 29C
2019/05/18返信する
That pic of Lucerne brought back memories, I was there when I was four which was a long time ago
2019/05/18返信する
Wish I could remember what I did yesterday! Google looks great fun. You were lucky with those bees, they can find the tiniest gap. Have fun. Fran x
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- 2019/05/18 19:09
- 🌧 14 °C
- 海抜: 1,060 フィート
- イタリア Friuli Venezia Giulia Tolmezzo 46.40613, 13.015646°24’22” N 13°0’56” E
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Tolmezzo in the rain
2019年5月18日, イタリア ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
It's nice to now be in the part of Italy where they speak Italian.
I had rode in light rain for around 40 kilometers inside the Italian border when I stopped for petrol. More about that later. Every one was speaking German. It is the language of the area.
I was about five and a half hours on the bike with the temperature at 13c at its best and 6 on the mountain passes. Whoever invented heated handlebar grips should be made a saint. Also, before setting off on this adventure I treated myself to new riding clothing. In my world it was very expensive but today it proved its worth. I wore the jacket and trousers both with the removable lining in and left my jumper off so under the jacket was only a tee shirt and under the trousers boxer shorts. I was not the slightest bit cold. The rain was negligeable until the last 40 minutes when the heavens opened so I arrived at the hotel and asked the receptionist to take a picture of me as I dripped on the carpet. The rain stopped as I checked in.
They provided a special lock up place for motorcycles and just a I was putting my bike away 6 other BMW bikes arrived from Germany and Finland. This area is there destination.
When I fill my bike with fuel it shows on the screen how many miles can be covered with the tank now full, this is based on how you are riding which wasn't hard due to traffic. It said I could do 710klm which is 441 miles on 23 litres which is 5 UK gallons which if it were correct would equal 88 miles to the gallon. I think its nearer 75 which is still very good.
After posting this I'm off into town to a pizzeria I spotted when I went for a walk.
Just across the square from my hotel which you can see in one of the pictures is a church and like a lot of Italian churches it looks bland from the outside but inside it was beautiful.もっと詳しく
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John Morrill Pleased to see you`re making good,steady progress and that the bike is all you hoped for.Take care, John and Vicky.
2019/05/18返信する
Jean Johnson Glad that outfit came up to excitations.
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Jean Johnson Quite like Malta.
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Peter Sprot Malta via The Balkans
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- 2019/05/19 16:53
- 🌧 17 °C
- 海抜: 978 フィート
- スロベニア Ljubljana Tivoli park 46.0509, 14.4963546°3’3” N 14°29’47” E
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Ljubljana
2019年5月19日, スロベニア ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
I considered waiting before leaving Tolmezzo and I'm glad I didn't.
Check in here at the hostel is 3pm so I thought I'd get there early, leave the bike and go for a walk. That turned out to be a great plan. It was only a two and a half hour ride and the weather to my left all the way looked very dark however it didn't rain on me and it was warm.
I had time to visit the cathedral and a museum before heading back to the hostel to officially check in an be assigned a bunk in the four bed room. I'm sharing with an American who lives in Borneo, a Russian who is a bit weird and the fourth bed is still empty. Heavy rain started just as I settled in the room for a chat. I can hear someone playing guitar in the recreation lounge so I'll go take a look soon.もっと詳しく
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Peter Sprot This is the door to the Cathedral
2019/05/19返信する
旅行者 Ljubljana looks really interesting. I did a trip to the Balkans, Split and Sarajevo are interesting. Mostar is very touristy as is Dubrovnik but can recommend Cavtat just down the road as a more relaxing fishing village with holiday atmosphere. Further down the road Kotor is stunning. Happy exploring! Fran x
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- 2019/05/20 18:39
- ⛅ 17 °C
- 海抜: 148 フィート
- クロアチア Primorsko-Goranska Županija Krk 45.03114, 14.572745°1’52” N 14°34’22” E
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Krk in Krk
2019年5月20日, クロアチア ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The day started at the hostel with me trying to work out the best was to get to Krk. Google suggested one way and my Garmin sat nav suggested a way which included two ferries rather than go over the bridge. It still suggested the ferries when I told it to avoid ferries so I decided to run with both devices but follow the Google way when they disagreed. See the photo. It starts raining soon after leaving Ljubljana which at first wasn't a problem until it was really raining hard and my phone was getting wet but by then the garmin was behaving. As I climbed the mountain it got cold and misty then really thick fog which was so thick that at one point when I needed to turn right off a road I couldn't see the other side of the road I just slowly followed what the sat nav and Google where telling me and sure enough there was a road.
Now I'm in the island of Krk in the lovely town of Krk staying in a really cheap apartment with lovely views and easy walking distance from the centre. I think its 25€ including breakfast. As soon as I arrived the rain stopped so I now have my jacket and trousers drying on a line, my bike is in a garage and a welcome beer from the owner is inside me.
I'm going into town now for a meal as I've had nothing since a small bowl of cereal at the hostel this morning.もっと詳しく
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Peter Sprot I wonder what that means? It means great twisty roads ahead.
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Peter Sprot It got a lot worse than this
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Peter Sprot Couldn't take good photos. The camera was getting wet.
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- 2019/05/21
- 🌧 17 °C
- 海抜: 148 フィート
- クロアチア Zadar 44.11864, 15.2539544°7’7” N 15°15’14” E
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Leaking boots
2019年5月21日, クロアチア ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
This was not a day for taking photos. It was raining as I left Krk and it quickly got very heavy then thunder. After an hour I stopped at a cafe and transferred my phone, passport and camera to my well sealed pannier box. Both my boots started leaking so tomorrow's ride will be with my boots lined with carrier bags.
My plan was to ride inland into the mountains to Korenika then back to the sea at Karlobag following the coast to Split. Instead I abandoned all plans and came on the toll road for 160km in heavy rain to Zadar which is not very nice at all. For £19 I rented an apartment then went to a huge supermarket and bought food to eat in my room, I didn't fancy a restaurant meal.
Wednesdays forecast is possible thunder storms again so I plan to ride to the nice town of Split despite the weather then stop there overnight if it is raining, if it isn't I'll have lunch and a look around then carry on to Dubrovnik to meet with Mandy. Thursday's forecast onwards is good.
The photo is a view from my window. This apartment was so hard to find in a run down city full of old high rise apartments from another era, very few streets had name plates I found it as the street next to it had a name plate. Google was better than Garmin at finding the street I walked 35 minutes to get to the old town centre. There was a lot of traffic and I was too tired to enjoy walking around so I came straight back. I'll be glad to be on the road tomorrow rain or no rain.
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You need some sunshine and warmth!
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