Nicopolis – Greece
One of the reasons I came to this part of Greece was to visit Nicopolis. I love castles, all-things engineering, and of course history, especially from the middle-ages and earlier. …
Preveza – Greece
Leaving my lakeside campsite I headed east and into the mountains for an hour to see the impressive and surprisingly small Holy Kipinas Monastery. This 13th-century monastery was built into …
Ionnina – Greece
The castle at Ioannina was built around the 1300’s, and very soon the city established itself as a centre for culture and the silver trade during the middle ages. It …
New Dunlop Trailmax Raid Tyres
At Ioannina in Greece I had a new set of tyres fitted. I had emailed a several tyre shops a few days beforehand while I was in Albania and one …
Albania to Greece
Today has been another jump, and also a good day. I left my peaceful waterfront campsite at the bottom of Lake Ohrid this morning and headed south. My first stop …
Lake Ohrid – Albania
I left the campsite at Shumbat this morning and headed to the south of Albania. It was only a short ride of about 150kms and it took about three hours, …
From the northern mountains to Shumbat in the west – Albania
Today was a long one…! Leaving my camping spot high up in the mountains about 8.30 I headed north-east to ride clockwise around the huge tributary lake called the Drin. …
Montenegro to Albania
Leaving my campsite outside Tivat about 8.30, I joined the traffic jam to get out of Tivat. They are actually constructing a motorway from Tivat to Budva, which seems to …
Tivat – Montenegro
Saying goodbye to Sarajevo, I headed south-east towards Montenegro. About 30kms before the border the roads had given up the will to live, making the ride very interesting. The worst …
Sarajevo – Bosnia
Leaving Mostar around 9am, the journey was around 140kms and took about three hours. Many of the roads were in poor condition, so I just took it slow and steady. …