Up at 8, ate a banana and some croissants, then off around 9. Most of the morning was spent climbing up over a mountain ridge out of the...

I had set an alarm for 5:30. I woke, but found myself so comfortable and tired that I put it off by degrees until 8ish. By 9 I was up,...

It’s 14:15 as I write this. I’m in a café 60km into my day and my pen ran out, so I’ve nabbed this one. The café is dirty and run down,...

Awoken at 8 by the sound of barking dogs outside on the beach. This sound never really stopped. I felt unable to cycle today and decided...

Up around 8. I packed as I boiled a pan and heated one of my French army rations – chicken and lentils. It was good. I felt fuelled up...

Up around 8 and off at 9. I decided against cross country. Pula looked nice. 60% of today was spent weaving through pedestrians on...

Day 25 (part 1): Trieste to Spodnje.   A difficult morning followed by a decent evening. I was up at 8:30ish and had a huge breakfast...

Up around 8. It was raining so I stayed in the tent for a while waiting for it to die off. The morning was slow. After using the...

A relatively uneventful day today in terms of cycling. In the morning I got up around 8:30, partook of a huge buffet breakfast, said...

Ben got up and packed at 5:30. When he left I took his bed. Dowler left at 7. Once he’d gone I too packed. I received a text from Ben...

Long, but so far relatively uneventful day today. I left my accommodation around 9  [ the tap in the bathroom didn't work, so I filled my...

Slept well. Woke at 8. It was raining. During a short break in the rain I packed and set off for Verona, via lake Garda. Beeline seemed...

Woken at 7 once again by the endless pealing of church bells. How can anyone stand it?! I took another shower, packed my things and,...

Was woken at 7 by about 5 different sets of church bells clanging one after the other. Of course today was the one day that the camp café...

Today was defined by beauty and water. Lots of water, both above, below, and inside my shoes. I got up at 6ish, dried out my tent, bought...

A very tiring but very cool day so far. I have been passing through the best landscape of the trip so far, though at the expense of my...

Got up around 8. Max was already gone. Put some things on charge, bought a strange pastry, which I ate by the lake, and a pretzel, which...

I awoke at 7. Today was going to be HOT so I decided on less distance. I had a croissant and tea for breakfast. Then I packed and was...

Got up at 7, packed and set off for a campsite on the edge of lake Constance. As I was packing I got bitten by a caterpillar. WTF! I...

I got up around 8 and went down to my included breakfast. After checking out around 10 I finally posted the postcard I had written in...