Month: October 2013
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The roller coaster ride from Giurgiu to Silistra on The Danube-less bike trail
After my Romanian regulation cheese omelette for breakfast I departed leaving the smelly bathroom behind. Fortunately, even though Romania is Catholic, all the shops were open so I was able to stock up with choc bars & fruit. Isn’t it strange how France had a revolution to remove priests from power but to this day…
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Corabia to Giurgiu on The Danube Bike Trail
Another grand day out and I’m pleased to say someone gave the truckers a day of! Perhaps they were attending all the weddings going on in the various villages I went through. No gales today just a pleasant light breeze although I still clocked up over 13mph for the 90+ miles I biked. The road…
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A fast day on the Danube bike trail – Calafat to Corabia
A great biking day especially with a gale force wind pushing me along, poor old boys coming the other day were walking their bikes. I did the 90 miles at an average speed of 15mph. Not bad for a loaded up touring bike ridden by a 66 year old 🙂 Today makes it that I…
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A long hard day on The Danube bike ride Severin to Calafat
The 23rd day of biking The Danube started with a bit of a disaster when I thought it would be a cool idea to pressure wash the derailleur to remove all the sand etc. With the first blast of water the top jockey sprocket flew across the yard 🙁 we found the sprocket, two washers…
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The difference a day makes – Day 22 – Mehedinti to Severin
After yesterdays superb cycling day, I woke up this morning to very low cloud & drizzle plus totally lacking energy. I would have stayed, but the internet was diabolical cutting in and out all the time. I set off into the wet, thankful for my Aldi cycling trousers as the temperature had plummeted to 12…
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Danube bike trail day 21 Moldova to Mehedinti The Danube Gorge
If you are thinking of cycling The Danube then just do this section!! Basically today can be summed up in one word WOW, stunning scenery, great empty roads & morning coffee for 60p. I’m so pleased at choosing to cycle on the Romanian left bank rather than the Serbian right bank which looked awful with…
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Kovin to Moldova on The Danube Bike Trail
An excellent 74 mile bike ride all though a bit frustrating when you see the huge kink in it just to cross the Serbian/Romanian border at Kaluderovo & then to pedal back to The Danube. Very pleased to stay on the left bank, as Romania is excellent, great smooth roads, smiling waving people (makes you…
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Danube cycle ride Day 19 – Belgrade to Kovin
Back on the road again after my two week break exploring 5 star luxury in Hungary with Sally who has written a great deal about it here. The Residence Wellness Hotels we stayed in were both very comfortable with good facilities and fast WiFi . My only gripe is that both hotel pool areas had…