World Tour

When Stew and I set off to cycle around the world people asked us what we were most afraid of – and I said “dogs”. It took me to Evesham, England just 70 miles from home for me to realise the biggest threat to us is TRAFFIC.

Injury – I guess it was always going to happen, but were we expecting to be the catalyst ourselves? No.

Yesterday we rolled into Albania, country number 9! We’ve been resting up for a day – much needed after the last couple days.

Cycling into Albania marked the ninth country off our list. This was the point we left familiarity behind us – at least for now.

We were only in Montenegro for a very brief time but we found it very pleasent. The roads are very similar Croatia, however there are many holiday resorts scattered along it's coast line which made it very easy to find places to stay.

I think from my stories and double post today, you can see that we’re having THE BEST time.

If you visit Kotor definitely, definitely walk to the Fortress! The route we took was roughly 2 miles up and down and it took us roughly 2 hours, stopping lots to talk with people and taking snaps etc.

Could life get any sweeter? Riding along the Montenegro coast was a real treat and now we’re eating pizza in a gorgeous restaurant looking over the coast and mountains 😍

What a great few days cycling we’ve had: gorgeous, steady mountainous climbs & beautiful descents, Croatia’s coastline and a new milestone reached: tonight we rolled into Montenegro.

Croatia is a beautiful country to ride through, it had lovely pristine landscapes and crystal clear seas. The road surface was very good here but the terrain can be very steep at times. One of the most challenging aspects of cycling in Croatia was the weather, it rained quite a lot while we were there and we spent quite a bit of time in cafes trying to warm up.

Cycling in Croatia is still one of the most memorable parts of the trip. The sun was shining and the views from the islands were stunning. The Adriatic Sea was so inviting - we went for a dip mid-cycle!

At the bottom of the mountain pictured we had a decision to make…do we cycle through the tunnel, Sveti Ilija or go OVER the mountain!?

I’d asked Stew if we could spend more time exploring Croatia, so when we re-routed to cycle Croatia and it’s islands I was thrilled.

Here are 3 lovely people we met yesterday. In order of images: Dana, Severin and Chantal.

Almost forgot to share this lovely news… Cardiac Risk in the Young featured our bike ride on their website today! Visit their site here:

We started off in Rijeka and cycled to Brestova and took the ferry to Porozina. We wanted to cycle the Croatian islands, as we’ve been told they are beautiful – and they are!

If you’ve been following us on social media you will already know that we have LOVED Slovenia. What a treat.

And here we are in country number 6!! We have crossed the border into Croatia! Lucky for us the rain held off almost all day!

After staying with a WarmShowers host on our first night we ended up doing a mini tour of Slovenia, we really enjoyed cycling here and the roads were excellent, the scenery was stunning and the traffic was very light too.

If there was one image I had in my head for what I wanted this trip to be, this was pretty much it. This is what we were looking for and this is what we were missing for bits of Italy.

I know I’ve been a bit grumpy about the weather lately, but honestly whatever I am cycling in I constantly remind myself that somewhere down the line I’ll be begging for this weather: rain, wind or sun!

It was a bit of a turbulent one for me today. I stepped outside into another day of cold & rain and today I didn’t have the mental resilience for it.

I’m posting this to cheer myself up, it’s so bloody cold and I’ve been meaning to do write about Baptise for ages!

This is country number 5! Things have started off very well in Slovenia despite the rather strong headwind!