Yes, we are off again - well we have been at home for a whole 10 weeks!!. This time (volcanoes, earthquakes and near civil war permitting) we're riding the bike from London to Beijing then coming home on the Trans-Siberian Express. Stage 1 is a quick dash across Europe - 2428 miles in 6 days to get us down to Istanbul ticking off France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece on the way. From the Ace Cafe to the Channel Tunnel we were escorted by friends who we rode the Trans-am with last year. It amazing how natural it felt to be back on the bike. When we had to leave them behind at the last service station it felt really weird the brain could just not compute that they weren't coming with
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