Slow start to the day as our cycle was only short. Panniers packed and we set off towards Matka. The road signs don't make any sense to me and Gus so we were totally reliant on Gus' Garmin. A large portion of the route was on a bike track which ran at the side of the road and when that ran out we chose the pavement. Lol. Along the way we stopped at a fruit shop and then at Lake Treste. The facilities at the lake were sadly abandoned but it would have been a great place when it was first built. Now it looked like a scene out of a movie. The road ran out and we cycled along a path under the steep sides of the canyon. The hotel appeared at the end of ... read more

With any long trip there's the potential for a cluster and the flight over was one such example. I held concerns initially when I boarded the aircraft and found the nuffy behind me getting on with his head mounted GoPro filming. His holiday videos will obviously be a "must see". Flight with Emirates to Dubai was good as I was again bitten by the tsetse fly and slept for 12 out of the next 17 hrs. I also felt safe as I was sat next to a man of the cloth and not next to the budding film maker so I figured the big guy upstairs would keep an eye on him and therefore on me by proxy. I met Gus in Dubai without too much of a drama. Then the cluster started. We had to ... read more

I woke this morning and eagerly logged on to read the overnight comments. However, I was gutted to find that there were none. Not even one :-(. It was only later in the day that I I discovered that this was because I hadn't published the blog! (nuphy) An easy flat cycle today from Skofja Loka - Godešič - Reteče - Zbilje - Vodice - Moste to Kamnik. The names won't mean much to anybody but should I or any other touring cyclist decide to travel these roads again they'll be aware of what the roads are like. On arriving in Kamnik we called in to the local tourist information centre and got directions to the hostel. Whilst in the centre of town we decided to have a brew. Throughout the entire journey we have had ... read more

With breakfast finished we set off for a trip over another pass with an intended destination of Zelezniki via Bohinjska Bistrica, Nemski Rovt, Planina Simne, Spodnja Sorica, Zali Log. The 3000' climb took the edge of both Gus and I and we were both glad when we eventually reached the summit after too many hours of grinding away up hill. We're too old for this. Lol Consequently photos are a bit light on as there was no photography contest on the way up. The ride down was great and we passed through Sorica which is apparently famous for Ivan Grohar. He was an orphan who later travelled to Germany to develop his talent as an impressionist artist. I later googled his life and found it to be quite interesting. After 5-6 hrs we arrived at Zelezniki ... read more

In true form Gus updated his camera satellites before we set off from Bled to Lake Bohinj via the road less travelled. Local people had all stated that the mtn pass was much more interesting although it involved a "bit of climbing" um!!! The route we took was Bled, Spodnje Gorje, Viselnica, Krnica, Trnik, Gorjuse, Koprivnik, Jeremiah, Bohinjska Cesnjica to the lake. On the way up Gus had stopped to take some "David Attenborough" shots of some bees. This brought out the competitive side of me and hence a shoot off. Gus was later declared the winner. Unfortunately, Gus used techniques known only to him and usually called "sheer arse" and I believe he got the best shot. He reflected on his SAS days and also called it shoot n scoot. The 18% hill went on ... read more