They always look good in the brochures don’t they; those midsummer breaks in peaceful locations with a deserted beach that stretches into forever? Thing is, those idyllic pictures taken out of season start to look a little busy in July. And the reality is that your well earned quality family time is spent queuing at [...]
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Geocache City: Touring Krakow by Geocache
Geocache City – Touring Krakow by Geocache We are in front of a shrine to Mary, in the centre of the Poland’s second largest city, Krakow But we’re not here to pray. We are scrubbing around in the shrubbery, trying to look inconspicuous. Cameron pokes at some dead flowers, before squealing, “I think I’ve found [...]
I’m sure that chicken just played The Blue Danube
I’m sure that chicken just played The Blue Danube In the heart of the Polish countryside around Krakow we take a mini break. We have agreed with the courier who is transporting our bikes back to England that we will leave them in the care of his mother until he is able to get to [...]
She’ll be coming around the mountains: cycling High Tatras
She’ll be coming around the mountains: cycling High Tatras Adventure travel can transform relationships. Last year Hannah and I forged a special bond when we swam together in the ‘sea of love’ in Estonia thus ensuring that according to legend we will love each other for ever, something Hannah still reminds me of regularly. But [...]
A bowl of honeymoon goulash in High Tatras
A bowl of honeymoon goulash The High Tatras rise incessantly to our left and make us feel small; like any mountain range they are beautiful, inspiring, yet imposing forces of nature. And as we make our way up and down a road that tracks around them, passing through mountain towns, villages and off-season ski resorts, [...]
Looney tunes in Slovakia’s High Tatras
Looney tunes in Slovakia’s High Tatras The kids noticed them first, in a souvenir shop in Strbske Pleso, up in the Slovakian High Tatras. They weren’t easy to find, amongst thousands of items of folksy themed tourist tat. But there they were; alongside Vyoke Tatry sheep, above Tatry goat bells, below heart shaped leather ‘I love Tatry’ [...]
One cool picnic, one cool ride
One cool picnic, one cool ride Like most Lidl supermarkets around the UK, Liptovsky Hradok’s Lidl superstore sells food, and a few other random bits and pieces of clothing and household equipment. But we aren’t looking for food. We are looking for anything that will help us defend ourselves against the relentless heat and sunshine Slovakia is [...]
A splash of sunny yellow in Tatralandia
It’s exhilarating descending from the LowTatras We speed down out of the Low Tatras in the early morning heat. It’s already 30 degrees but going downhill gives us a light breeze. We veer off the main road into a beautiful mountain village and stop to play in the river. After reaching 1232 metres the day before, [...]
Counting Tatras
Counting Tatras “Dad, what was I up to?” asks Hannah, tapping me on the back from her stokers position behind me on the tandem. To be honest I find it hard to remember, because I haven’t really been giving her my full attention. I got bored somewhere in the three hundreds, preferring to focus on [...]
Mood music
Mood music Riding along in the Slovakian sunshine, through pasture, forest and village, following streams and rivers up and down the gently rolling hills, chasing birds and butterflies, it’s hard not to be in the mood for riding. At least when the sun’s not too hot. Or when the gradient’s not too steep. Or when [...]
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