Mrs P, being pure bred Irish has travelled a fair bit around the world, in fact it’s hard to find a country she hasn’t been too. She has a bit of a travel bug and I promised her in 2019 we would go travelling again throughout 2020 and onwards since we were both in a position to do it. Well we got to Lisbon in January and that was it. March’s trip to San Sebastián was cancelled as was May’s to Vienna and July’s to Italy and so on and so on.
So during 2020 I started reading a whole load of books on long distance touring and watched a whole load of videos mainly to tour vicariously as my plans were dashed due to the Covids but as I sit here in the dark winter weeks an idea in my mind has been fermenting. A place Mrs P hasn’t been to. Montenegro.
Now I want to do some touring and Mrs P likes some culture and as I don’t think she’s up to riding pillion for 5 days there and 5 days back, or maybe I’m not up to having a pillion for that long/far, I came up with a cunning plan to combine both our wishes. Namely, I ride there (and back), Mrs P flys there (and back) .
So the rough plan is:
Dover
Calais
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Austria
Slovenia
Croatia
Bosnia
Montenegro
Although I have a fair few miles to go just to get to Dover .
When’s this gonna happen? Well, assuming Mrs P & I are vaccinated, got our little passport stamps to prove that and assuming most of Europe’s been vaccinated by the time we go and the Covids are under control then I’m looking at late Sept/early Oct.
I have mentioned this to @Sambo but I’m also throwing it out there if anyone else fancies tagging along - with or without partners. Just because I’ll probably be solo there and back and Mrs P will be flying in doesn’t mean anyone else has to follow suit.
As for small details like ferries, hotels, detailed routes etc well I’ll be working on them over the coming weeks/months and any suggestions anyone may have are very welcome
So during 2020 I started reading a whole load of books on long distance touring and watched a whole load of videos mainly to tour vicariously as my plans were dashed due to the Covids but as I sit here in the dark winter weeks an idea in my mind has been fermenting. A place Mrs P hasn’t been to. Montenegro.
Now I want to do some touring and Mrs P likes some culture and as I don’t think she’s up to riding pillion for 5 days there and 5 days back, or maybe I’m not up to having a pillion for that long/far, I came up with a cunning plan to combine both our wishes. Namely, I ride there (and back), Mrs P flys there (and back) .
So the rough plan is:
Dover
Calais
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Austria
Slovenia
Croatia
Bosnia
Montenegro
Although I have a fair few miles to go just to get to Dover .
When’s this gonna happen? Well, assuming Mrs P & I are vaccinated, got our little passport stamps to prove that and assuming most of Europe’s been vaccinated by the time we go and the Covids are under control then I’m looking at late Sept/early Oct.
I have mentioned this to @Sambo but I’m also throwing it out there if anyone else fancies tagging along - with or without partners. Just because I’ll probably be solo there and back and Mrs P will be flying in doesn’t mean anyone else has to follow suit.
As for small details like ferries, hotels, detailed routes etc well I’ll be working on them over the coming weeks/months and any suggestions anyone may have are very welcome