From the Black Sea to the Atlantic by bike

Down to breakfast in a nice hotel. Coffee machine broke and fruit was mouldy- well it is Bulgaria! Staff were good though and we got a reasonably early start. I had cycled past the bridge to the border last night so we took the van up to get across. Not too bad a queue, stamp…

First leg, Constanta to Lipnita. So after a decent nights sleep in the hotel in Constans and an early breakfast ; Betsy the bike was ready; we mounted up and off we set-just 4000 Kms to go. ,first days stop was scheduled for Lipnita- 103 kms:. First half of the ride was amazing (apart from…

We decided there was no need to rush away from Budapest: We had a 6 hour drive, less than 500kms. We had a lie in at a lovely hotel, high five Intercontinental for looking after our camper van without batting an eyelid, said goodbye to Pete who was getting a flight home, and set off.…

It’s getting close now! I caught up with the van in Budapest, 5 days in, on Wednesday. Hooner had already had some adventures. Learned how to turn the lights off at night- eventually! Had to camp in a railway station car park ( until he discovered he was 3 km away from where he should…

Well, I am not quite sure how this started, it was a while ago now. I can’t remember if someone mentioned it, or if I saw an article on it. Suffice to say, I became aware of a recognised cycle route across the whole of Europe from East to West- the EV or Eurovelo 6…