STX1300: May 2009

Sunday, May 31, 2009

A nice view for the bike.

On the hill above Cavtat.

I am not sure whether this works.

And I cannot delete it from here if it does not

But the link below should be our present location.

We are down the coast from Dubrovnik in Cavtat and we have taken a
room for a few days and intend to take a boat ride into dubrovnik
tommorow.

http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=loc%3A%2B42%C2%B0+34%27+48.32%22%2C+%2B18%C2%B0+13%27+15.05%22+%2842.580088%2C+18.220847%29&sll=42.580088%2C18.220847

Regards.

Peter

www.BritSToc.com

Sent from a mobile device so please excuse the spelling as I have a
fat thumb!!

Time for Brunch

It's such a hard life this holiday business.

The campsite entrance.

A very pleasent evening was had by all

A very friendly worthwile stop.

About 6 quid a night camping and our bar bill including food for three
persons was just over 30 quid

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Keith's having a Condor moment.

The campsite is right on the beach.

Fiona takes the chance to have a paddle.

80 miles from Dubrovnik.

We have travelled today with Keith on his bmw.

We took the coast road and saw some spectacular views along the way.

The repair to the bike has held out well and looks like it will last
the rest of the trip.

It's time to pack up

I am not sure whether it will all go in. Perhaps the panniers have
shrunk in the rain.

Next stop somewhere between here and Dubrovnik.

Friday, May 29, 2009

A little cloudy

And all of a sudden we get a sunset and my camera is at the campsite )-:

Swopping shirts.

Fi has managed to swop her shirt with Elainea(?) the wife of the
Russian guy from the ST-Owners site.

It's the Gala dinner.

The last night of the rally.

Sadly I had to miss the parade of nations as sadly the repair on the
bike failed so we had a second attempt using a Y joint I found in a
bike shop.

It all seems 100 percent now which will give me the confidence to
travel on down to Dubrovnik. Going on to Montenegro might be another
matter.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

The end of the day.

We have now landed at Bozava

For a wonder and for lunch.

Today is a trip by boat.

We have been sailing fir a hour but I have no idea where we are going.

It rained last night.

Lots of thunder and lightning fir several hours. Today I notice around
the campsite that a few people got washed out but we where dry as a
bone.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The offending part.

Had a problem with the Pan

But it's now sorted with the help of super glue bicarbonate of soda
and a very helpful guy from Macedonia

I had a water leak big time but it's alright now

The bar area

The beach

About 100 feet from the campsite.

The campsite

Good job we had our rock pegs.

The camp site

We have arrived.

We arrived yesterday at about 1700 and as usual we found everyone in
the bar.

I think I got back to the tent about one in the morning.

Today we have the Parc Ferme down at the local town of Zadar.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Half way along the A8

The A8 is known as one of the best riding roads in Europe and we can
see why.

So I post a picture of the water and our rest stop. Am I mad?

Now in Slovenia.

Had a bit of a Late night last night. The campsites in Italy all
seemed to be still closed for the winter. It's was only 28 degrees. LOL.

Most of the hotels we found in Trieste where expensive so we ended up
in this hotel just over the border into Slovenia.

Today we shall arrive at the rally and the route includes at least 100
miles along the Adriatic coast.

Monday, May 25, 2009

At the top of the Grossglockner

It's a bit expensive at 18 euro's but worth it as a one off.

On the way up the Grossglockner

Well the rain never came.

Today is stunning without a cloud in the sky. We are travelling down
towards the italian/Slovenian border and on the way we shall take in a
few passes.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

We found a wiggerly road

And at the top was a campsite.

Trouble is we have to go back down the same wiggerly road in the
morning!!

It's a real shame but somebody has to do it.

It's looking like it might rain this evening but we have our fingers
crossed that it will go around us.

Now in Austria.

On our way to Innsbruck.

At the moment we are enjoying a nice expensive coffee about 20 miles
short.

If we find a nice campsite between here and innsbruck while in the
mountains then we might get tempted to stop early.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Here we are arriving into Germany

By ferry from France.

Tonight we are staying in the frezzer centre and tommorow we shall be
heading towards Innsbruck in Austria.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Menin Gate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menin_Gate_Memorial

Check out the website for more info.

The Menin Gate

Tonight after seeing possibly over twenty cerermonies was the most
busy and possibly the most sobering (after the New Zealand one).

As I have said before everyone should come here at least once.

Day one

At last we are on holiday and on our way to the rally in Croatia and
afterwards we shall spend a week or so in Montenegro.

We have today travelled to the town of Ypres in Belgium.

When we were on the channel tunnel we met up with another few members
of the Mayflower. Bryan and Paula! They are travelling down via
hotels so we waved goodbye to them on the motorway in France.

We have since met up with Simon Ford who is travelling down with us.

Now the tents are up it must be Kwak time.