Sid and Doris Bonkers and their Epic Journeys
"Everybody is normal until you get to know them"
In which Sid and Doris set out again and have a High Paw day, back on the road again along the swanky Costa SmereldaSid and Doris said goodbye to England-on-the-Med to start the three day ride to Porto Torres. When we took the bikes out on Thursday to check them over we were not much enthused. This morning we set…
Read moreYou may be able to work out the tune to this one. A versatile little number with plenty of room for improvisation, and the tune is easy enough that you can shout it out while going along. Look what they’ve done to my road, MaLook what they’ve done to my road.Well they’ve built the road straight up the hillIt makes…
Read more“S” says:I am a Very Skientific sort of cove and I have invented an incliniommetter thing for my adventure tri cycle.It tells me when I am going up hill how steep the hill is.And when I am going down hill it tells me that too but wheeee the main thing then is not to look at the inclinything but to…
Read moreAn explanation of this seemingly self-explanatory hashtag.When I was on the boat down the Danube with Doris’s Knee Problem I got talking to Anna and Alistair, and Anna introduced me to the concept of #bestviewedfrombelow. Originally it referred laughingly to anything that was Way Up There when you were viewing it from the river-level comfort of your floating restaurant/hotel/chill zone. …
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris rest up for more cycling later at a Nielson’s beach clubThanks to Frostie, manager at Baia Dei Mori, we were in on Friday and already at play on the Saturday, while most of the guests were having their last day out of The Manager Box (or however they think about their work). A fellow…
Read moreFrom Sardinia to Santander on a relaxed timeline with only a few smallish obstacles remaining. Here we are in Sardinia (hooray!) so only one major section of the Epic Journey is left to plan – “simply” get to Santander in time for the ferry on the 4th September. The ferry only goes twice a week and all the cabins are…
Read moreSee it. Do it. This is a really important rule, and is perfect for Regret Prevention. Do not go past something you want to do (buy, eat, photograph etc) and think “wow that is really great, next time I see one of those I will do/buy/eat/photograph it. Because there won’t be another opportunity. This applies even if you have seen…
Read moreVegetation – Road Signs – The Sweet Smell of the Strimmer – Road Laying Machines – Roofrack Of The Day 1. Vegetation We’ve been in “Mediterranean Arid” (as I think Kew would call it) pretty well since crossing over the central Bulgarian hills, but in Italy it’s definitely different. Trees to inspire Roger Dean, often full of extremely noisy colonies…
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris ride away to holiday land, Neilson at Baia di Mori on Sardinia (you knew we were on Sardinia?).Perhaps inspired by yesterday’s dawn raid on the SS125 we are up for 7.30 breakfast which is magnifico. We see more of the art that is a feature of the place. This includes a large motorbike, with fierce…
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris have a high paw day climbing from Arbatax, Sardinia, at sea level, to the Glenna Silana col at 1016 metres and ride on to Dorgali to make a 73 k day with 1193 meters of climb.We both had misgivings about this route, lying awake on the boat, thinking about what food we had and what…
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