Day 43 Work and play in Elena
In which Sid and Doris sit out a rainy day, route planning through to Istanbul.
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What do you think about when cycling? Part 5
Two days ago we had National Sitting By The Side Of The Road Day.
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Day 42 Emen to Elena
In which Sid and Doris leave the mosquito farm, test their decision making and save a big climb for the end of the day.
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Day 41 Pleven to Emen
In which Sid and Doris cycle out into the rain and through a lost world.
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Day 40 Mihaylovo to Pleven
In which Sid and Doris find nodding donkeys, some beasts which might be water buffalo, and unselfconscious folk dancing.
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Day 39 Vidin to Mihaylovo
In which Sid and Doris meet the electric Bulgarian, see our first donkey and leave the Danube for The Highland Farm.
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Scheduled Route Re-Plan #1b
Bulgaria has proved harder than we thought.
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Look what I fpotted
Mifter Bat says: I saw this statue today. It looks very ‘armless! Hee hee hee!!
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Day 38 A rest day in Vidin
In which Sid and Doris know they are in the Ottoman lands by visiting the town mosque.
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Slicing through history
When we were planning this Epic Journey, back in those heady days where every night we slept in the same bed as the night before, and the map was permanently spread out on the living room floor, Sid was really interested in seeing the traces of WW2 across this region.
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