Month: August 2022

Following the main road down the east side of the peninsula this morning, we turned off onto what looked like dirt track but became road. All the hills around were crisscrossed with little tracks – Guy thinks he’s read somewhere

Left behind our lovely white beach which was almost totally deserted this morning. Sneaky fill up with water from a tap attached to the beach shower gives us a couple of days of freedom. Kavala was a much bigger place

A lovely quiet night, getting cool around 6am – had to fish the duvet out! Had a Sunday rest day today. Walked along the beach for a while this morning and discovered loads of caravans and tents etc. They look

Surprisingly, a really quiet night in the motorway rest area. There was a note on the windscreen from an English couple who’d parked directly behind us, saying it seemed like the only safe place after the border trauma! In fact,

It was a breeze getting out of Istanbul – we still can’t work out why the sat nav brought us in on the crazy roads. For at least an hour on the motorway it was all still city. It’s vast.

Pouring down this morning but still really humid. What to wear that is mosque friendly? Waterproof walking trousers seemed to be the only option with the obligatory headscarf stuffed in my bag. Our first mission was to find a PTT

A very humid night with an early wake up ‘call to prayer’. Things all seemed a bit calmer this morning. We walked quite quickly into a street full of restaurants all having their pavements thoroughly washed and brushed by the

Completely traumatised today! 🤯Kind of expected it, but driving in Istanbul was far worse than I could have imagined. All went well this morning. We rattled along the last of Bulgaria’s pot holed roads and reached the border quite quickly.

Well, it rained in the middle of the night – actually it was about 6am so most people would probably call it morning. The non-spun duvet cover and sheets were never going to dry out properly on a journey to

Or even Sevastopol as I keep calling it after a glass of the nice red Bulgarian wine …now that would be shocking! An awful nights sleep for Guy as there was some loud drum type music being played all night.