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4000km of Europe

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I just got back from a little bike ride across Europe. Final distance was just over 4000km over six weeks. I decided to do a 'series' of posts about it on my website, and just published the first one: https://danielgroves.net/adventures-pho ... /eurovelo/

We were travelling quite a lot heavier than most here (and then I usually would), but needs must (you'll see why later). There will be some more posts, but not until I get back from Scotland as I leave on saturday and they take ages to put together. If there's any interest, I'll keep posting them up here. Otherwise… I'll probably keep posting them anyway.
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I finally got around to publishing the next part for this, focusing on Greece. It's titled Diesel and Dust, and I'd appreciate any feedback anyone fancies giving! As always, a couple of teaser images…

EDIT: The link would probably help https://danielgroves.net/adventures-pho ... elo-greece

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Really enjoyed reading that - yes please post more. It looks like an amazing trip.
Just to be pedantic though - it is 'breathe' not 'breath' in the second para ie 'finally we had some room to breathe'
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Borderer wrote:Really enjoyed reading that - yes please post more. It looks like an amazing trip.
Just to be pedantic though - it is 'breathe' not 'breath' in the second para ie 'finally we had some room to breathe'
Thanks for pointing that out, I'll fix that in a tick :grin: Really helpful when you get someone give some feedback!

There will be more, but it may be a few weeks until he next post. They take a lot of time to put together, but really glad to hear you enjoyed it :-bd
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We pannier people have to stick together :lol:
Look forward to reading more when you get time. You are right that these write-ups do take a long while to put together.
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Borderer wrote:We pannier people have to stick together :lol:
Look forward to reading more when you get time. You are right that these write-ups do take a long while to put together.
True that! Although I don't use pannier exclusively…

Next one is written, just image processing now, so we'll see but it shouldn't be too long
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I've enjoyed the story so far...
Next one is written, just image processing now, so we'll see but it shouldn't be too long
I'm looking forward to this as well. I'll stand with the pannier toters!
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As a couple of you actually read my last one it seems ( :o ) here's the next instalment, on Macedonia this time: https://danielgroves.net/adventures-pho ... -macedonia
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Keep 'em comin' Daniel. Enjoying your travelogue. Great pics as per usual.

Greetz

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Scattamah wrote:Keep 'em comin' Daniel. Enjoying your travelogue. Great pics as per usual.

Greetz

S.
Thanks! The Kosovo section is in progress as we speak :-bd
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Worth the wait - nice words, great pics!
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Just published the next part on the Kosovo part of the journey.

https://danielgroves.net/adventures-pho ... elo-kosovo

Couple of teaser images, as always :wink:


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Very nice. Quite jealous.
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Richard G wrote:Very nice. Quite jealous.
Thanks Richard -- there's more coming yet!
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I also enjoyed!
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And the next update! This one covers Albania where you'll have to look at horrible views like the one below: https://danielgroves.net/adventures-pho ... lo-albania

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Good stuff :-bd
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Again, great pics and words... Looking forward to the next installment
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Good read. It's quite amusing how you got the only photo of the two of you together.
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Cheers all, currently writing up Montenegro, Bosnia (the whole hour of it) and Croatia. Stay tuned :-bd
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Much shorter this one, Montenegro: https://danielgroves.net/adventures-pho ... montenegro

Kittens and good views, what more can I say?

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What camera are you using for these pics??
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Mike wrote:What camera are you using for these pics??
Everything shot on the Fuji X-T1, but I was carrying a fair size setup for the trip (tripod, filters, etc)
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