tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984273246075204602024-03-13T15:35:21.931+00:00Bromley to BucharestMy attempt to possibly make it all the way from London to Bucharest (originally Odessa - but I ran out of time) in five weeks in August, off-road, on a Husqvarna 701 Enduro dirt bike.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-40187211505970355492017-09-02T14:50:00.000+01:002017-09-02T15:09:13.657+01:00The End: What went wrong, right, what broke, what would I change?The End: What went wrong, right, what broke, what would I change?<br />
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Overall, I was really happy with the bike and my set up. I didn't have any major regrets. For me, the Husqvarna 701 is the perfect bike - light enough to pick up, powerful enough to cope with highway sections, and with suspension good enough to cope with the terrain. For a more road-biased rider, it is compromised though. The seat is uncomfortable if you actually have to sit on it for any distance - so get standing!<br />
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If I don't mention a piece of equipment below, that's almost certainly because I was very happy with it. <a href="https://husky701.blogspot.com/2017/07/what-im-bringing-with-me.html" target="_blank">There's a list here of what I brought</a>.<br />
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In terms of positives, I'd probably give an award to the Helinox Cot. I'd never really used one before, always using thermarests, but it is so much more comfortable. There's a bulk penalty (but not weight, I don't think), but it's not as critical on the bike as if I was hiking. One aspect I hadn't truly appreciated is how forgiving it is of rougher ground. When I had to pitch on less than perfect sites, even on slight slopes, the bed meant I didn't have an uncomfortable night.<br />
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The other bit of kit worth a particular mention is the camera on my iPhone 6s. Several people have asked how I took these photos - they were all with the standard camera, no accessories, and minimal editing and colour balancing (e.g. cropping). The best camera is the one you have to hand. I would never have taken some of these photos with a camera that I couldn't carry immediately to hand, and the iPhone is really quite good.<br />
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However, what you really want to know is what went wrong, and what I might change. In no particular order:<br />
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<li>Levers. I broke or bent three out of four levers on the bike. I would definitely bring all four spare in the future, brake, clutch, rear-brake and gear lever. Even with brush guards.</li>
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<li>Laptop. I had an Asus Chromebook. First it died in a software style, then hardware. Ultimately it was down to flex. I should have carried it in the ortlieb rather than the side pannier. I'd probably still bring one of these, or something slightly tougher (but still small). I managed to beg and borrow laptops off friends and in internet cafes when I needed them (e.g. to download new GPX to my Garmin)</li>
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<li>Fairing. I was really pleased with the fairing. The screen is a KTM official part, for the 450RFR rally bikes. The trick is mounting it to the bike itself, and there are several options for doing this. I used Nomad ADV. Besides some wind protection, the big benefit was putting my GPS and clocks/lights somewhere I could actually see them when standing up. I was perfectly happy with the Nomad ADV mounting - I don't think there is another version which does precisely what I want at an equivalent price (e.g. KIT701 is much more expensive). But it did get slightly bent. To be honest, I can't tell, except that the way it is constructed means I can tell the sides are no longer straight and inline with the top piece. If it was welded together it would be much stronger, but it would make assembly difficult, and very hard to access the wiring loom. It's been bashed around a lot, and I'm surprised actually how resilient the plastic screen has been, so I'm happy with this performance.</li>
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<li>Panniers. I've written <a href="https://husky701.blogspot.com/2017/08/day-27-cvijetino-brdo-to-crkveni-toci.html" target="_blank">twice now about the Kriega Overlander 30 Panniers</a>, here and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Transeurotrail.org/permalink/845949982226814/" target="_blank">on Facebook</a>. I was really impressed by the bags themselves, but the mounting system didn't survive. The first time, it turned out mine (and lots others) had been threaded incorrectly at the factory. This isn't a straight-forward user fix. It requires cutting and restitching the straps, if you want it back to good as new condition after repair. Kriega, to their immense credit, shipped out a brand new set of panniers and various accessories to me, for free, to Sarajevo. That won't have been cheap. It was more than a courtesy. Unfortunately, with the binding issue fixed, that transfers stress elsewhere and I've managed to damage the new ones too. This was some rough use - the bike fell and was dragging the panniers against the ground. I don't necessarily know that any other product would have survived this either, and I don't particularly consider it "fair use". But it is a possible scenario for others users - or simply me! - in the future.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Round one with the panniers: the buckle slipped, and popped a fastener off (lost)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The loose strap, and the fix I made with cable ties.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kriega then replaced the panniers with correctly threaded straps, but that transfers the stress elsehwere. Here a buckle has itself snapped. Using cable ties again to get me back on the road. And the metal hook stretched.</td></tr>
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<li>Gloves. Buying Klim Dakar Pro gloves, with a full leather, was a last minute decision. They aren't cheap. Normally, green laning, I used regular textile Dakar gloves. I was really grateful for the leather. It's more comfortable and more durable over longer distances, and protected my hands several times on gravel spills. But the stitching has come undone. OK, it's a long trip, but you could reasonably ride 35 days and cover 8000km in an easy year, and I wouldn't expect my gloves to fall apart in that time. I'll try to put in a warranty claim for these.</li>
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<li>Boots. I'm not going to take my Sidi Crossfires home with me. They're dead. But I bought them second hand, well worn, and they've put in a good innings. I consider this fair usage. I'll buy them again (unless someone recommends anything better!)</li>
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<li>GPS - hardware buttons. Overall, the Montana 610 was fine. I used it in map mode, top down, with the GPX displayed as a track. I didn't try to "route" along it, not least because of the confusion that would have caused when the track didn't follow a known trail on the mapping data underneath. But I wish for two things: hardware buttons for zooming in and out. Countless times, I'd try to zoom in or out for a better overview of the trail, and end up putting down a random "pin" and shifting the focus on the screen. It would also be nice if there was an easy way to calculate how much of a track was left - how far along it I was. I ended up guesstimating, but often under-counted how many kilometres there were likely to go.</li>
<li>Mapping Data. Linked to the GPS is the fact I used OpenStreetMap data. It's free, so I can't complain much. I was never caught short by it - the track itself was always there, and followable even by dead reckoning if the data was insufficient to show certain tracks and trails. But after performing brilliantly in Western Europe, stuff started disappearing in Slovenia and Bosnia, and then got pretty silly in Serbia and Romania. I'd research what other data sources there are for these countries if I was going again.</li>
<li>Tyres. I had to change tyres four times. I wore through two front tires, and one rear (the other rear was <a href="https://husky701.blogspot.com/2017/08/day-11-verdon-to-ventimiglia-290-km.html" target="_blank">lost to a double-puncture</a> which I then rode on the rim-lock, knowing it would trash the tire). I used relatively aggressive enduro tyres which already had some miles in. Overall, though, I would do this again. I didn't have enough experience to know which tyres I preferred or lasted what time, but now I'm happy with the Mitas C02 on the back. I would pre-deploy some on my route. Any tyre fitter can help put them on, or fit them yourself if you didn't mind sweating and swearing and skinning your knuckles. I'd use an online, European tyre distributor and ship them ahead of me, to friends, hotels or bike shops on the way. I'm also always going to carry two spare, normal duty tubes! In fact, I've had three since Sarajevo...</li>
<li>Sleeping bag. Most of the trip, I was hot. But at altitude, on clear nights, it was cold. My sleeping bag is a Snugpak Black on Black 2 which is more than fifteen years old. It needs an update. I'd probably go for a three season bag, or carry a silk liner.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Rope for recovery gear. I had to use <a href="https://husky701.blogspot.com/2017/08/recovery-kit.html" target="_blank">my recovery gear</a> a few times, for different reasons. The 4mm dyneema cord was more than strong enough. But I'd get something thicker (like prussick cord), just to cut down even more on the "cheese-wire" effect.</li>
</ul>
<div>
Finally, the route itself.</div>
<ul>
<li>I loved riding TET. I'd certainly ride more, to complete the Balkan loop, see more of Romania, and do the leg north to the Baltics, or south to Spain. I'll do the UK too one day. Maybe Scandinavia too, although I still suspect there's a lot of gravel motorway there! I didn't ride the whole thing in the countries I passed through.</li>
<li>With my time again, I'd make broadly the same choices. I'd still skip the Italian Western Alps in favour of a shortcut through Turin. Controversially, I might even skip the Dolomites. There was only one legal, worthwhile trail there. The mountains and scenery are fantastic, but it's road riding, not trail. If I had been there before (which I hadn't), I'd think twice about this section. You could make quick pace to Slovenia by sticking closer to Milan.</li>
<li>The other big shortcut I made was to turn left in Montenegro and head for Serbia instead of Albania. I didn't have time to do anything else. But I wish I'd gone one border-crossing further so I could see Sjenica Airport and the countryside around there.</li>
<li>I'd still do the Sarajevo diversion (this was one of my favourite days!).</li>
<li>And besides about 15km of trail near Srednji Povlen, I didn't miss anything from cutting up to Belgrade and rejoining at Kovin.</li>
</ul>
</div>
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com4Bucharest, Romania44.4267674 26.10253839999995844.0639659 25.457091399999957 44.789568900000006 26.747985399999958tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-84980150835062189712017-09-02T10:39:00.001+01:002017-09-03T10:29:03.074+01:00Reflections on the Balkans & RomaniaI've finished. Reached the end of my Trans Euro Trail ride. Sitting now in Bucharest, I thought it was worth jotting down some quick notes in terms of my reflections on the last few countries I've ridden through and the TET route across them. This complements and updates <a href="https://husky701.blogspot.com/2017/08/france-italy-reflections.html" target="_blank">my previous post on France and Italy</a>.<br>
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NB: There were virtually no route corrections to make on any of these days - it's a different style of trail-riding to ferreting out the legal bits in Western Europe.<br>
<br>
I'm incredibly grateful to Roman Bale, Ivan Drobjnak, Ivan Gligorijevic and Jon Florea. And overall, cannot understate my praise for John Ross. I just could not have done this trip without their work. I had no basis or knowledge on which to plot such a route myself.<br>
<ul>
<li>Slovenia</li>
<ul>
<li>Beautiful country. My <a href="https://husky701.blogspot.com/2017/08/high-resolution-version-of-that.html" target="_blank">favourite photo</a> of the trip was taken from Mount Nanos.</li>
<li>Roman's new loop is very worthwhile doing. Gives you a great overview of the country.</li>
<li>Nothing so technical a big bike could not manage.</li>
<li>Takes two days.</li>
<li>Last hundred kilometres or so to the border are on gravel motorways. Combined with the further stretch in Croatia, it get's a bit tiring/boring. Hence why you must do the new loop first!</li>
</ul>
<li>Croatia</li>
<ul>
<li>As above, the stretch from the border to the coast is long and tree-filled.</li>
<li>Climb up from the coast is tricky and engaging, but manageable on a bigger bike.</li>
<li>You don't really get to see any famous sights or characteristic features of Croatia (well, except the sea and some islands). The country has a lot more to offer, but it would need a pretty big change to take the route to those places and probably demand changes elsewhere in Bosnia too to accommodate. But for v2.0, this is what I'd look to change.</li>
</ul>
<li>Bosnia</li>
<ul>
<li>I think everyone knows Bosnia is a great country to ride off-road. It really is.</li>
<li>Stunning landscape and scenery.</li>
<li>If you're coming from further afield and haven't visited Sarajevo, it's worth the trip. The run from Sarajevo to Mostar was one of my top four days of the whole adventure.</li>
<li>Owing to the land-mine threat, there is no single track or really technical riding at all. It's still good fun, and therefore very manageable on a bigger bike, but it doesn't feel quite as "adventurous" as some of the riding in Romania or Monetenegro or even the muddy single-track in France and Italy.</li>
</ul>
<li>Montenegro</li>
<ul>
<li>Just stunning scenery. The TET route only takes 1-2 days to cross the country, and is really worth doing. Another highlight of the trip.</li>
<li>There's an easy and obvious short-cut to make into Serbia if you are heading East rather than South. If you do this, try to cross as far East as possible (more than I did).</li>
</ul>
<li>Serbia</li>
<ul>
<li>I'm really glad I travelled through Serbia, and Belgrade was surprisingly different to what I expected. Very friendly people.</li>
<li>I didn't ride the whole route. I'd like to know what the south-east is like. I suspect I missed quite a lot.</li>
<li>Unfortunately, in the bits I did ride, the country just doesn't enjoy as much spectacular scenery as it's neighbours (well, except perhaps Hungary!)</li>
<li>The route here was more Western European in character, hunting out single-track in wood-blocks and the like. It makes a nice change from some of the gravel motorways. But there are long-ish road connections between, and you feel the off-road bits are there for the sake of riding off-road - which isn't a bad thing - but not covering terrain.</li>
<li>But I was disappointed by Tara National Park. It had been hyped to me, and is pretty, but doesn't compare with Montenegro, Bosnia or Romania. The trails are dull here too, graded smooth gravel motorway, and lots of trees to stare at.</li>
<li>Highlight in terms of riding is the area around Srednji Povlen. I'm sorry I missed the second half of this.</li>
<li>Delibato Sands are worth the loop. It's a real contrast to the whole rest of TET to be riding on sand.</li>
<li>After Slovenia, Serbia is the first place you are going to find spares/tyres/etc. Bosnia and Montenegro are too poor and the route doesn't go near the right areas of Croatia.</li>
</ul>
<li>Romania</li>
<ul>
<li>Trail riding heaven, but you knew that already.</li>
<li>Given that my expectations were high, I was actually surprised how much tarmac you ride. As a proportion it's still low, but not like Bosnia.</li>
<li>Partly, this is because of geography - the trails run perpendicular to the mountains, rather than along the valleys in between. You end up criss-crossing the direction of travel. That makes for easy short-cuts if you want them.</li>
<li>You can make good choices about whether to ride another logging road (fun, bouncy stuff - no gravel motorways) or loop another lake (they can be fiddly and much longer than they look on the map) or press on. But don't miss the ridge-line rides. These really are worth the loop, and faster too.</li>
<li>There are a lot of wild dogs, and they're pretty aggressive. Packs of them. This just wasn't a problem anywhere else on the route.</li>
<li>The people are very friendly, and visibly accommodating of bikes.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-56267303153935445762017-09-02T10:00:00.000+01:002017-09-02T10:38:48.368+01:00Update: Distances so Far<style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}</style><br />
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Day"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Day</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Start "}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Start </td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Finish"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Finish</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Distance"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Distance</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Total</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"London"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">London</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Badgell's Wood"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Badgell's Wood</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">41</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">41</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Badgell's Wood"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Badgell's Wood</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Calais"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Calais</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":190}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">190</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":231}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">231</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Calais"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Calais</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bretuil"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bretuil</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":320}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">320</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":551}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">551</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bretuil"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bretuil</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Orleans"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Orleans</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":350}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">350</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":901}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">901</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Orleans"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Orleans</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Montluçon"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Montluçon</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":320}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">320</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1221}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1221</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Montluçon"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Montluçon</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"St Donat"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">St Donat</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":190}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">190</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1411}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1411</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"St Donat"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">St Donat</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mende"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mende</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":310}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">310</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1721}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1721</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":8}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mende"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mende</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Orange"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Orange</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":317}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">317</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2038}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2038</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":9}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Orange"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Orange</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pertuis"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Pertuis</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":203}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">203</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2241}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2241</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pertuis"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Pertuis</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Verdon"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Verdon</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":188}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">188</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2429}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2429</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Verdon"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Verdon</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ventimiglia"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ventimiglia</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":290}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">290</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2719}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2719</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ventimiglia"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ventimiglia</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ventimiglia"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ventimiglia</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2719}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2719</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ventimiglia"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ventimiglia</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Turin"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Turin</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":280}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">280</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2999}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2999</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Turin"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Turin</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Baveno"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Baveno</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":260}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">260</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3259}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3259</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Baveno"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Baveno</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pisogne"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Pisogne</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":300}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">300</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3559}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3559</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pisogne"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Pisogne</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Forno di Zoldo"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Forno di Zoldo</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":418}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">418</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3977}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3977</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Forno di Zoldo"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Forno di Zoldo</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bovec"}" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bovec</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":272}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">272</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4249}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4249</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bovec"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bovec</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Zalošče"}" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Zalošče</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":125}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">125</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4374}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4374</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Zalošče"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Zalošče</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Šmihel"}" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Šmihel</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":218}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">218</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4592}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4592</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Šmihel"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Šmihel</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Štirovača"}" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Štirovača</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":323}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">323</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4915}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4915</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Štirovača"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Štirovača</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lake Šator"}" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Lake Šator</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":300}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">300</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5215}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5215</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lake Šator"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Lake Šator</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sarajevo"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sarajevo</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":320}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">320</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5535}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5535</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sarajevo"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sarajevo</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sarajevo"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sarajevo</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5535}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5535</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":24}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">24</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sarajevo"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sarajevo</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sarajevo"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sarajevo</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5535}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5535</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":25}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">25</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sarajevo"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sarajevo</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mostar"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mostar</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":185}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">185</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5720}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5720</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":26}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">26</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mostar"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mostar</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cvijetino Brdo"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Cvijetino Brdo</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":312}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">312</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6032}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6032</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":27}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">27</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cvijetino Brdo"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Cvijetino Brdo</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Crkveni Toci"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Crkveni Toci</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":286}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">286</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6318}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6318</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":28}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">28</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Crkveni Toci"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Crkveni Toci</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bajina Bašta"}" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bajina Bašta</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":290}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">290</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6608}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6608</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":29}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">29</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bajina Bašta"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bajina Bašta</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Belgrade"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Belgrade</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":215}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">215</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6823}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6823</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":30}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">30</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Belgrade"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Belgrade</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Belgrade"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Belgrade</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6823}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6823</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":31}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">31</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Belgrade"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Belgrade</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bozovici"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bozovici</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":305}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">305</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7128}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7128</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":32}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">32</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bozovici"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bozovici</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Miru-Bora"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Miru-Bora</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":316}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">316</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7444}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7444</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":33}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">33</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Miru-Bora"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Miru-Bora</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lake Vidraru"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Lake Vidraru</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":215}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">215</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7659}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7659</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":34}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">34</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lake Vidraru"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Lake Vidraru</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mt Leaota"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mt Leaota</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":186}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">186</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7845}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7845</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":35}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">35</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mt Leaota"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mt Leaota</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bucharest"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bucharest</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":313}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">313</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":8158}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8158</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":36}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">36</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[1]" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bucharest"}" style="font-family: Arial; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bucharest</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bucharest"}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bucharest</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]+R[-1]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":8158}" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8158</td></tr>
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My average non-zero distance a day is 263 km.<br />
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NB: All distances are from my speedo, and rounded slightly. Judging by my GPS, my speedo over-registers by 3-6% depending on front tyre and wear.</div>
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-8865103804943869202017-09-01T20:00:00.000+01:002017-09-02T10:34:30.507+01:00Day 35: Mt Leaota to Bucharest, 313 km. The End.Day 35 - Mt Leaota to Bucharest, 318 km. The End.<br />
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What an awesome finish to my TET!<br />
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Boy, did I make the right decision stopping last night, and leaving to the morning 6km of spindly steep single track descent to the valley. Lethal otherwise.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turns out it was a pretty good spot after all, even in the cold hard light of day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bit I forewent last night. Not sorry.</td></tr>
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Skipped loop around Lake Bolboci for ridge-lines run north to Brasov. And what a stunner. Fast and flowing up top, but getting there and then up was pretty gnarly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Please Jon, say I get to ride up that!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I do I do I do!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure following the black and white poles along the ridge-top is the DS solution. The route follows the hardcore-covered trail slightly lower. But I was riding in well worn tyre tracks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can just make out the trail in the distance.</td></tr>
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This was the best ridge-line ride yet, riding right up to and along the precipice. I did *not* want to overcook any of the blind summits here! Those poles are essential!<br />
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Dropped off TET and the ridge line at Azuga, from the top of a ski-lift down what turned out to be fabulously tight, steep, sinewy MTB single-track.<br />
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Then 33km of slab to Brasov for lunch, and the balance of 200km back to Bucharest. Simple. So I thought. But the moment I joined the A3 my fuel light came on, and there are no service stations (just tempting signs for where they might one day be built).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brasov</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ah. Four kind people stopped but couldn't really help, besides drawing me my natty sign. I called a mate from Bucharest to rescue me with a petrol can.</td></tr>
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Even now the riding might have stopped, but adventure hasn't quite yet: still need to work out how my bike and kit is getting home. Glad I've got a bed to sleep in and shower and laundry tonight.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This, I thought just looked pretty.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NB: Functionality disabled to prevent extracting KML. If you want to follow the route, get the latest data from <a href="http://transeurotrail.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-line: none;">TransEuroTrail.org</a></td></tr>
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I had a rough night. Regretted not washing (it was too chilly by the time I realised the stove was out for a cold wash). Dogs barked a mutts' chorus literally all night, to 0430. Not much sleep. Headache. And no coffee this morning!<br />
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So I had a gentle start, waiting until the sun was well up to dry the tent and let me sit reading a book and admiring the scenery. Wheels rolling by 1000.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Morning</td></tr>
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My confidence took a knock yesterday and I didn't know whether to expect more tough sections. Also, I could see the loop around Lake Vidraru itself looked fiddly. So to save time - this is my last full day on the TET after all - I devised a 40km short cut. It was still off-road, but in lower foothills, and almost-technical single track at that. In fact, when I did pick the trail back up, it was rollercoaster rocks again, fast rather than technical, so I perhaps set myself a trickier run than Jon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obirsia</td></tr>
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Glad I rejoined where I did. First of two phenomenal ridge-line runs today. Obirsia first. Chatted to some shepherds at the top. I don't speak a word of Romanian - I don't think I've even got "hello" or "thank you" right. So this conversation involved a lot of hand-waving and pointing at flag stickers.<br />
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It's odd feeling effectively mute in shops and situations like this. Schoolboy French can get me through those situations there and in Italy, while my Russian gets me most of the way in Serbo-Croat in the Balkans.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I realise now that lots of these ridge-lines look alike. But you get to ride all of them, so enjoy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That to the right is the way up here. All of it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Route ahead!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These trees made a nice change from commercial forestry.</td></tr>
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Cut a corner to get fuel and food in Câmpulung.<br />
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Second run was Leaota, where I made a colossal mistake. From the peak, the route retraces slightly then curls south, but on OSM I could see a trail connecting direct to Lake Bolboci, along the Ratei ridge. There were 4x4 tracks too (at first), and a hut and visible footpath in the distance, so I gave it a go.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can just about trace the route descending all the way off this ridge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="hasCaption" style="font-family: inherit;">Summit of Leaota</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking tempting!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful light</td></tr>
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Unfortunately, the route petered out, but not until I'd spent an age recce'ing wood blocks on foot to find it. I'd lost the back wheel down a bomb-hole already once too, needing luggage off to drag it out. So regretfully I headed back to Leaota to retrace.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nope. I can conclusively assure you there is not a way off the mountain here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tough getting back.</td></tr>
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But I just couldn't get the bike back up the steep bits, with rocks and drops hidden in the "baby's-head" grass. Eventually I resorted to dropping tyre pressure and portering my bags on foot to recce, then leapfrogging with the bike. Took an age. I was dripping wet with sweat and getting cold, and could see the sun setting. It was far too windy to set up camp. Without the stove, I'd never warm up.<br />
I tried to see how far I could get in the dusk. If I could reach road before it was pitch-dark, maybe I could run up to Brasov tonight and find a hotel?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sure, I'll definitely get down from here before dark!</td></tr>
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But night descended much quicker than that, and it turned out the route itself descends a similar-style ridge to the one I'd just battled. I quickly realised this was madness and put up the tent pretty much smack on the trail itself! Fortunately I'd warmed up a bit and it's more sheltered here. Still, not enough water for even a frigid wash, and cold meatballs for supper.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">This is new. Setting up shop in the dark.</td></tr>
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Maybe I'll get to Brasov tomorrow, before a sprint into Bucharest?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NB: Functionality disabled to prevent extracting KML. If you want to follow the route, get the latest data from <a href="http://transeurotrail.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-line: none;">TransEuroTrail.org</a></td></tr>
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Tough day, as the distance shows.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morning just as stunning as last night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morning. Check out the clouds in the valley!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Descending off the ridge line through the meadows this morning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morning's descent.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Morning was great. Ridge-line ride then descent off moors through forest to meadow below. Amazing views. Moderately tricky descent for final 3km to road (steep earth, rutted with run-off channels).</span><br />
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My confidence I'd outrun the gypsies was misplaced. After hiding in my sleeping bag long enough for the sun to warm up, I emerged to find an old BMW 3 Series a few hundred metres away. Unlike them, I took my litter with me. I was amazed they'd made it down the deeply rutted track - but then later saw an oil sump's load spilled along the trail where someone else hadn't made it. The line of black stuff suggested they didn't notice for a while...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Start of the gorge north to Sibiu</td></tr>
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Besides the gypsies and the dogs, though, I've been surprised how friendly and keen on bikes people are. Kids holding out for a high five, fair enough, but parents and old ladies wave as you pass too.<br />
After the briefest of road links, there was a 25km stony, muddy, roller coaster of a ride up a gorge and over almost all the way to Sibiu. Goggle-wettingly deep puddles!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sibiu. Former capital of Transylvania.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A silvery mineral in the rocks and sand make the whole route glisten in the sun. And my number plate too.</td></tr>
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Lunch in Sibiu. Pretty. Then during a short jaunt back into the hills through farmers' fields I started to think. First, "I've seen other riders further along the route coming a cropper on tricky stuff, but everything so far has been immense fun, even manageable by me on a bigger bike". Then, "I'm in Sibiu, but where do they run Romaniacs? This is too flat surely."<br />
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Immediately, I got my butt handed to me by Jon Florea, well tenderised and served on a platter. Really tough section starting up a river, then steep steep steep loose trails with metre deep run-off gulleys to slide into. I fought my way on, as the GPX track and my increasingly exasperated way-point comments will show, tiring myself just by recce'ing on foot, before eventually throwing in the towel and finding an easier way. Fortunately that was easy enough, only a few hundred metres to retrace, but even then I had to pick my way and double back a couple of times from the terrain. Brilliant on a smaller bike with less luggage, or just more skill, but worth treading carefully if not!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beginning of the tricky bit. Run up a river.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">Arse. Picked the wrong rut. Backed up and got up the right side eventually.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My shortcut. Made me feel better about not managing Jon's beastly bit!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just finding somewhere to camp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After Jon's beastly bit, normal service more or less resumed, with sandy runs through villages and past horse-drawn carts. Except for one horrid descent that I half fell, half footed it down.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stopped in a meadow by some abandoned shepherd's crofts. Hoping the sheep opposite and men herding them mean no wolves or bears here.</td></tr>
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Partly it's my lack of skill and experience, and the bags don't help (lofting the front more readily on silly steep stuff), but I also lack the confidence to commit to some of the more explosive bits necessary to bounce up some of this stuff.<br />
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To think, I was worrying about reaching Brasov <i>too soon</i>!<br />
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Stove not working. Low gas, probably. Good job I had a big lunch. Cold beans tonight. Smelly. No coffee in the morning!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NB: Functionality disabled to prevent extracting KML. If you want to follow the route, get the latest data from <a href="http://transeurotrail.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-line: none;">TransEuroTrail.org</a></td></tr>
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I'm now properly out of the foothills. Camped in an amazing spot above the clouds, watching a dramatic sunset.<br />
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Day started with some nice trails to reach the sulphurous Băile Herculane (Hercule's Baths), with its romantically dilapidated Austro-Hungarian architecture. Then wonderful bouncy muddy loop of Iovanu Resevoir, and logging roads up and over the valley - poor condition, so high-value fun.<br />
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Slightly frustrating that many of the trails seem to run perpendicular to the main valley and direction of travel, meaning some big zig-zags. Towards the end of the day, the temptation of 8km to shortcut Vulcan Pass (25km trail, then 50km of road back up) was too great. Glad I did though, otherwise I wouldn't have been out of the trees before sunset.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This morning's meadow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">And the trails to leave it. Nothing technical today (that couldn't be easily side-stepped), so suitable for even a novice on a bigger bike, but still engaging great fun - scarcely any dull gravel!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New country, new sticker! Probably the last of the set <span class="_47e3 _5mfr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "sf optimized" , , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.12px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;" title="frown emoticon"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v9/fcb/1/16/1f641.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That looks a bit steep... Yeah, nope. That's fifty degrees. I had trouble standing up! Fortunately it was an easy loop round.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donkeys this time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miru-Bora National Park. Currently, occupied by gypsies. So never mind the "no camping" signs. Separately, I've had to dodge a lot of angry loose dog's here, far more than in other countries so far.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sun setting, clouds forming below.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved this sunset and the clouds clinging to the hills below. So much so, that I went a bit nuts taking photos of it. There are a few here...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outcrop I finally stopped on. I'm actually out if the national park by now, nearest peak is Puru at 2059m</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back towards the sun. You can just see the trail too behind.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">Camping above the clouds. Going to be cold again tonight. In fact, all day; after 39 Celsius in Belgrade, 18 today was refreshingly chilly. Heated grips on for first time since Dolomites.</td></tr>
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Romania! Journey is in its last phase now. Heading to Bucharest. Going to see how far along the TET route I can get before running out of time and dropping off the Carpathians and blitzing to the capital.<br />
Straightforward leaving Belgrade. Changed tyre at Mitas distributors. Then 80km road blast to rejoin route at Kovin.<br />
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Delibato Sands were great. It took me a while to re-learn to ride in the soft stuff, but I soon had my weight back, lightest touch on the bars, letting the bike pick it's own line, and keeping on the power. The full lap is about 90km and all worth doing - the deepest, softest fun stuff is near the top!<br />
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Then over the border and an immediate change. Instant trails, and really good fun. Soon into the hills. Now in a field south of Bosovici. There's a giant illuminated white cross staring across from the hill opposite.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remarkably flat. Pin straight roads.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apparently it's a prehistoric desert and the largest area of sand in Europe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sand! It got deeper too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even deeper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span class="hasCaption" style="font-family: inherit;">This was a great section - steep down and back up the other side. See my fishtail tyre marks!</span><span class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowliftTagList" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "sf optimized" , , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="fcg" style="color: #90949c; font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Romania! It turns out that, despite what everyone seems to be saying, it's quite straightforward rejoining the EU after you've left...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is just a few hundred metres from the border. Quickly covered the remaining flat stuff to those hills in the distance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OSM mapping took another step down in accuracy. Not only are there trails missing, but it's absolutely pot luck what the road is marked as on the map versus reality. This immaculate tarmac is "unpaved road", leading directly off a "highway" which was bone-jarring dirt!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slight admin snafu. No Romanian Lei, and no ATM for a good 50km. I didn't stock up on supplies in Serbia, and they might not have let me through anyway with a carrier bag of food (they didn't exactly nod me through as it was!). Fortunately I found water in a village and tucked into some back-up rations. I'm sure if I got desperate someone would have helped, and I had euros too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Campsite tonight. Back on EU roaming too, so I can upload this post from inside that tent.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NB: Functionality disabled to prevent extracting KML. If you want to follow the route, get the latest data from <a href="http://transeurotrail.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-line: none;">TransEuroTrail.org</a></td></tr>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Bozovici, Romania44.926106200000007 21.99906490000000844.903620200000006 21.958724400000008 44.948592200000007 22.039405400000007tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-26326792741906827322017-08-27T16:59:00.001+01:002017-08-27T17:18:26.228+01:00Day 30: Sightseeing in BelgradeDay off. Hot!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ministry of Defence </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Got a shock when I went in here, one of the largest churches in the world...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stripped to bare concrete! Pod remont. No gold or icons in sight (except downstairs, in the crypt)</td></tr>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Belgrade, Serbia44.786568 20.44892159999994944.426118 19.803474599999948 45.147018 21.09436859999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-57284448465414993722017-08-26T20:00:00.000+01:002017-08-27T10:41:35.769+01:00Day 29: Bajina Bašta to Belgrade, 215 kmDay 29 - Bajina Bašta to Belgrade, 215 km<br />
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Dramatic day! Started with a long and slightly pointless 40km loop on tarmac (and short sections of might-as-well-be-tarmac gravel) to Makovishte. Improved slightly by a wrong turn I took (I'll submit all changes to Ivan Gligorijevic shortly).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To the top!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summit of Srednji Povlen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="hasCaption" style="font-family: inherit;">The other way at Srednji Povlen</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great view. Don't miss it!</td></tr>
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It quickly got better, with great bits to small summit of Srednji Povlen. Vistas of plains to north. I looped round the back of the hill too which was even more fun. Trail started to get really engaging after that, when brake-gate happened! I reached for a handful when I too-late saw a near invisible electric fence wire across the track, only for the lever to fracture and come off in my hand.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="hasCaption" style="font-family: inherit;">Just starting to get fun!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="hasCaption" style="font-family: inherit;">When... This isn't actually the scene of the crime. The wire I crashed into didn't have any plastic bags or other markers, so was essentially invisible to me.</span></td></tr>
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This is what I wrote on FB at the time: (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Transeurotrail.org/permalink/856870194468126/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/Transeurotrail.org/permalink/856870194468126/</a>).<br />
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Stay tuned folks, as I work out how to get myself out of this one!</blockquote>
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Saw an unmarked - so practically invisible - electric fence wire taught across the track. Too late. Instinctively pulled on the anchors, hoping the ABS (front only) would make up for the threadbare tyre. It didn't, because the lever came off in my hand! Fortunately the fence was low enough that the bike took the brunt, rather than my neck.</blockquote>
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Couldn't find the farmer to tell him about his cows. So limped slowly, with no front brake and only half a rear, over 10km to the nearest road and then another 30km into a town.</blockquote>
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Next update shortly...</blockquote>
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Oh, and I don't think KTM Belgrade could even help with this one. 701s have brembo brakes and magura clutch; 690 is the other way around!</blockquote>
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Limped into Valjevo where Elter Moto rescued me with a welding torch, all for free! Update: (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Transeurotrail.org/permalink/857012607787218/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/Transeurotrail.org/permalink/857012607787218/</a>).<br />
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Brake update. Fixed it up well enough to get to Belgrade. Huge thanks to Luka at Elter Moto, and the other mechanics who referred me on to him. He welded it back together and more to the point, did it all for free. Absolutely refused payment, even for the coke he bought me.</blockquote>
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Now in Belgrade and KTM have fitted an old 990 lever with the end ground off, which is good as I didn't actually have the gorilla hands necessary for the fixed-span of the Elter lever. Definitely keeping it as my back-up though!</blockquote>
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I had the time to double back to the trail, and I was at least one spoke of the radial roads to Belgrade too early to shoot off, but it would have been 25km each way on tarmac so I regretfully headed towards the capital. That did mean I got to KTM Belgrade today though, and managed to patch up everything else that needed tweaking on the bike. Sadly, not free, but much needed.</div>
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Staying with friends again now until Monday when tyre shops open.<br />
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Belgrade, Serbia44.786568 20.44892159999994944.786568 20.448921599999949 44.786568 20.448921599999949tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-62789812337144954242017-08-25T20:00:00.000+01:002017-08-27T10:41:55.745+01:00Day 28: Crkveni Toci to Bajina Bašta, 290 kmDay 28 - Crkveni Toci to Bajina Bašta, 290 km<br />
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Morning's route had slightly more Western European character: short tarmac sections connecting outrageously steep and rutted tracks. Some logging trails too. But more engaging; fewer just-take-a-seat gravel roads then has been the case recently.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Resevoir</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seen hundreds of these hay ricks, so decided I needed at least one representative photo!</td></tr>
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That said, I did enjoy following a Lada Niva carrying two men and three sheep inside. Oh, and a logging truck carrying trees literally twice its length. Other things on the list of stuff I *didn't* take photos of: head on RTA on a blind corner; rural village funeral (no connection); any of the actual trail; bear poo; etc.<br />
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I rejoined the (my) original track near the border at Mokra Gora. Amounted to essentially a 48hr diversion to see northern Montenegro. Very well worth it. Serbia track back up also great fun, but not as spectacular (hence fewer photos) so not as worthy in its own right of going out of my way.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alternative translation: "no camping" </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from point north of Mitrovac was just about worth the loop to see it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't think I was supposed to ride the last 100m though...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What tyre pressure do you reckon to avoid a pinch flat on this??</td></tr>
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Or so I thought. The trail then completely changed, to graded gravel forestry roads, with the tourists to prove it, and tarmac. Made me grateful for the morning!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not my campsite</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But this is: the terrain (and those bear signs) persuaded me I wasn't in wild camping country when the time came. Instead, I'm in what is technically an official "Camping & Caravanning in Serbia" site, but is actually just someone's back garden! €5 and I've got all I need. Safe bike parking, shower, place to myself - bar the kittens and chickens - and even WiFi (hmm, which isn't working). And TP in the loos! Called Jovanovic.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My one pot meals so far have consisted of tins. But they're getting rarer, and "just add water" non-existent, probably for the admirable reason that people actually cook for themselves down here. So when I couldn't even find goulash (for what would have been the third dinner running), I went for fresh tortellini and tomato paste tonight.</td></tr>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Bajina Basta, Serbia43.9894831 19.68429230000003843.9894831 19.684292300000038 43.9894831 19.684292300000038tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-19450194325509373132017-08-24T20:00:00.000+01:002017-08-27T10:42:25.295+01:00Day 27: Cvijetino Brdo to Crkveni Toci, 286 kmDay 27 - Cvijetino Brdo to Crkveni Toci, 286 km<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First thing this morning. Cold.</td></tr>
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Woke up in paradise (chilly, mind) and spent first hour or two rolling through endless meadow. Paid the price eventually in switchbacks on a horrible craggy descent to the River Mtrvica.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morning's riding in Montenegrin Highlands</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful, remote farms. High-five from shepherd. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not seen windmills since Northern France. Flashbacks!</td></tr>
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After a woody pass by a monastery to reach the Tara river again (and a huge Chinese road/tunnel project), I cut north on boring roads to reach the Serbian border. Soon back off-road after that.<br />
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I didn't fancy taking my chances at a minor road crossing, so went through the Lim gorge (Kumanička Klisura). Threaded with memorials to those who drove over the edge. Railway opposite an engineering feat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Serbia! Dobrodoshli.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And now Serbia. Immediately greener, lusher, with more farming.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Route went to play in some wood blocks, some bits very deeply rutted. Even got muddy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fortunately, I had plenty of food from yesterday, so only needed water before finding somewhere to stop for the night. First time I've used a spring rather than buying bottles. They're plentiful, and marked on my gps mapping.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Campsite tonight</td></tr>
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I gave OpenStreetMaps data a pass yesterday for missing some minor tracks. But today there were whole tarmac roads absent as well. Still easy enough to follow the TET GPX line, but harder to estimate what's coming ahead.<br />
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Oh, if you've been thinking "those panniers look shiny and new" (not likely), that's because they are! Kriega really screwed the nut and delivered a completely new set to Sarajevo, plus all the gubbins I needed. I considered just swapping the straps but immediately understood why Kriega thought it best not to bother. Great customer service. And no delivery hassle either.<br />
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Turns out the old ones (and a large batch in the store-room) had all been threaded incorrectly at the factory. Fixing it requires cutting and re-stitching the straps. This is what originally happened: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Transeurotrail.org/permalink/845949982226814/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/Transeurotrail.org/permalink/845949982226814/</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NB: Functionality disabled to prevent extracting KML. If you want to follow the route, get the latest data from <a href="http://transeurotrail.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #6699cc; font-size: small; text-decoration-line: none;">TransEuroTrail.org</a></td></tr>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Crkveni Toci, Serbia43.4533324 19.5526718999999543.3611144 19.391310399999949 43.5455504 19.714033399999952tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-13812189681632815472017-08-23T20:00:00.000+01:002017-08-27T17:43:32.801+01:00Day 26: Mostar to Cvijetino Brdo, 312km<div style="color: #454545; font-family: ".sf ui text"; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">Day 26 - Mostar to Cvijetino Brdo, 312 km</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">Right now, I'm watching the sun set over the moor-top summit where I've pitched camp tonight. Montenegro defies superlatives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">Day began in Bosnia, though, with a very stony climb out of Mostar to summit of Mt Brasina. (Not suitable for an s thou with pillion!) The answer to my question of "why did they even build this trail" was provided by the recent ruins of a bombed-out military outpost at the top. I rather nervously picked my way back down with half a brake lever and a balding front tyre. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">In the interests of pace, I gambled the risk of missing anything as spectacular as yesterday on skipping a chunky loop to Kalinovik. To my bum-numbing regret, that turned out to be the last section of trail in the Bosnia. Views from road in Setjuska national park almost made up for it. Heavy industry in Gacko was also interesting in its own way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">Montenegro more than compensated. Trail almost from the border. Immediately more pastoral, and more off-road. Landmine risk diminished. Route veered over fields. OSM for first time not showing the tracks themselves (although some barely visible on the ground itself! Just tyre tracks in the grass).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">It was a bit confusing at the border. TET turns to the left before customs/passport control, in no man's land, but you need to leave the other way first (sacrificing your passport) to buy green card insurance from a bar. Then double back through the border to take the junction, having checked carefully the guards won't shoot you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".sfuitext";">Think it will be cold tonight. In fact, it's been a but chilly underway the last two days. Combination of clement weather and altitude. Roasting in Mostar and valleys though. </span></div>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Cvijetino Brdo, Montenegro42.9063889 19.18333329999995819.886963900000005 -22.125260700000041 65.925813900000009 60.491927299999958tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-12421782308887241782017-08-22T20:00:00.000+01:002017-08-27T17:28:55.561+01:00Day 25: Sarajevo to Mostar, 185 km<div>
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Despite DHL's and Bosnian Customs' best efforts to prevent it happening, I managed to leave Sarajevo (late). And what a route! Not in TET but it should be. Followed a recommendation from Ivana Turković to visit Lukomir, then joined a trail route Roman pulled together for me. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But oh so worth it.</td></tr>
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Route to Lukomir was almost more of a highlight than the village itself. Beautiful rolling moor after climbing through the ski resorts around the capital. Village itself is apparently dubbed the most remote in Bosnia, but I couldn't quite square that with it being just 45 minutes from Sarajevo. Picturesque nevertheless.</div>
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Felt bit prurient riding up to take photos and then leave, but didn't have time to stop for tea or something to contribute to the local economy. </div>
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Trail from there was just stunning. I'll let the photos speak for themselves. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing taxing or technical. Just soaking up the views.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remote</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stunning</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More mines</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boulder fields</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Incredible route from Sarajevo to Mostar.</td></tr>
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In Mostar now. Lovely, if tourist-crammed, old town. Blagged a special offer to get me into a smart hotel. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sun setting as I approached Mostar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Traffic</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mostar from above</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most</td></tr>
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NB There was no day 23 or 24. Just spent abusing the washing machine and hospitality of friends. And waiting for DHL 😠</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grr. Usurious charge for the privilege of waiting for my Adventure Spec order to clear customs for 1.5 days. Wasn't even essential (spare tubes, that tyre lever I lost, stem-fishing line). But I figured I'd feel pretty stupid with a double flat in the Montenegrin highlands if I left the parcel behind.</td></tr>
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This track isn't part of the official TET route, but the credit for most of it goes to Roman Bale. If you would like to follow the route, I've uploaded a tidied up version here: <a href="https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=igoscnaalwqvaciv">https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=igoscnaalwqvaciv</a></div>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Mostar 88000, Bosnia and Herzegovina43.343774800000013 17.8077577999999943.251386300000014 17.646396299999989 43.436163300000011 17.969119299999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-1851476643945283282017-08-20T12:01:00.000+01:002017-08-20T12:49:26.738+01:00Update: High resolution version of *that* photographSeveral people have asked me for a higher resolution photograph of the storm from Mount Nanos in Slovenia.<br />
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This version is 4000x2657 pixels and will be more suitable for desktop backgrounds than the Instagram resolution (which is fixed at 960x638).<br />
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There is a version in lossless PNG format too, which is obviously much bigger in file size.<br />
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I have also added a few versions in typical desktop sizes, and versions with a watermark.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Watermark, 2800x1800</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small Watermark, 2800x1800</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Higher Resolution, 4000x2657</td></tr>
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<li>4000x2567 original HD, plus big and small watermarks</li>
<li>2880x1800 Macbook 15" Retina, plus big and small watermarks</li>
<li>2560x1600 Macbook 13" Retina, plus big and small watermarks</li>
<li>1920x1080 Widescreen</li>
<li>1900x1200 Widescreen</li>
<li>1920x1080 Widescreen, plus big and small watermarks</li>
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These can all be found at the following link: <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7KoRvgh4tPOeVpmWm1ITTlGV3M">https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7KoRvgh4tPOeVpmWm1ITTlGV3M</a><br />
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PS I think this goes without saying, but while I am happy for people to use these photographs for personal use, I still retain full copyright. Happy to discuss terms for commercial/other use by email/message.</div>
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-1158917306008642742017-08-19T20:00:00.000+01:002017-08-20T11:22:48.902+01:00Day 22: Lake Šator to Sarajevo, 320km<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Day 22 - Lake Šator to Sarajevo, 320km</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Made it to the capital, where I'm staying with friends until Monday.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In some lights, it looks a bit like Salisbury Plain</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Trail saw 50km of forestry roads, then some wonderful open vistas over the moorland, and back into forests for slightly rougher stuff (nothing technical enough to trouble a boxer twin, but I was standing rather than sitting). Lunch and petrol in Kupres and hopped on to WiFi (no free data roaming now I'm outside the EU).</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Literally, like navigating a mine field. Sobering.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big yellow machine. Two British exports...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then some "pulver" (fine, powdery sand) roads to Ramsko Resevoir which was looking pretty dry. The pulver made for an odd ride, which combined with the effect of full vs empty fuel tanks had me checking my tyre pressure twice.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Resevoir is looking pretty dry.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then road and motorway diversion to Sarajevo. Day off tomorrow!</span><br />
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina43.8562586 18.41307630000005743.8562586 18.413076300000057 43.8562586 18.413076300000057tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-87752535668190360102017-08-18T20:00:00.000+01:002017-08-20T11:19:08.018+01:00Day 21: Štirovača to Lake Šator, 300km<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">Day 21 - Štirovača to Lake Šator, 300km. Three weeks in.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What a place! Glad I didn't miss the diversion to Šator.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swimming in that beat the flannel wash I normally get when wild camping!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You all said it needed a wash...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gone from avoiding people in France to now seeking them out to ask where to camp. Bears and landmines and all. Given two beers tonight!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Croatian TET felt like a bit of a transit route. I guess it wasn't really possible to squeeze in the incredible sights the country has to offer. Problem with being long and thin?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">No issues with the riding itself. More forest roads out of the national park, then road to and along the sea for 70km. Quite a stony climb out of Seline, made even more interesting down the other side by my stub of a brake lever. Then just as I was worrying I'd be picking my way between the rocks all the way to Bosnia, it turned back into "strade bianche" and continued pretty much like that all the way to the inevitable road drag over the border.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Terrain and climate definitely changed. In the woods it was cool, but on the coast arid, hot and rocky, much like Provence. Then over the border to Bosnia and it's moorland, like in Auvergne.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forest mist this morning. Was genuinely cold for the first time in my tent last night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure Kent County Council would go to quite this much effort.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roman explained that this road leg was the only way to actually breathe in the sea air until Greece</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I did find one other casualty from the crash. No blogging for a bit, then. Or HD photos or GPX corrections for linesmen. Sorry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Border official didn't like my lack of a green card, and turns out they don't sell them at this post. Fortunately, his boss liked the bike, so I got waved through. We'll see what happens later...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New stickers!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It feels like half of International Rescue have been mobilised to help with my brake lever. Thank you. KTM Belgrade have stock, so, given the bike is rideable at the moment, my plan is to carry on to there.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">NB: Functionality disabled to prevent extracting KML. If you want to follow the route, get the latest data from <a href="http://transeurotrail.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #6699cc; font-size: 12.8px; text-decoration-line: none;">TransEuroTrail.org</a></span></td></tr>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Šatorsko Lake, Bosnia and Herzegovina44.1657469 16.60151059999998344.1657469 16.601510599999983 44.1657469 16.601510599999983tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-20700153597290468052017-08-17T20:00:00.000+01:002017-08-20T11:11:34.485+01:00Day 20: Šmihel to Štirovača, 323 km<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Day 20 - Šmihel to Štirovača, 323 km</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So... There are a whole lot of trees in this part of the world...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Initially, to complete the descent off Nanos, tracks included another slippery-after-the-rain single-track to make me glad of my coffee that morning, my new tyre, and that I had my stopped when I did last night.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To think that for a brief moment I contemplated cutting a corner of track and pressing on. Don't do that in Slovenia: I would have missed sights like this.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then lots and lots of curvy, fast-as-you-like gravel logging roads. Lots. Kept mumbling to myself "weight forwards, forearms vertical" to keep the front wheel gripping in the bends.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trees trees trees trees trees. All the trees.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not <b>so</b> fast</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Made it to Croatia.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Croatia!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where the forests continued. I was getting pretty tired at this point - 250km of logging roads - when the inevitable happened and I lost the front on a gravel corner in my first proper "off" of the trip (rather than just toppling over).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I came out of it unharmed. The bike however - well, the brake lever that's been bending back and forwards like a yoga instructor at a training camp finally succumbed. Fortunately it's still just about workable.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still just about workable. Good job it didn't take a bigger gouge out of that engine casing. <br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;"><br />Very glad of my gear: leather Klim gloves, cordura Dakar Pro shirt, and d2o armour held in place by an Acerbis vest, and knee armour wedges into two cut-off socks from Decathlon.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;">I ducked down on to a parallel road for 15km to gather my thoughts, then pressed on more gingerly.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">(Anyone know a KTM/husky dealer in Croatia or Bosnia? I know there's one in Podgorica but not intending to go that far down.)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One for my brother (called Alan)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I can really see why Roman has added the new loop in Slovenia. Otherwise you're gonna see a lot of trees and nothing else. So how have I rationalised a loop in Slovebia when I criticised it in Italy? I'm not 100% sure, and so I'm partly revisiting my conclusions on the previous country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If there is a qualitative difference, it's that Roman's route takes in the sights, up to the edge of the karst, views over Trieste, the castles and valleys, etc. The trails also flow. So it's not like the loops are just there to take you off the road. Plus you can comfortably do the whole country in two days.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, a break in the forest and a view to the Dalmatian coast. Didn't last long.</td></tr>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Štirovaca, Croatia44.6517813 15.06694889999994344.6517813 15.066948899999943 44.6517813 15.066948899999943tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-90374595866445195752017-08-16T20:00:00.000+01:002017-08-20T10:40:17.312+01:00Day 19: Zalošče to Šmihel, 218km<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Day 19 - Zalošče to Šmihel, 218km</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Great day spent recce'ing Roman's new route. 95% trails all day, some fast gravel, knotty single-track, and two or three sections of "just right" technical stuff. No pulleys or winches required, but you might skip those bits on a GSA! A few wrinkles to iron out, but Roman's done an excellent job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Great perspective on the country too - better than just staring at trees all day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Got new tyre too, thanks to extraordinary generosity of Roman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Weather took a turn. Thunder, lightning, hail, and now it's raining while I hide in the tent.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No more technical than this (although you can't really see the bigger rocks or gradient here!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a damned-sight easier with one of these!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup, I'd rather be up here than down there. Toll free too.</td></tr>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Šmihel, Slovenia45.9510127 13.73779739999997745.9510127 13.737797399999977 45.9510127 13.737797399999977tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-21334642776896341372017-08-15T20:00:00.000+01:002017-08-20T10:18:20.117+01:00Day 18: Bovec to nr. Zalošče, 125km<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Day 18: Bovec to nr. Zalošče, 125km</span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Just a quick update to say even after the morning off, I did cover some ground today! After exiting the national park it was fast-as-is-sensible gravel forest roads to here, where the single-track has just started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Roman has asked me to recce a new route he's planned and it's going well so far.</span></div>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Zalošče, Slovenia45.8864733 13.74975050000000545.8643698 13.709410000000005 45.9085768 13.790091000000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-33295021979765071612017-08-15T13:28:00.003+01:002017-08-20T10:20:25.298+01:00ToolsOne or two people have asked me about the tool kit I'm carrying. Here's a more or less complete itemisation of what I have. It's all carried in a Kriega Tool roll.<br />
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This is what I use for all of my work on the bike, so I know it's a complete set and I have the right size sockets and bits (and no extras).<br />
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<li style="text-align: left;">Selection of hex-heads, including the Torx bits I need for my bike, Cross Head and Flat Head screwdriver bits, and allen heads. These fit in a bit holder for the T-Piece as well as the Bosch Mini Ratchet. I have PH1 & PH2 cross-head, a hex-square (1/4") adaptor, sizes 3, 4, 5, & 6 allen heads, T20, T25, T30, T40 torx heads, and size 4 & 6 flat heads.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Motion-Pro 27mm to 3/8" socket-drive convertor and a 19mm socket</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Knipex SW-35 180mm Pliers Wrench. These are worth their weight in gold, and vastly superior to all imitators!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Some zip-ties</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">MotionPro Ergo Spoke Wrench 7.0mm</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Fuse Puller</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Wera Zyklop 1/4" ratchet drive. Again, not worth getting cheaper imitators.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Motion-Pro 19mm Spark Plug Socket and extension</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Sockets: 8mm, 10mm, 13mm, 14mm (and the 19mm already mentioned)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Extension Handle from MotionPro Chain Tool, with a T50 Torx Bit inside (it's the bigger hex size). Works as a 1/4" square to hex convertor.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Bulb-type circuit tester</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Motion-Pro Mini-Pro Tri-Drive T-Handle. I use this all the time. Each end is a 1/4" square drive, so you can fit any bit to it.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Bosch mini hex-ratchet, and extension drive (used for fiddly bits where t-handle won't reach - obviously, the ratchet mechanism isn't as strong as the proper drive, so only for light torque like body-panel pieces)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">MotionPro Chain Tool</li>
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<li>More zip ties</li>
<li>Stop-leak radiator powder</li>
<li>Some liquid metal type putty</li>
<li>Radiator hose high-temperature tape</li>
<li>Spare link and spare connecting link for chain</li>
<li>Wiring from the bulb-tester</li>
<li>Side-stand removal dongle which I haven't fitted yet, but will if the switch cops it in another fall!</li>
<li>The other gubbins for the chain tool</li>
<li>Spare valve cap</li>
<li>Spare valve core remover (the other one is fitted to the front wheel as a valve cap)</li>
<li>The elastic band thingummy Husqvarna supply with the bike for keeping the side-stand up, but is actually for the 501 and smaller bikes. In case the side stand spring snaps.</li>
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Other tools I carry are in my puncture repair kit. That consists of:</div>
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<li>Three MotionPro Combi Tyre Levers. 27mm (axle nuts); 12/13mm (rim-lock/valve-stem bolts); 24mm (front sprocket)</li>
<li>Patch kit</li>
<li>Spare standard-duty front tube. After this day, I'll now always carry two, if I'm running un-patchable UHDs in the front tyre. At the moment my front tyre is a standard duty though, and the shop in Ventimiglia only had one tube, so I'll survive.</li>
<li>Lezyne Pressure Drive CFH Pump. This also takes CO2.</li>
<li>But most of the time, I use my Rocky Creek Tyre Compressor with guage, which is in a pannier.</li>
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NB: Important note - make sure you seal the stop-leak in several plastic bags. Someone I know well didn't, and I still haven't removed all the contents of the last pot from the nooks and crannies of my tool roll!</div>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0Bovec, Slovenia46.3376387 13.5516829000000646.2499447 13.39032140000006 46.4253327 13.71304440000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-459003122721355582017-08-15T12:37:00.000+01:002017-08-15T12:52:51.978+01:00France & Italy: ReflectionsI think it is a good moment having reached Slovenia to write about my overall thoughts having crossed France and Italy. Talking to Roman last night, I can see that the trail really changes from here, and should be faster and more flowing. So this feels like a significant way-point and boundary. I've submitted my GPXs and waypoints to Alessandro along with some detailed feedback.<br />
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France:<br />
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<li>Overall, I was really impressed by just how much off-roading there was. I had low expectations, coming from the UK, and expected the north especially to be much like home. In fact, there were trails everywhere!</li>
<li>That novelty more than made up for the fact that some got a little bit repetitive in the beginning (no more field corners!), but it only last two days, and it made for great progress. I wouldn't change any of it fundamentally.</li>
<li>I also got a great sense of transition and the different geographical areas of France. It felt really significant to pass through famous cities (Chartres, Orleans, Avignon, Orange etc) and cross big rivers (Seine, Loire, Rhone). You saw a clear progress of landscape, from the plains of the north, to the downs-like region near Montlucon, to the moors of Auvergne, then the rocky scrub of the Mediterranean, before the hills after Orange and then climbing into the Mediterranean Alps.</li>
<li>The trail riding after Montlucon is brilliant. Great technical "single track". The bit most familiar to what I'm used to from the UK.</li>
<li>The views from the summits in Auvergne, Cevennes, Luberon, Alps are truly remarkable.</li>
<li>There is a bit after Orleans in the forests that needs tightening up. Either take a more direct road route and skip some countryside, or find some better trails. Too many minor roads and diversions. But it was right to make this a low priority because it isn't any time going to be a highlight area of the country.</li>
<li>Just doing TET France is a brilliant trip all on its own, with that sense of progression, contrast and achievement. To think, someone commented in the Facebook group as I was setting off that I should skip France and get the moto-train straight to Vienna. What a mistake!</li>
<li>There were very few errors or changes in the route, and Ben responded immediately to the feedback I was giving along the way. Top class!</li>
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<li>TET Italy is long, because it is squiggly, and suggested to take 10 days. I wanted to get across quicker, so took some deliberate shortcuts. I therefore haven't ridden all of it and may have missed some brilliant bits. All of this feedback should be read keeping in mind that it is partial.</li>
<li>The scenery in Italy is also breath-taking, from the Alps and the different perspective of the Ligurian historic roads, through the Lakes, then into the Dolomites. I had never visited these areas before and feel really privileged to have done so on this trip. I'll certainly be back to individual regions for trips and holidays in the future, with or without the bike.</li>
<li>My expectations had been raised by France, so this is perhaps unfair, especially given the amount of trail, but there were more mistakes in the route. Trails that simply didn't exist on the ground, lots and lots of no access signs, and some trails that were just too technical for me and (in my opinion) the majority of TET riders. Unfortunately, it got to a stage where I started not to trust the trail, and if it was 50:50 whether to take a road-route or shortcut or try another bit of trail, I tended to go for the road because I couldn't risk the trail not being there/passable/legal.</li>
<li>The proportion of trail to road was lower than France, even accounting for and ignoring the deliberate short-cuts I introduced. This is obviously even more the case when you consider trails that let you make progress - France was more permissive and had fewer bits that felt like diversions for the sake of off-road. TET Italy runs down some dual-carriageway highways, which doesn't happen in France. Some of the long tunnels are really cool though!</li>
<li>However, my absolute favourite day of the trip so far was in Italy, from <a href="https://husky701.blogspot.com/2017/08/day-14-turin-to-baveno-260km.html" target="_blank">Turin to Lake Maggiore.</a> Even though it was raining! It combined great flat-lands trails, muddy technical bits, and ended with some spectacular views. Overall, it had a perfect sense of balance. It was a tough choice, but it knocked the <a href="https://husky701.blogspot.com/2017/08/day-6-montlucon-to-auvergne-volcano.html" target="_blank">day fr<span style="font-family: inherit;">om <span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87);">Montluçon</span></span></a> into second place!</li>
<li>All of that length can make it a bit of a slog. Probably, I just took the wrong approach, but I wrote a little bit more about this in an <a href="https://husky701.blogspot.com/2017/08/day-15-baveno-to-pisogne-300km.html" target="_blank">earlier blog post </a>and I think it bears repeating.</li>
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<i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">There is nothing you can do about the law and where it is legal to ride, or geography. So if the trails just don't exist, there's little one can do to help. There is also an inherent contradiction in my trip - I want to ride off-road as much as possible, but I'd also like to reach Odessa (or at least Bucharest!). If I really wanted to get a move on, I could just drive down the motorway.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">But that same contradiction is at the heart of TET itself - it is after-all the </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b>Trans</b></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-European Trail - and there is an implication of progress as well as off-roading. The impression has been building in my mind that the Italian route doesn't quite have the balance right, and is often too fiddly and slow-going. It makes me wonder if a fundamentally different route might work better, taking in more of the low-lands?</span></i></blockquote>
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<li>Absolutely none of this is meant as criticism of Alessandro. He has done a phenomenal job. I couldn't have done anything like the trip I have without his hard work. It may well be that this is simply how it has to be in Italy. But in that case, I'd simply recommend that potential riders bear my experience in mind and, if necessary, adjust their expectations to suit.</li>
<li>I'm pretty sure this isn't the right translation of the meaning of "bonne route", but "strada giusta"!</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">New country = new stickers! Roman had some TET ones too.</td></tr>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com1Bovec, Slovenia46.3376387 13.5516829000000646.2499447 13.39032140000006 46.4253327 13.71304440000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-79457256220476369922017-08-15T11:13:00.000+01:002017-08-27T11:27:41.362+01:00Update: Bike ModificationsA couple of people, who I think may be considering buying Husqvarna 701s themselves, have asked me about what modifications I have made to my bike. I've split the following into "essentials", "good for this trip in particular" and "aesthetics".<br />
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Essentials<br />
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<li>Lower Gearing. I've put a <a href="https://www.supersprox.com/rear/990" target="_blank">48 tooth Supersprox</a> sprocket on the back, but either by going down at the front or up at the back, I needed to tackle the too-tall first gear. It gets in the way of hill climbs and technical riding, and is especially unhelpful when trying to engine-brake down steep hills.</li>
<li>Hand guards. I used <a href="http://www.adventure-spec.com/default/cycra-probend-crm-handguards-for-fat-bars.html" target="_blank">Cycra Pro-Bend</a>.</li>
<li>Stiffer spring. Depends how much you weigh, but I got an 85 Nm shock spring from <a href="http://www.rally-raidproducts.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=741" target="_blank">Rally Raid</a>. I didn't actually get this until just before this trip, but it transformed the handling and I wish I'd done it sooner.</li>
<li><a href="http://wings.si/ver4/index.html?page=701_e" target="_blank">Wings Exhaust</a>. The OEM one weighs an absolute tonne and gets hot enough to melt the indicators. Wings is cheap, light, looks great and extremely good quality. Great customer service too.</li>
<li>Perun Moto <a href="https://www.perunmoto.com/collections/ktm-690-enduro-enduro-r/products/husqvarna-701-luggage-rack" target="_blank">rack</a>, <a href="https://www.perunmoto.com/collections/ktm-690-enduro-enduro-r/products/ktm-690-enduro-smc-heel-guards" target="_blank">heel guards</a> and <a href="https://www.perunmoto.com/collections/ktm-690-enduro-enduro-r/products/ktm-690-enduro-smc-rear-brake-cylinder-protection" target="_blank">rear brake master cylinder guard</a>. I also have the <a href="https://www.perunmoto.com/collections/ktm-690-enduro-enduro-r/products/ktm-690-subframe-tank-reinforcement-kit" target="_blank">subframe reinforcing kit</a> but I'm not sure how much of an issue that really is vice the KTM 690s of old.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.flatlandracing.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FR&Product_Code=24-46" target="_blank">Flatlands Bash Guard</a></li>
<li>Heated grips. Important for me, not so much on this trip (!) but green-laning in the UK mid-winter! I used the ones that come with an element you install under the grips - Symtec?</li>
<li>Kriega drag handles front and rear. They fit well to the rear rack. I also have two of the Kriega rack loops fitted anyway, they work for hooking general stuff to as well as a smaller bag when I'm riding in the UK.</li>
<li>Tyres. TKC80s just don't work in the mud at home - they get blocked quickly and run on in turns.</li>
<li>ABS Dongle. Permanently turns off the rear ABS, leaves the front enabled. Otherwise you have to manually turn it off to both wheels every time you switch on. Keeping the front but losing the back is an excellent combination for steep, loose descents with switchbacks.</li>
<li>Clutch Lever from Husky 450 (or any other smaller bike in the range). It's a Magura fit and there's a switch in there for EFI which means lots of third-party levers don't work. The 450 lever is slightly shorter though, and cheap at £15 or so.</li>
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Good For This Trip</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.nomad-adv.com/701-husky-navigation-tower.html" target="_blank">Nomad Adv Navigation Screen/Tower</a>. Good to keep the wind off, even more useful because it puts the speedo, switches, lights and GPS at eye level when standing or sitting. It's a real pain to navigate when standing off a GPS that's handlebar mounted - I know, because that's where I had it fitted before.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.radegarage.com/parts/husqvarna-701-auxilliary-tank/" target="_blank">Rade Garage auxillary tank</a>. Gives an extra 6.5 litres of fuel, which takes my total distance to 400km (<a href="https://husky701.blogspot.it/2017/08/day-7-one-week-done-st-donat-to-mende.html" target="_blank">almost!</a>)</li>
<li>This also mandates fitting a K&N air filter, which comes with the kit. I haven't noticed any particular advantage or disadvantage in power, but I wasn't paying close attention. In theory, it's louder too, but again I haven't really noticed.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.rally-raidproducts.co.uk/husqvarna-701-preload-adjuster" target="_blank">Rally Raid pre-load adjuster.</a> Not essential for normal riding, but because I'm adding and taking off the luggage - and will be when I get home - this makes it easier to tune the rear shock. Otherwise you have to strip the whole shock to adjust preload.</li>
<li>RokStraps, Ortlieb bag, Kriega luggage, various rack-loops. Very personal to individual, but I really like this lot, even with the problems I had with the Overland 30s.</li>
<li>Mapping Switch. I've had it since new, but I'm not sure it's essential. Without it I would (controversially) leave the bike in Map 2 (Low Power) the whole time. I don't know if that actually chops the total power, but it certainly delivers it further round the twist-grip, which means that in combination with running a higher gear and using the clutch I can mask my lack of finesse on tight and technical sections. I do find it nice to flick back to Map 1 (Normal Power) on the road: it makes hairpins more entertaining, and motorways more bearable because less throttle-twist is needed owing to my lower gearing.</li>
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Aesthetic - not essential in any way, but pretty!</div>
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<li>Various official Husqvarna <a href="http://www.freestylebikes.co.uk/shop/husqvarna-parts-and-accessories/cnc-parts-anodised/" target="_blank">blue bits</a> - I got the rear disc protector, ignition cover, brake step plate, oil plug, oil-filter cover. I also got two blue bolts to cap the rear-view mirrors, which I've removed. I don't like the brake and clutch master cylinder covers - look a bit weird to me.</li>
<li>Shift Manufacturing Billet Fuel Filler and Cap. I think they've changed name to <a href="http://www.vanaschemotorsports.com/store/p3/Billet_Fuel_Filler_701.html" target="_blank">Vanasche Motorsport</a> now.</li>
<li>Shift Manufacturing <a href="http://www.vanaschemotorsports.com/store/p1/Billet_Case_Saver.html" target="_blank">Billet Case Saver</a>. Does serve a practical purpose in theory, but also just looks nice!</li>
<li>Wings Exhaust Carbon Heat Guard. It really isn't any lighter, and I probably wouldn't order it fresh, but I got it with the exhaust at the time.</li>
<li>Removed various bits: wing mirrors, chain guard, rear foot pegs.</li>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-7065338074747663752017-08-15T10:29:00.002+01:002017-08-20T10:25:13.551+01:00Day 17: Forno di Zoldo to Bovec, 272kmDay 17: Forno di Zoldo to Bovec, 272km<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Slovenia! I've escaped Italy. Roman is very kindly letting me crash his family holiday too, so beers and BBQ tonight.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Incredibly, Luka was even more excited than I was about the prospect of me sleeping inside on a real bed tonight! He got a go on the bike up and down the road with his Dad the next day too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New sticker time!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The trail was... Frustrating again. 150km until the first decent bit (it was excellent, mind, from Sauris), other than just short gravelled sections over summits; more illegal routes and no entry signs; and a 45km detour to avoid a construction site; and then an absurdly difficult bit of single track that belongs on an Enduro course.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Start of my day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More closed sections. Sign says "forbidden for all motorised vehicles"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not much the linesman can do about this one: massive hydroelectric construction works half-way along the trail. Oh well, only a 45km re-trace and diversion...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm told the view is stunning!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">14 hairpin switchbacks in the space of 235 metres!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Overall, I have to say I'm glad Italy is over, even though my best day so far was from Turin to Lake Maggiore. I'll collect some further thoughts on Italy and France together in another post.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Absurdly difficult trails. I already had my doubts about this section after it started out narrow, with a precipice edge, and some big rocks to navigate. When I got here though, I stopped and turned around because I knew I would never get back up this slope. My bike is horizontal in this photo... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately, all those motorway miles had done this to the Michelin Competition Enduro VI tyre fitted in Ventimiglia (I didn't have any choice of tyre). It turns out I had over-estimated how much grip I'd have.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It turned out that "giving up" wasn't very productive though, so I kept hacking at it, and eventually got my way out (inch by inch at times!). This is me re-inflating the rear tyre at the top, after dropping pressures to help grip.</td></tr>
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038366130221561772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598427324607520460.post-24802378591204807772017-08-13T21:00:00.000+01:002017-08-27T17:15:52.788+01:00Day 16: Pisogne to Forno di Zoldo, 418km<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Day 16: Pisogne to Forno di Zoldo, 418km.</span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tomorrow night Roman has promised me a beer in his garden. But I have to get to Slovenia first. So a long day today, but I'm in the Dolomites!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dolomites at sunset. Chilly.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After some dual carriageway (!), up and over Malga Travagnolo was brilliant fun, from the appallingly tarmaced steep climb up, to the pavoired trail at the top (though another restriction sign). Then the gravel tourist routes over to Lake Idro too, with all the GSes and mopeds. Stunning views.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another closed sign, but I pressed on. Top of Malga Travagnolo. The road up here - tarmaced, but absurdly steep and badly worn - was almost more fun than the trail at the top.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of which was pavoired! Let nobody accuse me of only photographing the difficult bits.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Spectacular</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then I opted to cut more loops to make time, and rejoined around Col Perer where I'm proud to have found a great, legal, addition to the route, with a "fun" palate cleanser part way along!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Couple more trails then lots more highway to reach the Dolomites, with every biker in Northern Italy.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hold this, mate!"</td></tr>
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