Sunday 24 February 2019

Overland Winter Warmer event - Chipping Warden


I spent a brilliant weekend with David Charlton at the Overland Winter Warmer event that was held at Chipping Warden.   Lots of fog, sunshine, tea and a very cold Sunday morning.  Some excellent presentations and we met up with many really nice people.   I was so glad that I took my ex Army Artic Sleeping bag.....












Monday 4 February 2019

Plan for Main Trip of 2019

Dear readers, Looks like I will not be getting to USA Overland Expo 2019 in Flagstaff.  Maybe I should plan to return in 2020.   Having looked at the maps of Europe there are so many countries and places that I have not yet seen.  So, as of 29 March 2019 I will be a foreigner when visiting Europe (thanks to those idiots that voted in 2016 for us to leave the EU).  

So riding my trusty 22 year old Honda XRV 750 Africa Twin and clutching my new UK passport, UK driving licence, International Driving Permit, Green Card Insurance, Foreign Travel and Medical Insurance and book of maps, I will be doing a 6,000 miles trip around Europe and Eastern Europe in June and July.

The plan is to pass through and maybe even stop a while in the following countries (in no particular order):
  • France
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Luxembourg
  • Montenegro
  • Poland
  • Belgium
  • Croatia
  • Bulgaria
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia
  • Slovakia
  • Albania
  • Hungary
  • Greece
  • Turkey
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Czechoslovak 
  • Italy
  • Switzerland
  • Austria
  • Kosovo
  • Romania
  • North Macedonia


Ah well - back to the maps.....