Right, let’s get straight into it. The 7th Transcontinental Race kicked off at 6am on the 27th July in Burgas, on the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria. I was nervous, but mostly just excited to get started. I’d accepted my place at the very start of the year, so I’d had half a year to … More The Transcontinental Race: Part 1 (27/08/19-02/09/19)
With my brakes working again, we crossed the Macedonian border back into Bulgaria again. Just passed the border we found a what looked like a perfect picnic spot by on old bridge over a river. But the picnic didn’t last very long – a shepherd arrived out of nowhere shouting at us to move so that … More Bulgaria & Greece: Mountain climbing (27/04/15-08/05/15)
It felt like spring had come and gone within a week. It was nearly 30 degrees when we crossed the border from Serbia into Bulgaria and I was struggling in the heat. We still had ages to go until our first stop near Vidin, and light would be running out soon so celebrations for ‘100 … More Bulgaria & Macedonia: 3 months and 15 countries (16/04/15-27/04/15)
JKB's Bike Ride 