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Bikespokes and LISA MIELE went for a bike ride
September 24, 2025
Day 16 - Pag to Zadar
After big thunderstorm started at 3am and partial collapse of tent at 4am, we had little sleep. With our flight home tomorrow morning our options were limited so waterproofs on and off we go. The rain unexpectedly stopped after an hour, replaced by a strong headwind. I’m not sure which…
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Bikespokes and LISA MIELE went for a bike ride
September 23, 2025
Day 15 - Senj to Pag
Along the hilly coast road in the rain this morning to catch ferry across to Pag, famous for lace making, salt and sheep apparently. The island is quite barren and the few towns seem largely purpose built for tourists, but many buildings are either tired or unfinished and the tourists…
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Bikespokes and LISA MIELE went for a bike ride
September 22, 2025
Day 14 - Bakarac to Senj
A minor route error this morning led to us pushing and hauling our heavy bikes up a vertical goat track for an hour - oops! It was completely unnecessary but took us to a quiet country road high up on the hillside for the morning, hilly but lovely. Back on…
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Bikespokes and LISA MIELE went for a bike ride
September 21, 2025
Day 13 - Labin to Bakarac
After working our way back to the coast, we were on the main tourist coast road for the rest of the day. Not too bad in the morning but got really very busy in the afternoon. It was often high up the hillside with amazing sea views dropping down into…
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Bikespokes went for a bike ride
September 20, 2025
Day 12 - Pula to Labin
Leaving Pula, we quickly left the crowds behind as we travelled inland and uphill. Some good gravel and quiet roads, and getting used to the hills now but the last big one was a killer. The villages today were tiny, cute but very little going on, just rural life until…
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September 20, 2025
Oof! We earned our pizza!
Bikespokes and LISA MIELE went for a bike ride
September 19, 2025
Day 11 - Novigrad to Pula
The route today was tough. We switched between rough tracks inland and threading through huge resorts and campsites on the coast, both of which were very slow going. Our aim of reaching Pula tonight looked impossible until we came up with a cunning plan….. a speedboat! A boat from Vrsar…
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Bikespokes and LISA MIELE went for a bike ride
September 18, 2025
Day 10 - Trieste to Novigrad
This mornings descent down into Trieste was very long and steep, mixed with rush hour Italian drivers, not much fun. We dipped into the city briefly but after the serenity of Slovenia, it was pretty intense. The route out wasn’t great either but we were soon back in Slovenia again.…
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September 19, 2025
Looks wonderful. You are doing some hilly areas, great fun going down though 😉
Bikespokes and LISA MIELE went for a bike ride
September 17, 2025
Day 9 - Postojna to Trieste
We left market day in Postojne with an extra coffee hit. After a busy road section through Razdrto, we had a fantastic descent into a valley of sunshine, vineyards and old Fiat Pandas but we knew what that meant. The climb out the other side was a real monster. Very…
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Tony, Ivek and LISA MIELE like this.
September 17, 2025
That is quite an altitude loss and gain in one day!
Bikespokes and LISA MIELE went for a bike ride
September 16, 2025
Day 8 - Ljubljana to Postojna
Day off yesterday in sunny Ljubljana was very worthwhile. The historic city centre is not too big, not too busy, but exceedingly gorgeous and I love it! Walked too many miles, ate too much and had an all round lovely day. Today started well, the cycle paths and quiet country…
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September 16, 2025
Lol. You soggy soggy nutters. Xxx
Bikespokes and LISA MIELE went for a bike ride
September 14, 2025
Day 7 - Bled to Ljubljana
Today was much easier than yesterday, mostly rolling countryside and pretty villages. Kranj was a nice town explore, but Ljubljana can wait until tomorrow.
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Bikespokes and LISA MIELE went for a bike ride
September 13, 2025
Day 6 - Villach to Bled
From Villach, we left the River Drava and headed south towards Italy, still on the Alpe Adria Cycle Route. We weren’t there for long, but long enough for a detour into Tarvisio to get coffee. From there we headed east into Slovenia, probably the most scenic part of our trip…
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brigitte eley, Tony and Park Sungsoo like this.
September 14, 2025
WOW, you two are amazing . what a day . I hope you had more cake :-)
September 24, 2025
And just like that, it's over😟. Despite the various offerings of the last two days (horrible traffic, bleak landscapes, and epic thunderstorms). I'm very, very sad to be stopping as it's been a fantastic adventure. My wee legs won't know what to do with themselves tomorrow!