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Ben Around the World Diary – 4th June 2018
ODO 2179km Location Serbia Weather 22-33℃ Hot Feelings Happy after a day of friendly encounters [post_gallery] After a couple of days in Croatia I realised that standing still is better than walking to keep mosquitoes off you. The problem with walking is you attract new followers and kick up others from the grass until you…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 3rd June 2018
ODO 2010km Location Sopje Croatia Weather 25-33℃ Sunny with thunder and hail showers Feelings Different and tired [post_gallery] There are certain thing you really only notice with traveling at the speed of a bike. Over the last two weeks I’ve been aiming to make camp by 8:30pm and get up at 7am to be on…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 2nd June 2018
ODO 1838km Location just inside the Croatian boarder Weather broken cloud with storm breaking just as I crossed the Slovenian border Feelings Utter exhaustion in the morning but with a few power naps across the day I felt better by the afternoon [post_gallery] I camped across the other side of a sketchy wooden bridge. I was…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 1st June 2018
ODO 1592km Location 10km north of Graz Weather 17-20 Overcast with rain showers throughout the day Feelings High on the morning but exhausted after the crash. [post_gallery] I slept a full hour through my alarm having already gone to bed an hour earlier the night before. I really needed the sleep! In the morning I completed…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 31st May 2018
ODO 1566km Location Trieben, Austria Weather Thunder Showers Feelings High at climbing a mountain bike route followed by an afternoon lul. In the morning I descended down to the lake. Clear alpine blue right to the bottom. An unreal shade of turquoise. I weaved through the campsites to find the ferry. €3 for an Adult,…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 30th May 2018
ODO 1445km Location Pass between Fushi am See and Sammy Gilken, Astria Weather 14-27 broken cloud Feelings Tired and unwelcome [post_gallery] Today I’m tired from my hundred miler yesterday. Everybody seem moody and I don’t have as good chats as I’ve had so far. Or maybe people are just becoming less friendly down here. I…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 29th May 2018
ODO 1324km Location A forest outside of Edling, Germany Weather 18-27℃ mostly overcast alto stratus Feelings After a slow morning I ended the day on the highest point of the trip. [post_gallery] I was slow going in the morning, being woken by a dog walker who had a massive attack dog but believed it wouldn’t…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 28th May 2018
ODO 1150km Location between Günzbg and Burgau in Germany Weather 15-33℃ degrees. Clear Feelings Tired and hung over [post_gallery] Starting a little hung over from my first beer in around a year I waved Andi goodbye asbestos heading across the park and down by the river through a valley of factories, all of which seemed…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 27th May 2018
ODO 1028km Location Stuttgart Weather 15-31 And humid. Thunderstorms building but refusing to break. Feelings tired on the road but elated to meet such amazing hosts in the evening [post_gallery] Since the start of the day my goal had been to get to Stuttgart. Since entering Germany I felt like I needed some company and…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 26th May 2018
ODO 899km Location Rhineland-Palentine, Germany Weather 15-32 – sunny humid and hot! Feelings Tired in the morning but happy in the afternoon – I think hills effect my feelings a lot! [post_gallery] I slept the whole night through for the first time. I think my cold is pretty much over at last. Now I have…