Relaxing in the hotel gardens after visiting the local castle. Very chilled out! We met a group of Swiss bikers as we crossed on the ferry who told us that tomorrow is going to be even hotter than today, so Colin is just doing the route planning and working out wether we need an early get up to miss travelling in the heat of the day. We may have reached the time where 8am get ups are a thing of the past!

We had an amazing journey across the whole of Slovakia today. The roads were perfect motorbike roads with sweeping bends and long straights. Our route took us over mountains and through pine forests and small rural communities. As we travelled Colin said that journeys such as this one should be bottled to remember. I said that perhaps a helmet cam would be good to record these experiences but Colin felt that it was the whole sensory experience that he wanted to k...

Today was spent walking in the beautiful low tetras mountains in blue sky and sunshine. We rode for about 30 minutes and arrived in the ski resort. We left our bike at 10:30 and returned to it at 16:20 and climbing 600 meters,this was after saying we should take things easy today and not do anything strenuous, Colin had reminded me that we stopped 400 metres lower than the highest station so not too strenuous then! The walk today included up, down and across sk...

Arrived in Liptovsky Hradok after a fantastic ride from the Czech Republic. We spent most of the journey on smaller roads which wound their way through farmlands, forests and picturesque towns. We saw imposing forts and monasteries perched high on the top of the rocks they were hewn from although they were in various states of repair they were still impressive monuments in the landscape. We have met a number of fellow bikers already this trip who are touring aro...

Arrived in Kromeriz after a slightly wet ride. We stopped under the canopy at a service station to close all our vents and increase our water resistance-I'm not sure what the other motorists made of the spectacle of me on my knees fiddling with Colin's thighs!! On arrival, it was obvious that the inclement weather had taken most visitors by surprise, as there were a large number of soggy people in t-shirts and shorts! Being British we came prepared with our very...