Category: Ukraine

Day 4 Cont So I had found my fantastic hotel, parked up and it was about 1pm now.  I was shattered still but had an afternoon in Kiev so off I went. My hotel was awesome and had a great view, the weather was glorious and I was happy.  The bike was still acting up…

Day 4 I woke up at 6am after barely 3 hours sleep.  I was nervous about the bike and just couldn’t get back to sleep.  I walked downstairs, gingerly put the key in the ignition and the bike worked fine.  It took me 2 mins to turn it back off again mind you.  At least…

Day 3 Cont I left Rzeszow and headed for Kroczowa where the Poland Ukraine border was.  It only took me a couple of hours to get there and it was about 9pm by now.  Exiting Poland I don’t even remember, but I parked up at a queue of about 50 cars ready to enter Ukraine. …

Day 3 So I woke up at 6am again to the above.  More rain and thunderstorms.  At least my gear was almost all dry, specifically my gloves. It didn’t take me long to get ready, repack my bag, check that all electrical gadgets were charged and still working after the rain and get ready to…

Day 2 I woke up at 7am and immediately looked out of the hotel window, it was wet, but was not raining so that was OK.  I got ready for the day and hopped on the bike at about 8, pointed the satnav east and off I went. The bike has a 17L tank and…

Day 1 So, my very kind boss allowed me to finish up work a couple of hours early on this Wednesday afternoon, so I took the opportunity to head off of the tunnel and get a bit of a head start.  I booked the tunnel for about 17h30 and a hotel in Dunkirk that evening. …