Week 10
Tourists for a week, more thunder and lots of punctures
It has been a very hot and thundery week which has made the cycling challenging
Gary has had at least 4 punctures and had to fix them in the midday heat at the time we did not know the cause of them but as the week went on it was clear to see the issue was with the puncture repair kit itself, the patches glue was failing and blistering in the heat and letting the tyres down, very frustrating but now we know the issue we can solve it.
As we are sitting here writing the blog we have just reflected on the fact that we have spent most of the week speaking and listening to English voices. This is because we are in area of great interest to the New Zealand and Australians as they share our history with the Gallipoli campaign.
This week we have visited
Assos; ancient hill top city.
Troy; another ancient city with a Gert big wooden horse.
and Gallipoli; a sad area where thousands of lives were lost in WW1.
We have met some really interesting people and enjoyed our time in this area, more detail in the main diary.
We have a few little mishaps, I got soaked in a toilet, Gary had a tent peg go through his shoe and my thumb popped but we’re both fit and well and looking forward to the next stage of our journey which will be Istanbul and then on to India.
some photos below more to follow when we have better wifi access
- It’s amazing this trojan horse as outlasted the stones especially as Homer probably made this part of history up.
- you need to look closely but in the background is one of the old ladies sitting on the floor doing her sewing
- Statute created to commemorate lives lost in Gallipoli
- our guests for dinner a friendly dog and a kitten – they were both well behaved so we treated them to some food.
- we get to see lots of cats in bins like this alongside the roadside but not many dogs
- don’t do it! made me queasy just watching Gary standing so close to the edge
- Gary’s impersonation of Samson – we will have to return when his hair gets longer to see if he can push the columns apart
- the cobbled steep road to Assos that we didn’t take – this picture was taken before it got too scary
How cool. so glad your both doing good.
Think about you lots.
Take good care
Julie x
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