Czech Menhirs – 6 – The smallest one of all ……..
Saturday, June 13th, 2026 Distance ridden – 392 kilometres When we woke up it was raining, which was slightly worrying as our holiday was over and we needed to ride home. Luckily, the weather App claimed it was a short shower – and it was. It stopped before breakfast. Lucie had become very proficient at…
A hike in the Chřiby Mountains
Friday. June 12th, 2026 Distance ridden – 0 kilometres Distance hiked – 17.6 kilometres Oddly, given my undisputable predisposition for somnolence, I had great difficulty in going to sleep. I mention this purely because it is such a rare occurrence. By my standards, I was awake most of the night and, when I woke up…
Route 66 – The Slovak One !!
Thursday, June 11th, 2026 Distance ridden on Slovak Route 66 – 258 Kilometres (and that is all of them) Distance ridden in total – 584 Kilometres The phrase “it is now or never” is slightly hackneyed and very overworked – but, when we woke up, it was “now or never”. Sadly, it was still raining…
Lomnický Štít
Tuesday, June 9th, 2026 Distance ridden, about 40 kilometres Distance hiked 7.3 kilometres We tend to rely on Lucie’s weather Apps which, to be fair are usually as close to being right as you could really hope for. So, when we woke up and a quick check revealed that the “expected” late morning rain had…
Mladeč – Sobáčov (CZ) through Poland to Ždiar (SK)
Monday, June 8th, 2026 Distance ridden 367 kilometres At least we had a kettle in our room and Lucie had somehow concealed some milk about her person – so, although we did not get a breakfast, she did get her coffee and I got my cup of tea. Still, not eating sped things up a…
Czech Menhirs – 5 – The Czech Stonehenge
Sunday, June 7th, 2026 Prague to Mladeč – Sobáčov Distance ridden – 271 Kilometres The previous evening, much to our trauma, we discovered that our camera, which had functioned perfectly during the MDA ride, earlier in the day, had totally given up the ghost ! It is quite old and, to be truthful, Lucie was…
Czech Menhirs – 4 – The Menhirs of the Javorník Peak
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 Distance ridden 112 kilometres (2 x 56 kilometres) Distance hiked 8.5 kilometres – it felt much more ! In the morning sunshine, we jumped onto the Harley and left our base in Horská Kvilda. For the next hour, we wended our way through some extremely “country” (as in narrow, twisty and…
Czech Menhirs – 3
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 Total distance ridden 244 Kilometres Once we had spent Monday fully drying out (🙄), we set off again to continue our slightly mad quest to look for Menhirs. In bright sunshine, we crossed the city and droned South-West along the D5 Motorway in the direction of Plzeň. After 81 kilometres we…
Czech Menhirs – 2
Sunday, May 31st, 2026 Distance ridden – 198 Kilometres Another early morning, another fine day but with the threat of rain in the late afternoon. We loaded up the Softail and included our waterproof jackets, just in case. We crossed the quiet city and headed out in a westerly direction, initially on the D6 motorway,…
Czech Menhirs – 1
Introduction Since when, at the age of nine, I first set eyes upon Stonehenge, I have had a fascination for Stone Circles and their lonelier cousins, the Menhirs. As we chugged past (cars were not very fast in the mid nineteen-sixties and, even then, the A303 heading West was always slow) I was struck by…
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