THE JOURNEY is over for our Blogger Bikers! After travelling for 150 days the journey of Guy and Carol (and their bikes Poppy and Daisy) comes to an end. They’ve kept us entertained and enthralled at times with their stories of biking across half the world and crossing so many borders. Their journey has taken in several countries, and photographs taken in each of these have been recorded in the “Our Life With Bikes” blog – the blog posts written by Guy and Carol and their images have allowed us the rare chance to witness the journey alongside them; so for that “Thank You!” Guy and Carol!
Friends of Guy and Carol – and also perhaps those new friends who have followed their journey through the Blog – are invited to the Hed’On Inn in Watmough’s Arcade, Hedon on Saturday 17 August 2019 between 1pm and 5pm. This is a chance to Welcome Home the Blogger Bikers!
“Well we started with a plan to leave the UK and then undertake a round trip via Russia, China and India…”– Guy and Carol, November 2017.
Almost two years in the planning, local bikers, Guy and Carol, leave for India in a few days time where they will meet up with their bikes (named Poppy and Daisy) which will be flown there separately. Then, over a five month road trip beginning in April, which involves visiting several countries, they will journey back to the UK on their bikes.
Kindly, the adventurous couple have allowed us to follow their journey which they will ‘blog’ as they go along. You can catch up with some of their earlier blog posts in the right-hand sidebar on HU12 Online. And as they blog their journey, you’ll be able to click-through and read their updates and see their photographs of the journey.
You can also follow their adventures directly at their Blog:
The Big Trip 2019 – Our life with bikes, a blog by Carol and Guy
Let the adventure begin… (my comments are in brackets – Ray)
Day 150 – Blighty, home sweet home
Day 149 – Rotterdam (the return home soon to follow!)
Day 147 – Travemunde to Bremen
Day 146 – Latvia to Germany by sea
Day 145 – Latvia travelling to Liepaja (and a ferry to Germany?)
Day 140 – St Petersburg to Estonia Border day
Day 137 – Berezayka Березайка to St Petersburg
Day 136 – Berezayka Березайка – a day to chill and read
Day 135 – Moscow to Berezayka Березайка
Day 132 – Moscow (underground bunker… and Carol with gas mask and gun!)
Day 127 – Nizhny Novgorod to Vladimir – only 100 miles from Moscow
Day 126 – Kazan to Nizhny Novgorod
Day 124 – Naberezhnye Chelny to Kazan (…and a poorly Guy!)
Day 123 – Ufa to Naberezhnye Chelny
Day 122 – Ufa, Daisy comes back to us.
Day 121 – Ufa Russian Bikers and Daisy
Day 120 – Miass to Ufa (“we are having an amazing time in Russia and everyone is so nice”).
Day 116 – Ishim to Kurgan (and meeting other bikers en-route)
Day 114 – Omsk to Ishim (and beginning the two week journey to Moscow!)
Day 111 – Petropavl to Omsk good by Kazakhstan Приьет Russia
Day 110 – Petropavl (“…tomorrow we will be in Russia all being well.”)
Day 109 Kokshetau to Petropavl
Day 106 – Astana (and learning Russian!)
Day 105 – Karaganda to Astana – Nur Sultan
Day 103 – Balkhash to Karagandy
Day 101 – Lake Balkash to Balkash
Day 100 – Almaty to Lake Balkash will we make it alive through the night? (it’s a wolf!?)
(And have a look at this Blog about Almaty, Kazakhstan’s Southern Capital Walking Almaty)
Day 85 – Bishkek to Almaty (and a three week ‘holiday’)
Day 83 – Bishkek – Half way through our trip
Day 82 – Taraz to Bishkek back to Kyrgyzstan, and some coruption
Day 81 – Taraz, cleaning, maintenance and some sightseeing
Day 79 – Tashkent to Shymkent and a new country (Kazakhstan)
Day 78 – Samarkand back to Tashkent
Day 77 – Samakand (and some notes of interest if you’re a vegetarian tourist in Uzbekistan)
Day 76 – Duchambe to Samakand (back to Uzbekistan, and we meet a couple from Kirkella!)
Day 75 – Duchambe last day in Tajikistan.
Day 74 – Duchambe Planning again.
Day 73 – Pamir back to Duchambe (and a campfire incident!)
Day 72 – Leaving Duchambe heading out on the Pamir Highway
Day 71 – Last Day in Duchambe and planning for the next 7 (wild camping 5 nights!)
“Hi all tomorrow’s blog maybe the last for a while as we head on to the Pamir Highway. Could be 8 days sorry folks. If we can, then we will update.” – Carol and Guy (May 29th)
Day 70 – Duchambe (a nice light show)
Day 69 – Samarkand to Duchambe another boarder crossing
Day 67 – Samarkand, a walk, and a peaceful day
Day 65 – None day (a day off!!)
Day 64 – Lazy day and an evening walk
Day 63 – We start our holiday in Samarkand
Day 62 – Tashkent to Samarkand
Day 61 – Tashkent, Poppy and Dasiy are back with us
Day 60 – Tashkent bike service and undergrounds
Day 59 – Kokand to Tashkent (and “sat in a real pub again!”)
Day 57 – Osh to Andijan the Uzbekistan border (their 5th country!)
Day 53 – Kashgar to Kyrgyzstan (and Welcome to Kyrgyzstan. Carol and Guy’s 4th Country.)
Day 51 – Tashkurgan to Kashgar (and some great photos of the Chinese landscape)
Day 50 – Tahskurgan will we get our bikes back
“We made it to China, hope to get our bikes back today. Everything firewalled. So no blogs, Facebook, WhatsApp. Normal service should be back Sunday (12 May).”
Day 49 – Sost to Tashkurgan – The Chinese Border (and nearly a full day passing through!)
Look at the following link to discover where in the world our amazing Blogger Bikers are:
https://eur-share.inreach.garmin.com/ourlifeandmotorbikes
Day 46 Gilgit to Hunza (and some beautiful scenery)
Day 44 – Chilas to Gilgit a tale of two halves
Day 43 – Besham to Chilas will we make it alive? (Some scary moments!)
Day 42 – Manshera to Besham (more police escorts, and Carol has a fall!)
Day 41 – Islamabad to Manshera… (and of interest to the Police!)
Day 38 – Lahore – We are tourists
Day 37 – Amritsar to Lahore – Goodbye India, Hello Pakistan!
Day 36 – Amritsar, Wagah Border and Golden Temple (our last day in India!)
Day 35 – Amritsar – Will we get the bikes operational?
Day 34 – Ludhiana to Amritsar (and bike troubles!)
Day 32 – Rishkesh – Nahan – Ludhiana
A few days in the mountains!
Day 25 – Churu to Hisar (and worries about getting daily cash! Plus some Blog stats)
Day 21 – Three weeks in a foreign land
Day 19 – Kumbhalgarh to Jodhpur Via Om Banna Temple (and the ghost of a biker?)
Day 18 – Udaipur to the little known Kumbhalgarh (and another fort)
Day 16 – Udaipur tourists again for 2 days
Day 14 – Jaipur to Kharwa Fort
Day 13 – The Pink City (and pics of local food)
Day 10 – Tourists in Agra (and at the Taj Mahal)
Day 9 – Riding in India (and an accident!)
Day 8 – Preparation for the onward journey
Day 7 – Is it Birthday or Bike day?
Day 6 – Tourists with Delhi belly!
Day 2 A little calmer in Delhi and in our heads
Day 1 Delhi-Oh what an eye opener
