It was another chilly night – 4ºC in my tent when I woke up just after 0600 this morning – and check that out – woke up just after 0600, such a civilised hour for waking up 🙂 As I…
Welcome to Tajikistan (stage 58)
After escaping rain all day yesterday it came in the night which is fine by me – other than the fact that it means packing a wet tent, but that’s preferable to trying to ride or set up camp in…
Acclimatisation day (stage 57)
Getting somewhere shady for my tent last night proved to be unnecessary – the clouds rolled in before the sun set and once the sun was gone it got really pretty cold. The forecast was also for rain overnight, so…
Making progress
We had a rest day two days ago in Khorog but unfortunately the WiFi at the hotel was very slow on the afternoon we got in, and then died completely on the actual rest day so I was only able…
Into higher altitudes (stage 56)
Ah sleep…! What it is to be able to sleep without needing to run to the loo all the time. As unpleasant as yesterday was it would have been a whole lot worse if it had been last night that…