Canoeing the Continent: Week Ten Blog
And so after 68 days on tour, we have passed another milestone: our 14 days on our Main river are up. Aside from the puns, finishing this river is a pretty big thing for the expedition. The Main river...
View ArticleCanoeing the Continent: Week 11 Blog
This week any holidaying atmosphere that remained was obliterated. The length and difficulty of our trip was brought to the fore by rain that came in a steady, week-long burst. Each day we awoke hoping...
View ArticleCanoeing the Continent: Week 12 Blog
This week we covered the 300kms from Passau, in eastern Germany; to Vienna, on the other side of Austria, in just five days. We initially prepared for a six-day week, but actually arrived at lunchtime...
View ArticleCanoeing the Continent: Week 13 Blog
This week’s planning has been governed by cities as, instead of paddling then finding a rest place, we have had places that need seeing and a week of canoeing between them. We’ve visited three capital...
View ArticleCanoeing the Continent: Week 14 Blog
97 days in and we’re hopefully three quarters of the way to Istanbul. From Budapest to Belgrade, a total of 480km on the Danube, it’s been the longest week we’ve ever had and one of the most demanding....
View ArticleCanoeing the Continent: Week 15 Blog
This week the power of nature and the mighty Danube river came to the fore as we canoed through dramatic scenery in equally dramatic weather. We left Belgrade bound for the Bulgarian border but as we...
View ArticleCanoeing the Continent: Week 16-17 Blog
574km were canoed in ten days this ‘week’. This week we finished the Danube, entered Romania, paddled the length of the Canal of Death and made it to the Black Sea. Next week we hope to start canoeing...
View ArticleCanoeing the Continent: Week 18 Blog
This week began and ended in much the same way, with a long and arduous walk. On the first day we trekked along a busy dual carriageway to our launch spot on the Black Sea coast. Here we spent the...
View ArticleCanoeing the Continent: Week 19 Blog
After 136 days of canoeing the continent, now more than ever we do not know what to expect when we get up in the morning. Eating cereal by the light of a head torch, we have come to expect nothing but...
View ArticleCanoeing the Continent: Week 20-21 Blog
This week began with the decision we never wanted to make. With the wind direction changing and the weather worsening, winter began to hit the Black Sea and it became too dangerous for our canoe....
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