Day 3: Trieben –The Roadside in Serbia. Odo started 25862

A cold start to the day, freezing fog. Not much fun riding through, but it soon clears and we get to enjoy the Austrian scenery. Busting out of Austria and into Slovenia and then Croatia. We aren’t sightseeing unfortunately as we have a ferry to catch in eastern Turkey. The satnav gives distances to the next turn, the first instruction is 174 miles, and the following instruction 220 miles after that one. Days don’t get much more exciting.

Still, the further east we travel the warmer it gets, 27c by early afternoon, delightful. We push on, past Beograd, and as the odometer nudges around to 500 miles, I start looking for a motel. Should be easy as approx ten miles ago I past three, the seem pretty popular. 101 miles later, I’m pulling in to the first motel I’ve seen...

This part of the trip is pretty tedious, for me, the trip will start when we reach north Africa. This is almost like the train or taxi journey to the airport!