Kilian – Page 6 – Gato Goes Global

about the Flying Scotsman and the Dead Dog

17/11/202528/05/2021 by Kilian

Hugging the slopes of the Pirin Mountain Range is the small town of Bansko. It is also a ski area in Bulgaria. We had a very nice walk in this area from the Vihren Hut to the Okoto lake and surroundings. We were still a bit early in the summer … Read more

The Devil’s Track

17/11/202519/05/2021 by Kilian

In Bulgaria a lot of nature’s wonders are attributed either to God, or The Devil. There are at least three devil’s bridges, and that are just the ones we came across. I guess if you put some effort in it, more can be found. Close to Yagodina there was a … Read more

Dangerous roads Bulgaria

17/11/202514/05/2021 by Kilian

While in search of the dangerous roads of Bulgaria (There is actually a web site called dangerous roads) we found the roads through the Boynovo Gorge and the Trigrad gorge. Both are situated in the Rhodope mountain range. After driving around we concluded that these roads are not so much … Read more

Trans Rhodopi

17/11/202508/05/2021 by Kilian

Finally I found a proper GPX track that I could use for mountain biking. Not that I can’t create a route myself, but when using an existing GPX, my hope is that they guide me to smaller single-trackish tracks. If you know what I mean.Well, this time it was a … Read more

KOM

17/11/202526/04/2021 by Kilian

I noticed KOM on a sign, and although I do not use Strava, I couldn’t help but think of it. I looked it up (wikipedia) to be sure. It’s not even the first explanation, but still. What I was thinking of: King Of the Mountain. Now, there happens to be … Read more

Belogradchik Skali

17/11/202522/04/2021 by Kilian

Finally we had a sunny day and we enjoyed walking a part of a long distance route through the Belogradchic rocks and the Lepenitsa cave. Binkie walked with us and I guess he enjoyed it as much as we did.

Mount-a-bike

17/11/202522/04/2021 by Kilian

a lot of not-so-nice weather prevented us from much activity, but then the sun broke through and we were in the right spot at the right time: Belogradchik. it is a nice area that is famous for it’s rock formations. We walked a very nice route here and while doing … Read more

Mud attack

17/11/202511/04/2021 by Kilian

The last month has not been the best one in terms of ridable weather. We have had a lot of winter weather since we had to leave Turkey and went back to Bulgaria. Lot’s of snow and freezing conditions meant that we had the opportunity to do some skiing and … Read more

Turkiye

17/11/202506/03/2021 by Kilian

We arrived from Bulgaria and via the Gallipoli peninsula found our way to the Asian part of Turkey and visited Troye. We went along the coast to Izmir, quite a big city with 4.2 million citizens. We drove to Pamukkale and the ruins of Hierapolis. Here, we waited for the … Read more

Chicken Line

17/11/202528/02/2021 by Kilian

Actually, it was not my intention to write about this ride at all: not every ride is that interesting, sometimes a ride is just that: a ride. That was my plan anyway for this day. I created a nice loop using map source, and at the end I would check … Read more