bulgaria
about the Flying Scotsman and the Dead Dog
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
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
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
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
April 2021
At the beginning of April we went for a walk in the forest near Kostenets. There was still too much snow, so it was a short walk as we couldn’t find the trail any more and the snow was simple to deep. It was near the Rila mountains and Kilian … Read more
Belogradchik Skali
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
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
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