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Well as Chris and. Nick reminded me at the weekend NBJ Tours have been pedalling around Europe on and off (pandemic allowing) for the last 15 years. The first intrepid feat being from Hadlow tower to the Eiffel Tower back in 2007 being waved off by the whole of Hadlow School.

Since then we have cycled at least a bit in 14 different countries. Having surprisingly just reached my sixth decade and desperate not to become old, new challenges must be found.

In my dreams, I had wanted and have planned, a full west to east of Europe, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Black Sea to go with the north to south adventure already achieved, but a mix of not biting off too much and the fact that the route I had in mind finishes in Odessa,Ukraine, made the decision to tone the event down a little easier.

So next year from 1 -18 September the aim will be to cycle through 9 countries taking in 6 capital cities and adding 7 new countries to our list.

Week one will see us start in Mulhouse, France before crossing into Switzerland at Basel, cycling across the country through Zurich onto Liechtenstein and it’s capital Vaduz. The route then takes us over the Alps right the way across Austria, via a tiny bit of Germany to Vienna popping into Innsbruck and Salzburg on the way. We are expecting a few hills and even mountains in the first half of the week before picking up the Danube for the last couple of days into Vienna.

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In week two, after hopefully having a day or twos rest in. Vienna we will get back on the saddles to venture south and east mostly following the Danube. This will take us into four new countries Slovakia, Hungary,, Croatia and Serbia, visiting the capitals of three of these countries too.

The dates are fixed, the fitness levels to be maintained and improved, Nigel, Monica and that stunning green camper are ready as ever as the expedition base . So health,wealth and geo-politics pending our challenge for 2023 is set.