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| Stewart - the riding target for Russian BB-gunners |
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| Arriving at St Petersburg - Janice, Stewart and Don |
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| Heatwave in the city |
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| St Isaac's Cathedral |
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| The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood |
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| At the Hermitage |
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| Workers resting near Putin's summer palace |
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| Day 1 and out of the city at last |
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| Camping sans facilities day 1 |
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| Stewart is attended to by Dr Nini - one BB gun too many on day 1 |
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| Forking the fodder |
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| Never seen such big Queen Anne's Lace |
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| Stewart, Rick and Bill with the painter |
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| Russian farmhouse |
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| Crossing into Estonia |
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| Airing the rugs - and the boar |
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| Give me your heart and throw away the key in the Straits of Finland |
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| Building a street stall for summer produce |
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| An old stone barn |
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| Don in Tallin |
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| Tallin's harbour |
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| Kruschev era apartment block |
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| The old city |
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| A cute doggy hand knit |
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| Farmhouse complete with nesting storks |
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| Pleased not to be slain |
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| A root cellar for veggies dug into the garden |
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| A Latvian flowerbox |
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| Latvian kids en route |
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| Summer bounty |
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| Latvian farmhouse |
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| Checking the route directions into Riga |
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| Riga's old town - world heritage listing |
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| Old town of Riga |
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| Old Riga |
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| Riga lampshade and flowerbox |
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| Sally and Stella - asleep at lunch |
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| Miss Pigott chooses a vodka pick-me-up |
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| Rick listens patiently |
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| Totem poles enroute |
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| The peleton is pumped! |
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| My lakeside home |
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| Miss Pigott dances with a hedgehog |
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| Lithuanian architecture on show |
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| Moving along in Lithuania |
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| Old Vilnius, Lithuania |
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| Soviet-style WWII monument |
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| Perfect calves |
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| Rick plays the drum and muses on erratic boulders |
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| Polish horses |
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| One of several million roadside shrines |
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| Miss Pigott and Kendy deep in the Polish woods |
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| Janice and Stewart in the rather swampy Polish country side |
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| Wet lost day in Poland |
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| Warsaw sausage vendors do it tough on a rainy day |
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| Deciding where to dine in Warsaw |
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| Beautiful colours in Poland |
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| Castle in the country |
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| Splendid castle in the country side |
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| Old Krakow |
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| Birkenau/Aushwitz |
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| Slovenian village |
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| Beautiful Slovenia |
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| Slovenian kids |
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| Slovenian coat of arms |
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| Banska from above |
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| Early morning cycling, Slovenia |
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| Katherine and Janice on the right bike route |
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| Love the street art in Bratislava |
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| Add caption |
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| Bill gets friendly with penguins in Austria. Penguins? Yeah... |
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| Katherine, Paul and Bill arriving in Hungary |
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| Paul riding in paradise, Hungary |
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| How many folks does it take to change a tube? |
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| Funny how some cultures see school crossings. |
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| Bill plays the organ on a Sunday - we sing. |
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| Arriving in Slovenia after a HUGE climb. |
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| The day with the fast Aussies, Brian and Michael. Janice, Katherine and Kendy were mighty pleased. |
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| Bill goes lick for lick. |
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| Gingerbread in Slovenia. |
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| High up in Slovenia, loving it! |
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| Nelson enjoys that doughnut. |
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| Lublijana |
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| Bill licks again. |
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| Slovenians love their graffiti. |
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| ...and watermelon! |
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| Bill, at it again, this time for the ladies of the church. |
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| Katherine, Kendy and Janice - the sign says it all. |
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| Last day briefing. |
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| Bill, Rudi, Monique, Jimmy and Don celebrate the finish. |
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| As did Kendy, Michael, Katherine, Brian, Janice and Rick. |
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| Stewart, Katherine, Cindy, Don, Kendy, Janice. Bill and Rick - the peleton extraordinaire |
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| Janice, Nelson and Katherine are feeling goooood! |
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| Not a bad thing to see at the end of a 3500km bike ride. |
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