Beemer Mick Puts In An Appearance
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| Farewell to the Kemer house |
We set off from Kemer around 10am and
head north up the coast road to Antalya. Fortunately our route forks
north and west into the foothills on the Denizli road so we do not have
to endure the Antalya Central crawl again.
We stop for fuel in the hills above Antalya. Karl-Heinz is still unwell and he has to have a lie down. Since I prefer to ride a little slower than the other two generally do, I decide to continue on assuming they will catch up somewhere later on the road.
We stop for fuel in the hills above Antalya. Karl-Heinz is still unwell and he has to have a lie down. Since I prefer to ride a little slower than the other two generally do, I decide to continue on assuming they will catch up somewhere later on the road.
In the event I do not
see them again today. It is a beautiful day for biking. The sun is warm,
the wind is from the rear and the good road has very little traffic. I
wind on up into the mountains, full of the joys of autumn.
Denizli, a busy town of half a million inhabitants, comes and goes. In late afternoon I come to Aydin. The loose plan was to see if we can reach Selcuk, the feeder town for the Ephesus ruins, where there are hotels aplenty.
Denizli, a busy town of half a million inhabitants, comes and goes. In late afternoon I come to Aydin. The loose plan was to see if we can reach Selcuk, the feeder town for the Ephesus ruins, where there are hotels aplenty.
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| On the road to Denizli |
I text Charly in the slight hope he may be
off the bike and able to read it. No reply. Then a thought strikes me
and I call Bob to see whether he is still in Kusadasi, which is only
20km or so from Selcuk. Indeed he and Margaret are still at their
apartment and Beemer Mick is also there!
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| It's a lovely day for a ride |
Serial readers will know
my good friend Mick as he accompanied me on the previous tour to
Romania earlier this year (see blog Euro Bimble 2014).
And so I take off for Kusadasi and spend a great evening with my friends from home at the Captain's Table, drinking far more Efes than is good for me and swapping tales from the past few weeks.
Charly has finally sent a text to say that he and K-H have arrived in Selcuk and are booked in at the Ave Maria Otel. I arrange to meet them there for breakfast tomorrow before getting my head down in the Kusadasi apartment.
And so I take off for Kusadasi and spend a great evening with my friends from home at the Captain's Table, drinking far more Efes than is good for me and swapping tales from the past few weeks.
Charly has finally sent a text to say that he and K-H have arrived in Selcuk and are booked in at the Ave Maria Otel. I arrange to meet them there for breakfast tomorrow before getting my head down in the Kusadasi apartment.
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