UKRAINE
Flying the Ukrainian flag. |
The bike parked up and having a rest for a couple of days. |
Road into Kiev |
Nice old bridge that crosses the Dnieper River, this is the 3rd longest river in Europe |
Church somewhere in Kiev |
Man fishing near Kiev, it was a nice warm sunny day so good for a quick swim. |
Art and Film Festival in Kiev |
Man and his cart. |
POLAND
In Lublin |
Litewski Square Lublin |
Perfect Warsaw day! A nice view from the garden on top of the universities library. |
Still on the roof garden. |
Wilanów Park in Warsaw. |
Quick stop on the way to Lithuania to have some lunch and to admire the nice Polish windmill. |
LITHUANIA
On the way to meet Val at his home in Rietavas |
Getting the bikes out of the garage to go for a ride to Klaipeda and look at the Baltic Sea |
Baltic Sea |
On the way to Riga I had a nice ride, it was raining and about 14 degrees |
LATVIA
Entering Latvia |
Jurmala near Riga |
ESTONIA
Old town Tallinn |
Water Fall near to Tallinn |
The Ship from Tallinn, Estonia to Helsinki, Finland. It is about 60kms across the sea and about 3 hours |
FINLAND
'On the Farm' in Haksi near Porvoo. Washing the bike before doing some repairs, it was a nice autumn day sunny and about 12 degrees |
Doing some basic maintenance in the garage |
MC party! my friend Simo Ruuska from Porvoo invited me to come along and check it out. |
16th October and the first snow has fallen, It was a cold 5degress and dangerous ride because the road had some icy patches and the moose are out and about this time of year. |
On the way to "Pystymettä" Bikers Rally near Forssa, Finland. 4 of us rode from Porvoo to the meeting mainly on gravel roads |
The camp sites in the forest, it was a fairly warm day, about 5 degrees and then in the evening it was probably 1 or 2 degrees. |
The tent has been set up, there was a lot of people there, not sure how many but possible could have been 150 or more. There was all types of motorbikes there. Jawa's from the Czech republic, Ural sidecars from Russia, BMW's and the Jap bikes. |
Some fresh snow on the farm in Porvoo, the temperatures have dropped again and next week the forecast is for about minus 10 degrees |
Some chains had to be fitted to the bike so I could ride it on the compacted snow. |
On the way to the Harbour in Vuosaari near Helsinki, it was around -5 degrees and as I got closer to the harbour it started to snow. |
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