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Laura Birchenough has just returned home from a cycle ride that took in the last part of the Eurovelo 5 – she stayed with Massimo Mazzone in Benevento – and then most of eastern / central Europe back to the UK. It seems to be the done thing to break down one’s trip into a series of statistics (Rachel McCormack did something similar which you can read here) and no doubt I will jump on this mathematical band wagon once I myself have some statistics worth publishing later in the summer. Anyway, in numbers, this is what Laura did (read the full post here);
Number of days travelling: 110
Total distance covered: 7,332km (4,583 miles) – not including sightseeing trips in the places where I stayed
Total number of days spent cycling: 78
Average distance per day (total): 67km/day (42miles/ day)
Average distance per day (excluding ‘rest’ days): 94km/day (59 miles/ day)
Average spend per day: £13.50
Number of countries cycled in: 16 (Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, UK)
Number of capital cities cycled in: 10 (Athens, Sofia, Bucharest, Belgrade, Zagreb, Bratislava, Prague, Copenhagen, Brussels, London)
Number of punctures: 3
Number of worn out cycle shorts: 1 pair
Number of worn out knees: 1 pair
Number of ferries: 4
Number of (technically) illegal motorway trips: 3 (Greece, Bulgaria, Romania)
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Laura Birchenough has just returned home from a cycle ride that took in the last part of the Eurovelo 5 – she stayed with Massimo Mazzone in Benevento – and then most of eastern / central Europe back to the UK. It seems to be the done thing to break down one’s trip into a series of statistics (Rachel McCormack did something similar which you can read here) and no doubt I will jump on this mathematical band wagon once I myself have some statistics worth publishing later in the summer. Anyway, in numbers, this is what Laura did (read the full post here);
