Thassos Island, Greece

Well, what a wonderful little piece of paradise Thassos is! We arrived here by ferry from the Greek mainland two days ago and have been camping  by the seaside at "Golden Beach" - pretty basic facilities but what a location! Huge mountains just rise out of the sea and form a backdrop to the azure blue Agean.

Waiting for the ferry

On the (quite luxurious) ferry to Thassos

(Marcel, ?, Warwick, Jim)

On top of the mountain, Thassos

Southern-most tip of Thassos, looking West

Southern -most tip of Thassos - Archangel Monastery perched on a cliff

Regrettably two of our group have decided to pull out and we are now down to 17 riders plus support car. It happened on the run from Gallipoli to Alexandropolous in Greece when a series of mishaps with a couple of bikes was the straw that broke the camel's back.



One of the bikes has been cannabilised for parts and the other has been bequeathed to another rider who will store it here at a mechanic's workshop in Thassos and return for it sometime in the future.

Today we head off for Thessalonika on the mainland via the Kavala ferry.

Weather has been perfect (fortunately) - even went for a swim yesterday.

Bike is going OK except for the weeping oil from the RH tappet cover. Periodically I transfer some spilled oil to my left boot to match up the shine.