27 Dec 2021 - 16:38
Last night Lucy was kept awake for much of the night by the cries of a pack of Jackals that were circling the area where we were camping. We have crossed paths with Jackals on a number of nights in Albania, Greece, and Turkey - they seem harmless if left alone but their calls and the sound of them warning off other Jackals isn't particularly sleep inducing!
Thankfully today was a much flatter day than yesterday and again the weather has been almost perfect for us - cool and sunny with a gentle tailwind. We know this good weather will end in a few days - we are really enjoying it while it lasts though.
As we pass through towns and villages we are usually met by people with expressions caught somewhere between curiosity and bemusement. We can only imagine the reactions @mredpratt would have been greeted by when he pedaled along some of these very same roads on his unicycle 6 years ago.
Tomorrow and the next week or so are quite hilly again, and very steep in places, so we will be aiming to keep our distances lower than we have since leaving Istanbul. -S