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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

How do you get home for Christmas from Tbilisi, Georgia? By train of course! (and the odd bus and ferry thrown in). Recommend that you follow @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social for epic adventures and flight-free travels! 🚄⛴️🚲

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Made a friend on the train! 🐕❤️

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I posted extensively about the trip on Instagram if you're interested. Page is Tim Cycles The Coast. You'll have to scroll through the Georgian posts 👍

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year to one and all. Have an enjoyable evening whatever you're doing, and here's to 2025. Hope it proves to be an excellent vintage! 🥂❤️

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I did a clockwise loop, starting and finishing in Tangier. This was my route 👍

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Reflecting on what has been a pretty crazy year. As well as the Georgia trip for work, I also was very fortunate to spend the summer cycling round Morocco. My ride started and finished in Tangier, and took in the Atlas mountains, the Sahara Desert, and the Atlantic coast amongst many other places 🇲🇦❤️

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Three years ago my Christmas plans fell through, so I booked a Christmas Eve train up to Pitlochry, and went cycling and camping in the Cairngorms. It was a challenging few days, with temperatures of -8°C, and that was in the daytime! I rather enjoyed myself though, in a weird, masochistic way.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Thanks Emily, Merry Christmas to you x

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Home alone this Christmas. It's been a nice, relaxing day. A walk first thing, then a bit of telly & a read of my new book. Dinner was roasted veg & a chicken Kyiv out of the freezer. Next up, an early night! Solidarity with those of you also flying solo. Hope you've had a good day.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Getting a few funny looks wandering round Bedford!

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Last night on the road. It's been an epic journey, but now I am quite weary. Quite looking forward to sleeping in a stationary bed! I do love the Hook of Holland to Harwich ferry though. It's been the start or finish point of many brilliant cycling adventures. Nice way to end.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Quiz question. Am I in? A. Rotterdam B. Liverpool C. Anywhere D. Rome

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

It was a musical reference. In reality, I love your city!

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Another seamless sleeper train journey. Incredible that I've got from Tbilisi to Berlin with everything running on time! Now waiting for my connection to Amsterdam, then the Hook of Holland ferry, and home tomorrow lunchtime. Berlin Central station is pretty impressive.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I've been to Georgia and back for work on this trip. I think Vienna to Berlin tonight is my ninth sleeper train. It's been epic.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

They clean them specifically before each journey, as they know how much of a draw the scenery is.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Morocco, without a doubt 🇲🇦❤️

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I'm in Vienna. This means nothing to me.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Soup in a loaf and chicken paprikash for lunch. That's it for Hungary! Now a couple of hours on the train to Vienna, to pick up the sleeper to Berlin.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

A boat trip on the Danube. A nice break from all the walking!

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Just a flying visit this time sadly, but I have been before 👍

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

My compartment on the 1758 sleeper train from Bucharest to Budapest. It was made up as a double, but nobody else turned up, which is always a bonus. Now about an hour from the Hungarian capital, got the day to mooch about before a 5pm connection to Vienna, to pick up the Berlin-bound sleeper.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Unfortunately you only get 300 characters in a post.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Construction stopped when Communism collapsed in 1989, with the building 70% completed. There was talk of tearing it down, but the building was eventually finished. It has 1,100 rooms and 2,800 chandeliers, and at just over 4m tonnes, is the world's heaviest building.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The Presidential Palace in Bucharest. The scale of the place is staggering. Construction started under the Ceaușescu regime in 1983. 20,000 workers and 700 architects and engineers laboured round the clock at a cost of $2bn. Meanwhile the Romanian people were starving.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Cărturești Carusel in Bucharest. I've got serious bookshop envy!

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I couldn't make Sofia to Bucharest work on the train, so had to get an overnight bus. No bother, except I barely slept, so I'm tired today. Also, unlike the train which arrives at a civilised time, the bus spits you out into the city at 5.30am when it's -3°C and everywhere is shut!

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I love that story! Unfortunately I'm in Bucharest now- travelling overnight, and seeing the cities by day.

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Tim McKenna @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Despite the weather, I rather enjoyed my wander round Sofia. It sure does have some handsome buildings, plus the centre is quite compact- handy for an old man with dodgy knees!

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