Winter riding along the banks of the Ogosta river in Bulgaria after a few days of heavy rain
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Right I’m uh going to see if and get down to the gusta River from the other side s of a gone round the road for a couple of villages let’s see if what I think I can get down this there’s a track here I looked on the phone the GPS and it says
This track leads down to the river so I think we’ll take a look bit of offroad which I like doing that’s have a look bit Stony track but clean enough test start my new microphone see what it’s like you know the Himalayan this is what the iman’s
For um but under NC 750 I couldn’t can get down here if I really wanted but it uh doesn’t like it no this bike loves it um say 24 breake horsepower but you don’t need any more when you’re going down here and in Bulgaria there’s many roads
And tracks like this and there is Tomac so perfect really yeah I know looks like we’re heading in the right direction cuz that’s the banks over there where the water station was um we’re just coming in from the other side of it now all right is it left or is it
Right keep on the stone cuz we had some horrendous rain here the other day it’s terrible if we go straight down bet that’s going to take us straight down to the river we see whoops yep there’s a river it’s not bad this side either is it
I can tell how the the rain’s affected the river it’s quite High yeah I bet the Dan it’s quite high as well to I’ve seen it there it comes up to the up to nearly the road nice I think I prefer this side but set up camp
Looks like they’re open in a big Quarry this side it don’t mess it up a bit more muddy now’s get up over here that’s better where this actually takes me to looks like itchy boots territory a look down here yeah that’s right this is the other side exactly of where it was earlier
Well in L supposed to be for off road oh Christ give it a go she don’t like that much will it stand or will it just whoops it won’t stand uh keep me ey on it well this is all right is it yeah we’re actually below the waterfall that’s the concrete
Buildings it’s that cold my glasses are steaming up natural habitat love it look at that clear the water is go but it’s back down here in Sumer gosh this sand and gravel’s soft yeah look at that he if we can get around bit of exercise for the day anyway I’m surprised there’s nobody
Fishing well can’t really get a lot closer than that can I you know this is what’s nice about living in Bulgaria there’s loads of things like this they’re everywhere uh when I lived in the UK this would be cordoned off can’t come down here or something like
This somebody would own it and they have to pay to come to it can’t Camp can’t do this police have left all that behind to me here is the country of Freedom this is like in England if i’ Rod my bik down near the police are be now on
You I’ve got to get it out of here it is soft this is yeah yeah I think definitely this is going to be a great camping spot the mate was right bang on austa River all right so looking at the river it flows to the danu so the river’s flowing that way
So D’s there there’s an old ferry port down this way we can have a ride along the danu river get down to it we’ll have a look anyway anyway first thing is can we get the Himalayan out of here no it’s know not exactly paraka all right but I like Offroad
Riding we’ll see now won’t we Getting up on the pegs in come on no problem mate fing out ah preaching that you can ride off road it look pretty stupid if you couldn’t get out of there wouldn’t you get over the side clean and dry I’m going to change the tires on
This but I’m a bit of a tight sod I’m not changing them till they worn out but they will go a bit more uh Offroad like thing is I want to do a lot of touring with it this year which will mean a lot of road work
So you have to choose carefully so i’ been better tires for off road but crap on road that’s no good plus if you’re not careful off road tires don’t last 5 minutes when you start riding on the T he somebody fishing in the Distance friendly chat mind about people are friendly in Bulgaria how do I get out of here a beit left I suppose bit careful nowadays I’m I’m 65 and uh my brain I think some 20 still yeah my body thinks I’m looking idiot this is like the way out I think yeah that’s where
Coming oh yeah probably fisherman coming down I think is it awesome car there’s a lot of awesome carts here in Bulgaria I was in Romania uh last year went to the trans Garrison I think it’s called Uh but I think for every awesome cart in Bulgaria there’s 10 in Romania they’re
Everywhere course it’s not a problem it’s nice to see nice to see the old times are still alive look like we need some petrol this bike does that many miles well kilometers to the liter and then forget to put any in it price a fuel nowadays you can’t complain can
You looks like we’re nearly back at the road one thing it’s warming up a bit right pull up here I’m going to end this video here I think I’m back on the TAC tac’s boring um well hope you like the video if you do I’ve been doing plenty
Of stuff like this this was just a random ride out on a Saturday uh if you do like it you want to see some more it’ be good if you subscribe to my channel so then just started it uh click like and um if you want to know anything about the areas
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Brilliant. Cannot wait to get my Himmy around the back grounds of Bulgaria
Hi mate my problem with being 66 is I just don’t bounce as well as as I used to, ad if I whack myself it hurts like buggery, I would have definitely have gone arse over tit on that soft stuff 🤣 I understand what you mean about the freedom of movement compared to the uk here in France it’s very similar I think because 1, it’s a huge country 2, there is still wild out of the way places 3, the French encourage people to enjoy being outside, and finally you can be in the middle of nowhere here, not a soul around, then some lady carrying a bag of shopping appears walking towards nowhere it seems 😂 good ride thanks for showing me around, just an idea 🤯what about a set of scram wheels, with road tyres, and your Himmie wheels for what your doing now, like the old Suzuki DRZ 400 used to be an optional extra 2 sets of wheels one for road other for the dirt, I imagine a set of scram wheels would not be stupid money and give you a huge choice of tyres, just a thought ….. Pete 🇫🇷
Great video in fantastic countryside, like you say you couldn't do that in this country the police would be straight on you, yet the don't do anything about the gangs of youth's riding stolen motorcycles around the housing estates, it must be lovely to have so many places to ride of road without any restrictions, keep up the good work 👍🙂🏍🇬🇧
Great video with your Himalayan in it’s element I have a Scram and about to get lost in the Welsh Hills, Bulgaria looks amazing . Thanks for sharing.
The Himmy does it so easily.. -2 & enjoyment, great video..
Not done this yet on my Himmy! But soon..prob do engine guards and handguards.
Ride safe!
P s Wales booked and ABR.
As usual enjoyed that. Looked like good fishing . Trout ?
I ended up cutting a piece of 11 gauge steel for the bottom of my side stand. It almost went over sitting in my gravel driveway. The Himalayan has a ridiculously small footprint for of road use.