Somewhere in this rubbish photo you can see that we've reached the sea. We went for a celebratory dip, turns out the black sea is pretty chilly in may.

Having turned right out of Romania we went down a bit and then across to the sea. I don't know what Bulgaria is made of but I don't think there is a single flat bit of land in the place. It's been a very sweaty couple of days.

I saw a Bulgarian man with an interesting method for clearing stray dogs yesterday. He shot his gun into the ground and they all ran for it. He then looked far too pleased with himself - the owner of the petrol station he was stood next to looked less pleased with him.

Gibbo - in response to your last comment the solar panels are working nicely, more so when it's sunny. It takes about 8 hours for a full charge and it looks kick ass covering your bike in all sorts of gadgetry as you ride. Although the best bit of gadgetry we've seen was in Vienna where a guy had a satellite dish outside his tent - one day.

Bye,
Ed

Location:Varna, Bulgaria