Margus

No offence taken.....no really. 'Uncreative'? Well that's understandable as not only have I never travelled in Estonia, my guess is that few Brits can even locate it on a map. The route I've pencilled in is only a rough idea for travelling through countries and with still two months to go, I have plenty of time to fine tune the route. I shall be staying in hostels so expect to meet other travellers and can listen to advise on places to go and roads to try. Gravel? No thanks. I have no intention of riding on trails or gravel mainly because I enjoy the roads too much. My last experience of riding on dirty was some forty five years ago when riding a BSA350 in the Army, so I am completely inexperienced in off road riding. Also at my age (67) I'm neither interested in getting any practice in nor picking the bike up should I drop it.

Camping, whether wild or not? No thanks. I have had my fill of camping over the years and those endless sleepless nights. I also don't want to be encumbered with all the paraphinalia I'd need to take with me. I have joined the YHA so shall be staying in hostels whenever I can. A nice warm bed and a shower and loo in the room is what I can cope with. My wife recons I should never be too far from a toilet.

Thanks for your advice, any advice is of course welcome. I am presently looking into gain access into Kaliningrad via the Curonian Spit and getting a tourist visa (four days, three nights) but as I have no idea when I shall be in the area I'm unsure how that works. Perhaps it works like my US visa which lasts for years?

Thanks again and I shall add your routes to my map.