Posts made in September 24th, 2016

Hills, mountains and views

Posted by on 24, Sep 2016 in 2016 - South Korea, Asia, South Korea, Tilly the Tandem | 0 comments

Hills, mountains and views

​Chungju to Andong 4 days 232km 1164m climb (691km total) Now I’ve mentioned our dislike of hills on facebook – at length –  so after leaving Chungju refuelled we headed south and onto the Saejae Cross country route.  It’s only a 100km but it’s across the highest mountains on the route, though the Swiss may challenge the word ‘mountain’ but when you’re cycling a fully loaded tandem (tent, sleeping bag(!), hair straighteners etc) 540m certainly feels like a mountain.   First we took a short cycle to the spa town of Suanbo and...

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