The Sporting Motorcyclist (May 2020)

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Military Road

Russian Adventure Chapter 11 Leaving Russia across the Caucasus Mountains Q  By Nigel Cooper 3968 miles so far As I wave fair well to Issa, I join the road to Vladikavkaz. Its condition is still good but not

quite as good as the ones through Grozny. After a short while a chap in a Mercedes waves me down and welcomes me to Ingushetia. Ah, that may explain the change in funding. He is very welcoming and friendly, clearly excited by my British number plate. He offers me breakfast but my stomach is still trying to digest the last one so unfortunately I politely decline, explaining that the breakfasts in Chechnya are bigger – OK, not really! What I actually say is that I'm short of time and need to get to the border, as I'm expecting a lengthy delay. Always constantly on my left are the ever approaching Caucasus Mountains, large, grey and somewhat forbidding, their snowy white peaks just adding to the intimidation. I feel a sense of increasing intensity in my journey, not knowing quite what to expect on the old Georgian military

Caucasus Mountains

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