Kelvin Fowler's Blog, page 12

Acheron

approximate address
185 Kysucká cesta, Turzovka,
Slovakia

This was a very warm and welcoming bar. We had just climbed a mountain in the rain on our bikes and walked in the door dripping wet. Was a little disappointed that the could not serve us hot fries, but the warm tea was well worth the stop.

3/5

Restaurace U Tkáčů

Ostravice 260, 73914
Czech Republic

Restaurace U Tkáčů

This was a fantastic, friendly  and random roadside stop. Good food, big servings and realistically priced.

It was a little hard to see our bicycles out the window, but other than that, the perfect stop for hungry cyclists.

4/5

Adámkova vila

Raškovice 28
Pražmo
739 04
Czech Republic

www.adamkovavila.cz

Nice wee place that gave us a lovely tea and coffee, However it seemed quite clear that tired cyclists were below their clientele. We felt unwelcome.

3/5

Karczma „Po Zbóju”

43-470 Istebna 298
Poland

www.karczmapozboju.com.pl

Friendly place with possibly the best pizza that I have ever had. Though it was cold a wet, the waitress allowed us to leave the door open so that we could leave our bikes outside.

4.5/5

Kemping Manín

Maniniska Tiesnava
017 05 Považská Bystrica
Slovakija

http://www.maninska.sk/

Oh dear. We were very thankful for this place and very very thankful to find cheap cabins, thus avoiding pitching our wet tent.

I will give this place an emphatic 2/5

the people were friendlyon google maps the camp ground was at the wrong locationcabins were clean, but very basicI could not get cold (yes I said cold) water in the showerAblution block was a little too basic even for campingkitchen was locked at breakfast time and we did not have a keywebsite looks nothing like the realityaccording to their website, I think we were over-charged.

But again though a longish cycle away from the main road, we were thankful for this camping ground.

2/5

PENZIÓN CENTRUM - BOWLING BAR

Turzovka Stred 506
Slovakia

www.penzionturzovka.szm.com

Well we were dripping wet when we arrived and were thankful to be taken. They kindly stored our bikes in a downstairs closet. Our room was dry, warm and clean.

We had loud music coming up from the bar until I went down and shut then up at 4amour neighbours may have been popping party pills. Seeming every forty or so minutes they would enter their room yelling and banging things around.we were woken again a six in the morning by them going to bedaccording to the website they may have charged us twice the going rate for the room.
2/5

Camping OLZA

Al. Łyska 16
43-400 CIESZYN

http://camping-olza.cba.pl/

We were tired upon arrival and asked for a room rather than a tent site. The room was large, clean and with a good bathroom. The camping ground staff were also helpful and friendly.

There was plenty of space in our room to store our bikes.

4/5

Penzión Modul

Nábrežie 1132
029 01, Námestovo
Slovakia

www.penzionmodul.sk

Warm, friendly, spacious, clean and sunny. This really was a good place to stay. They let us lock our bicycles in their foyer and let us use their washing machine to wash our wet and smelly cycling clothes. They also went the extra mile for us in getting in help to find the BBC on their satellite television.

I highly recommend Penzión Modul.

4/5

Bicykle X-Sport

Severná 213, 02901 Námestovo, 029 01, Slovakia

http://xsport-bike.sk/

Fantastic and helpful bike shop with friendly staff.

4/5

Morning Writing

Listening to quiet jazz, playing with pod, pad and phone, whilst trying to write 'Peddling the Dirt'