Conference noted::bicycle

    Be warned that the roads are in very poor repair in most of Eastern
    Europe, and that car/truck/bus drivers can be pretty hostile/dangerous. 
    
    If you're in a group and have tyres adapted to a poor road surface I 
    should think that you'll have a great time.
    
    Piers

    
    This weeks Cycling Weekly has a feature on cycling holidays:-
    
    
    CZECH REPUBLIC
    
    Central European Adventures Ltd, Pod utesy 8, CZ-152 00, Prague 5,
    Czech Republic. Tel 42 2 328879 or 42 2 557559. Fax 42 2 551035. One or
    two week tours from �325, half-board in hotels or penions, support
    vehicles, guides. Also one-day cycling and canoeing tours.
    
    CTC Cycle Tours, Czech & Slovak Republics, Philip Benstead, 19
    Greencoat Mansions, Greencoat Row, London SW1P 1PG. Tel 071 828 4524.
    May 28-June 5, nine days, moving-on tour, 50 miles per day, Tatra
    Mountains, hotel.
    
    CTC Cycle Tours, Bohemian Paradise, Clive Jones, 95 Teyyson Avenue,
    Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 2QJ. Mid July, seven days, moderate pace,
    English speaking Czech guide, two centre accomodation. Charter flight
    with transfers from Prague.
    
    HUNGARY
    
    CTC Cycle Tours, Margaret Lowrey, 23 Station Road, Winslow, Buckingham,
    Bucks MK18 3DZ. Tel 0296 712770. North Hungary, May 3-18. 16 days from
    Danube to Tsza ro Tumanian frontier. Inexpensive food and drink,
    provate and hotel accomodation. Flying to Vienna.
    
    POLAND
    
    Bike Tours Ltd, PO Box 75, Bath, Avon BA1 1BX. Tel 0225 480130. Fax
    0225 480132. from Carcow to Budapest. August 14-28, a two week camping
    tour through enchanting rural landscapes, horse-drawn farm wagons,
    pectacular mountains, unspoilt mediaeval towns and on to Budapest. Only
    �595.
    
    CTC Cycle Tours, Poland-Slovakia-Tatra Mountains, Chris Juden, 7
    Llanaway Close, Godalming GU7 3ED. Tel 0483 425794. May 6-20, 15 days,
    fly heathrow-Cracow direct. Moderate pace, 50 miles per day.
    
    RUSSIA
    
    ESTI Travel, Russia 125015 Moscow, Butyrskaya ulitza, 79B, office 9.
    Tel 210-10-12,210-03-91. Fax 095-49241, 095 2926511-ESTI. Deserts in
    Middle Asia and Siberian taiga, rolling hills of Middle Russia and the
    mountaain ridges of the Caucasus await travellers to Russia with new
    itineraries now available.
    
    
    There are other countries mentioned with names and adresses of relevant
    tour operators. I've only listed the ones for Eastern Europe, but if
    anyone is interested they also have:-
    
    Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Corsica, Crete, Denmark, Finland, France
    (all areas covered in depth), Germany, Greece, Holland, Iceland, Italy,
    Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.
    
    Graham.

    Graham,
    
       Woooowee, that last note makes you look like a man of the world.  One
    of the great things about life and people is that they never cease to
    surprise you :-)
    
         Abe;