Rock to Rome 2023 🚴♂️😎
In May 2023 Johnny Dreczkowski from Bridge of Allan cycled from Stirling Castle to The Colosseum in Rome, Italy, solo and unsupported, to raise money for the Eilidh Brown Respite Home. His journey involved cycling over 1,400 miles or so from Scotland to England, across Central Europe through The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, south through The Austrian Alps, over The Brenner Pass into the Dolomite Mountains of northeast Italy, down onto the Adriatic Coast and Venice, before crossing southwest, up and over the formidable Apennine Mountain range to his destination, The Colosseum, in Rome.
Six countries, over 3 1/2 weeks, over 1,400 miles of cycling, 74,000 feet of climbing through Europe’s highest mountain ranges, solo, unsupported. A very impressive accomplishment!
Blink supplied Johnny with Oakley frames and a donation of £300 with Nikon Lenswear UK sponsoring the lenses. The lenses were from Nikon's Seemax sports 2 range which provide flexibility for nearer viewing without compromising distance performance, giving dynamic vision. With high contrast brown lenses and a performance orange mirror all to make the contrast on his cycle better and clearer.😎🚴♂️
We are in absolute awe of Johnny’s acheivement - contratulations from everyone here at Blink!
Find Johnny’s RockToRome pages on Facebook or Instagram - he’s always up to something interesting. There’s talk of a Rock to Rome 2024!
“A big shout out to the team at Blink - Bridge of Allan for their very generous sponsorship, and supplying me with these superb Nikon sports lenses in an Oakley frame for my cycling challenge. The new Nikon lenses reduce road glare, sharpen my long distance for upcoming hazards whilst enabling me to read on-bike instrumentation, and the Oakley frames provide sports-tested stability so there’s no fidgeting to get them back in position. Go and see Mandy and Laura at Blink Opticians for a professional and friendly service.“ Johnny Dreczkowski
