Raymond of Toulouse and Adhemar of le Puy travelled via Lombardy, Istria & Dalmatia, suffering from winter cold, mountains and dearth of food. They fought to save non-combatants from local people, who followed the army, raiding and killing. After three hard weeks they reached Skodra, giving its king rich gifts, hoping for food, but conditions worsened, so they took 40 days to reach Dyrrachion. Encouraged by an embassy from Alexios I, they went through Epirus to Pelagonia. Adhemar camped there separately from the rest, was captured by raiding Bulgarians, and was only saved when a dispute over money among the captors alerted rescuers