Last night, the storms rolled in and brought rain and wind for hours. By morning, there were a few breaks in the weather, so I left the tent and made some breakfast. I packed up in drizzle, but my tent is big enough that I can organise everything undercover, then just put the bags on …
Overcast but nice riding all day. I was expecting bad weather, but the forecast moved that a day further away. As a result, I took the indirect route and looked around the place a little. The day was spent riding through rural areas not far from the Baltic Sea. I left the island of Zealand, …
I had the ‘breakfast with the view’ at the hotel. The view was from the 10th floor and very nice. The breakfast was perfect – a change from muesli, yoghurt and banana. The good thing about Denmark, is that you can order a coffee with milk just about anywhere and it’s good strong coffee. So, …
I had three nights in Stockholm, one in Malmo and two in Copenhagen and then the riding will resume. Stockholm was great. I did a walking tour and wandered around for most of the time. The rest was spent dodging rain and relaxing. I caught a bus from Stockholm to the nice and very bike …
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My free day in Mariehamn was pretty relaxed. After arriving at midnight and setting up, I was really tired and slept in late. Luckily, the tent was in shade for most of the morning. I should do more of this. Although I’ve had time off in big cities, its only been a day or two, …
I woke up at 7 then rolled over and went to sleep again. There was very little urgency today about anything but breakfast. I only dragged myself out of the tent by 8:30 because the breakfast buffet at the nearby hotel went until 10am. I’ve probably mentioned before that the long evenings in this part …
Good news. I woke up feeling hungry and that’s a good sign. I guess I should have been hungry, as I didn’t have any dinner last night. There was no hurry today as I was aiming to catch the five to five ferry from Hanka to Nagu and that was only 52 kilometres away. I …
Apologies in advance for very few pictures but I’m sure you understand. After last night’s food poisoning – thats my diagnosis, I was very tentative with breakfast and only managed a banana. I had already booked and paid for a room in Turku that night, so I had 65kms to get done. I thought I’d …
I asked Komoot for a gravel ride today. I was looking forward to seeing some Finnish countryside away from the Eurovelo trail and expected some nice quiet back roads. Well Komoot delivered in spades. About 40kms of paved road and a bit more of dirt roads that wound their way past lakes and over every …
This was another ‘where am I going to end up tonight’ kind of day. I really didnt know but I decided to follow the Eurovelo 10, in the hope that there were a few camping options nearby. There weren’t . It was complicated to leave. I kept the bike in the apartment. The courtyard where …
