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 …
Lots of rain overnight but I couldn’t be bothered bringing in the clothes I had left drying outside the tent. I should never have left them there as there seems to be a heavy dew every night at the moment. Anyway, after 5 days of riding and only one to go before some rest days, …
I was slow to leave the campground today. It was such a nice place. However, I knew I had quite a few kms to get done today, on my way to Tallinn the next day. Again, there was a fair bit of main road riding as well as plenty of quiet roads with the last …
I spoke to just about everyone in the small campground this morning. They were all chatty and we were all interested in each others travel plans. I really wasnt sure where I would stay tonight. I thought there was a campground at my destination but in looking closer, there wasn’t one, nor was there any …
Today was only 45kms, so I was thinking of going further if Pärnu wasnt too exiting. I didnt have too. Its a great place and I was tempted to stay another night. The campground I stayed at was such a nice place, that I was slow to leave. The dutch and germans that I met …
The rain started at about 6am and I thought it was perfectly bad timing. This is going to be an interesting pack up. I then checked the weather forecast and it wasn’t great either, so I took my time, got out of my sleeping bag and got things organised inside the tent. By then, the …
Its an absent minded day. I packed up and couldn’t find one glove. I looked everywhere. I knew there was a Decathlon just off my intended route, so I plotted a route there in Komoot. Then I couldn’t find my shaver – when I grow a beard i look at least 20 years older, so …
I left Jelgava quite late and it turned out to be quite a nice town. That wasn’t my first impression by any means. I think it was just the street that I was in was a little bit dodgy on Sunday afternoon . There were people just standing around looking bored, one argument that threatened …
Today’s been interesting. It started with the very very strange Hill of crosses outside the place I can’t pronounce – Siauliai. I had camped about 5kms out of town in a small campsite with only two other groups, both of whom were great people – some Czech students and a Finnish family. I made my …
