Day 325 9th June Stockholm A day off the bike. I was up at 8 and had brekkie with the Garbers of bread, cheese, ham and prawn paste. We went for a walk to find a camping shop to buy gas and then into a park and had lunch of pizza at Patricia’s Pizzas. Back … [Read more…]
Day 324 8th June 74miles (Nykoping to Stockholm) Average speed 12.4 mph Top speed 34 mph I was up at 8.30 with the school kids laughing at me on their way to school as I was closer to the road than I realised. I made tea and bread and pate and tried to … [Read more…]
Day 323 7th June 49miles (Norrkoping to Nykoping) Average speed 11.8 mph Top speed 26 mph I was woken at 6 to the sound of rain on my tent. I got up at 8 to make tea under a tree in the rain. Brekkie was bread and pate in the the awning of … [Read more…]
Day 322 6th June 73miles (Sodero to Norrkoping) Average speed 11.5 mph Top speed 29 mph I was awake at 7 and went off to see if the fire was still alight, the ashes were hot enough to get it going again, so had three cups of tea and toasted burger buns with pate using … [Read more…]
Day 321 5th June 76miles (Berga to Sodero) Average speed 12.1 mph Top speed 29 mph A wonderful day which started early. I was awake at 6 and tried to use the toilet but my entry fob didn’t work, so used a bush. This meant no shower, toast or kettle, so I used my own … [Read more…]
Day 320 4th June 52miles (Kalmar to Berga) Average 13 mph Top speed 94? (Not right) A great day cycling until the rain came. Up at 9 and brekkie in bed of tea & bread with pate. I left at 11.30 and took empties to Netto to buy some lunch. I headed North past … [Read more…]
Day 319 3rd June Kalmar After 12 days relaxing at Stephan Garber’s summer house in Oland I’m back on the road and heading for Stockholm. Today I took in some footy with Kalmar FF losing 0-1 to Orebro. The Swedish first division is not quite up to the premier league but at least there wasn’t … [Read more…]
Day 318 2nd June 60 miles (Alvedsjo to Kalmar) Average speed 12.9 mph Top speed 26 mph A fantastic day to get back to my journey. A tailwind all day, but not as warm as most here, so I wasn’t too hot while making good progress. I was up at 8 and had brekkie … [Read more…]
Day 317 1st June Alvedsjo 4miles (Alvedsjo) Average speed 10.9 mph Top speed 23 mph A day of preparation
Day 316 31st May 10miles ( Alvedsjo) Average speed 10.3 mph Top speed 21 mph A quiet day today