Day 328 12th June 10 miles (Stockholm to Turku) Average speed 9 mph Top speed 18 mph plus 11hours on the cruise ship I was up at 5 and had a quick brekkie of bread and cheese and pate. Then it was out into the rain, but thankfully I didn’t have far to go. … [Read more…]
Day 327 11th June 15miles (Stockholm) Average speed 8.6 mph Top speed 19 mph Up at 7 and early brekkie of bread and cheese and pate was followed by an early morning ride through the quiet streets of Stockholm. The sun was shining and roads and cycle paths quiet. A good time to … [Read more…]
Day 326 10th June Stockholm Another day off the bike We had a good day in the park and market before lunch of Creole pork at Loopin on the waterside. Then we went to Pitchers for dinner and to watch Scotland vs England. Back at home the plan was to watch a film but I … [Read more…]
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…]