Day 349 3rd July 33 miles (Loderups to Skateholm) Average speed 10 mph Top speed 75? Easy days often turn out to be the toughest! Up at 9 to sunshine and blue skies. The wind had even turned a bit too and was now coming more from the south than the west although blowing … [Read more…]
Day 348 2nd July 51miles (Ahus to Loderups) Average speed 9.5 mph Top speed 26 mph Up at 8.15 with a woolly head after a few beers with Caroline and dad, I didn’t get home til gone 1 after a great night in a boat pub. I had a shower and went for a … [Read more…]
Day 347 1st July 3miles (Ahus) Average speed 9.3 mph Top speed 20 mph I was awake at 6 and emailed the hostel in Hamburg with the wrong dates ( I really should know not to do anything before tea!) got up at 7.45 and went across the road to a lovely hotel for … [Read more…]
Day 346 30th June 43miles ( Karlshamn to Ahus) Average speed 13.2 mph Top speed 24 mph Awake at midnight with the sound of wind, rain and thunder which, although I got back to sleep, didn’t stop until midday. So I spent the morning in my tent catching up on some sleep and … [Read more…]
Day 345 29th June 36miles (Kel golf course to Karlshaum) Average speed 10.5 mph Top speed 33 mph Awake at 6 with the sound of rain, but back to sleep till 8.30 when there was no sign it had rained at all. Rain looked imminent though, so I packed up quickly after tea … [Read more…]
Day 344 28th June 70 miles (Kalmar to Lerakra) Average speed 10.6 mph Top speed 42?? mph So much for some easy days! Up at 8.30 for brekkie of cheese and chorizo wraps (thanks Rolph) with tea. I packed up while some ducks came to say hi with the sun shining. I left at … [Read more…]
Day 343 27th June 50miles (Alvedsjo to Kalmar) Average speed 11.6 mph Top speed 22 mph I got up at 7.30 with the children. I had brekkie of prawn paste with bread and ham and cheese, and fed Sebastian his too. I blew some raspberries with Nina and bid farewell to Maria and Kiki. … [Read more…]
Days 339 to 342 23rd June to 26the June Alvedsjo Midsummer party Lots of fun and sociability. Swedish Midsummer celebrations. No cycling!
Day 338 22nd June 20miles (Oskarshamm to Alvedsjo) Average speed 10.1 mph Top speed 20 mph I was awake at 6 but got back to sleep for a while. Luckily I woke at 6.45 because my phone battery died even though it had been 55% when I went to sleep and the alarm … [Read more…]
Day 337 21st June 83miles (Valdemasvik to Oskarsjamm) Average speed 11.8 mph Top speed 30 mph Wild camp in park but a bit tramp like