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 10.30 and went too far north, but eventually found a really good straight cycle path. I stopped for a drink at ICA supermarket and used their sink for a wash. I couldn’t go on E22 but found the old E22 and followed that south for a while, but the wind favoured I head west, so I did; through good country roads and occasional villages.
I was feeling good and wanted to make the most of the tailwind so I carried on to the next town where I bought meatballs, pasta and tomatoes. I couldn’t join the motorway and could find no good route west. I headed for Nattraby where I ran out of roads and had to navigate through very narrow footpaths with rocks and horse trails. Then I came to one where two Jack Russells were barking at me, thankfully the owner called them off while wondering how I was going to get through! I too wondered as the path became very narrow and overgrown. As I tried to negotiate it I got an electric shock from the farmer’s fence. those poor cows!!
Perhaps I need a mountain bike!
Civilisation?
I made it to Listerby and my first choice of camp was beside somebody’s wood store, but I wasn’t sure, so carried on hoping for better. I looked just off the road but ended up on a golf course. I then said hi to a couple of touring cyclists who also were looking for somewhere. In the end I found a spot opposite the entrance to the golf club next to a big rock and a power generator. Cooked pasta and meatballs and was in bed by 10.30.
Wild camp opposite Lerakra golf course