Last week I was in Gothenburg for business as is usual in my role. After work, I headed over to the south side of the river to grab some end of day shots. This one is of the north side, called Lindholmen, where our new office is located.
This version really does not do the shot justice as this is the result of stitching 5 images together and cropping some of the scene to either side of the image.
Julien could not get a signal on his phone last night, but I just got a text from him with an update on what he got up to yesterday.
He started out a little bit later than usual because his clothes were stuck in the campsites washing machine!
Eventually the owner of the campsite managed to fix the machine and Julien set off at about 11.
He cycled towards Lulea on a rough road and was shaken around quite a bit on the way. On the plus side he saw some stunning views on the route.
He stopped in for lunch but couldn’t read the menu so randomly ordered something to eat. He is still not sure what it was but said it tasted ok!
Julien did not particularly like Lulea, he got stuck on a dangerous dual carriageway on the way north to Tore.
The hard shoulder was sometimes only 10cm wide and traffic was passing him by at 70mph!
To avoid this Julien decided to take a much longer back road route which turned into stone / mud tracks. He did an extra 50km as a result.
He got to Tore and found a campsite that had some gorgeous views over the sea.
Julien thinks it was a bit of a mistake to come to the Baltic coast, as the roads are all so busy.
Julien is now heading on to Finland. Here is the Google Map of yesterday’s journey.
You can sponsor Julien on his Just Giving page.
Total mileage: 61
Terrain: Hills – Fast paced A road riding
The start of the day meant getting away from Ecclestone and all the grim areas around that part of the UK. However, once we were on the go, our mood rapidly increased as we hit pretty countryside and fast A roads. The traffic was generally quite accommodating and gave us a wide birth. We cranked up the speed and managed to bash out the miles really quickly along the smooth tarmac. The sunny weather was back and the going remained good all day.
Although there was a good canal path, The Lancaster Canal, which we had originally planned to join at Garstang, the roads were so good, we continued on to Lancaster. From here, we eventually joined the canal and cycled north as far as we could, ending up in a bizarre estate, where the path just fizzled out.
From here, we rejoined the A roads and made haste as we all wanted to make it to the Lake District by evening. I had been hard selling how beautiful the Lakes were and they did not disappoint. Our only issue was that we had to visit several campsites until we could find a pitch. We ended up having a free pitch due to a very generous campsite owner and our charity ride status.
All in all, after the blandness of the previous day, today’s cycle ride was green, pleasant, fast and memorable. Definitely a good cycle ride. The promise of the Lakes was only slightly marred in the knowledge that I knew the terrain would get touch with all those mountains and hills to cross!
I ended the day rewarding myself with a few games of Sudoku.
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