On purpose NOT going on the Cycle Route
Narkaus - Maijanen ~115 km
As he promised yesterday the owner of the camping brought a thermo-bottle with some coffe and a sandwich and put it right next to my tent. I was sleeping so fine, I didn't hear it...
After having mygga, breakfast und putting together all my things I started with a new speed record to Rovaniemi: The first ~30 km I did with an average of 23... How do I do that? At Rovaniemi I asked at the Tourist Information if there is any possibility to go back from Northcape to somewhere here in Finland - and - yes, there is every day a bus going from Northcape to Rovaniemi. They printed me the page, and there was written:
"Northcape - Rovaniemi, 01:00 - 17.35 pm, duration: 16.35"
Strange.... 16 hours for this distance? couldn't imagine that... even stranger: 17.35 minus 01.00 equals 16.35.. yes, but there is one hour difference between Norway and Finland, so duration would be 17.35... *hein?*
However, after that I went to the supermarket and bought foodstuff for at least 5 days... *panic* (some of those things I carried with me for a very long time... I just was afraid of not finding any supermarket on the road)
Starting at Rovaniemi I followed a river for the next 1,5 days. And starting at Rovaniemi there was one street on each side of that river for about 50 km. My brand-new special bike-map told me, that I should take the street no. 79 on the one side.... I decided to take the street no. 934 on the other side, because three digits mean less traffic than two digits. No idea why they wanted me to go over there... even stranger: some kilometers later the marked cycle route leaves the main road and takes an unsurfaced road for some additional kilometers... So... is there anybody who can explain this kind of logic to me?!?
Next 35 km were fine as well, an then, suddenly, if they had had a little agreement, wind started to blow, knees started to hurt, and my shoulders tensed up (?) (verspannen)... And for giving me the rest at Meltaus it was raining cats and dogs, so I was wet, wet, wet arriving at the camping...
But the evening reimbursed me: bright sunshine, nearly no mosquitos, beautiful view of the river, and - once more - the camping all for me... noone is going to disturb me ... not even the owners, because they didn't speak english as well...
In that evening, beeing all alone, sun shining, mosquitos buzzing, beeing early I just start to write down some thoughts that were gathering around in my head, about 4 whole pages in my note book. There is every day another possibility of passing time. As I told you, I'm never bored on my bike (and in my tent...) ;o)
Click: Breakfast...
Click: Rovaniemi welcomed me with the Moomins - Characters of finnish books for children
Having lunch at a finnish open grilli: Somewhere, right next to the river, there was a fire place, table & benches, toilet and waste bin - things, that you find sometimes in some beautiful places...
Click: Camping on my own
Click: The view right out of my tent
I love colorful pictures...
Click: A grilli, that you also can find at nearly every finnish camping
As he promised yesterday the owner of the camping brought a thermo-bottle with some coffe and a sandwich and put it right next to my tent. I was sleeping so fine, I didn't hear it...
After having mygga, breakfast und putting together all my things I started with a new speed record to Rovaniemi: The first ~30 km I did with an average of 23... How do I do that? At Rovaniemi I asked at the Tourist Information if there is any possibility to go back from Northcape to somewhere here in Finland - and - yes, there is every day a bus going from Northcape to Rovaniemi. They printed me the page, and there was written:
"Northcape - Rovaniemi, 01:00 - 17.35 pm, duration: 16.35"
Strange.... 16 hours for this distance? couldn't imagine that... even stranger: 17.35 minus 01.00 equals 16.35.. yes, but there is one hour difference between Norway and Finland, so duration would be 17.35... *hein?*
However, after that I went to the supermarket and bought foodstuff for at least 5 days... *panic* (some of those things I carried with me for a very long time... I just was afraid of not finding any supermarket on the road)
Starting at Rovaniemi I followed a river for the next 1,5 days. And starting at Rovaniemi there was one street on each side of that river for about 50 km. My brand-new special bike-map told me, that I should take the street no. 79 on the one side.... I decided to take the street no. 934 on the other side, because three digits mean less traffic than two digits. No idea why they wanted me to go over there... even stranger: some kilometers later the marked cycle route leaves the main road and takes an unsurfaced road for some additional kilometers... So... is there anybody who can explain this kind of logic to me?!?
Next 35 km were fine as well, an then, suddenly, if they had had a little agreement, wind started to blow, knees started to hurt, and my shoulders tensed up (?) (verspannen)... And for giving me the rest at Meltaus it was raining cats and dogs, so I was wet, wet, wet arriving at the camping...
But the evening reimbursed me: bright sunshine, nearly no mosquitos, beautiful view of the river, and - once more - the camping all for me... noone is going to disturb me ... not even the owners, because they didn't speak english as well...
In that evening, beeing all alone, sun shining, mosquitos buzzing, beeing early I just start to write down some thoughts that were gathering around in my head, about 4 whole pages in my note book. There is every day another possibility of passing time. As I told you, I'm never bored on my bike (and in my tent...) ;o)
Click: Breakfast...
Click: Rovaniemi welcomed me with the Moomins - Characters of finnish books for children
Having lunch at a finnish open grilli: Somewhere, right next to the river, there was a fire place, table & benches, toilet and waste bin - things, that you find sometimes in some beautiful places...
Click: Camping on my own
Click: The view right out of my tent
I love colorful pictures...
Click: A grilli, that you also can find at nearly every finnish camping
koerndl - 25. Jul, 00:00
