Day 18/19 (2023 Summer Biketrip)
Intro: in the summer of 2023 I did a 1.614 km (1.000 miles) long biketour in Denmark and a bit of Sweden. I wanted to ride on a couple of old railroad-tracks, now converted into bike trails.
It took me 19 days in the sadle and it was a great adventure !
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Monday 24th of July 2023
As I was packing up my tent in the morning, an elderly couple came by walking their dog. They were really sweet and told me I could have just knocked on their door last night… Well thanks, but which house exactly? I don’t know the area, haha.
Today turned out to be a very rainy day. It rained for about half the time, and I was soaked for most of the day. Not ideal, but honestly, not too bad either. My bike and all my gear can handle as much rain as necessary. The clothes I ride in are really thin, so they dry in about half an hour once I get out of the rain. The real hassle is when it’s raining while setting up or taking down the tent.
Because of the rain, I didn’t stop much or take many pictures. You just kind of lose the motivation for it.
I wanted to ride a bit more than 100 km today, so I’d have a shorter final stretch tomorrow — the last one before reaching Gothenburg.
I ended up cycling a little over 113 km before stopping at Åsa Camping Och Havsbad. Their reception was open until 10:00 PM, so I was able to get a few hours of charging time for my powerbank, thanks to the friendly staff at the information desk. My tent wasn’t completely level — it was a bit tilted, but that didn’t really bother me.
I arrived at 5:00 PM. Cost: 300 SEK.
(I’m actually writing this right now on the ferry from Gothenburg, which departs at 4:45 PM—the final update is coming up shortly!)
Travel info
| Metric | |
|---|---|
| Start time | 09.11 |
| Arriving time | 17.00 |
| Time (moving) | 6:32:55 (h:mm:ss) |
| Distance | 113.18 km |
| Speed (avg.) | 17.3 km/h |
| Elevation (gain) | 609 meters |
| Calories burned | 3.751 |
| Camp site | Åsa Camping Och Havsbad |
| Battery left (gps) | Don’t know |
Dag 18 – Mandag d. 24. Juli 2023.
Da jeg pakkede teltet sammen om morgenen, kom et ældre ægtepar gående med deres hund. De var rigtig søde og sagde at jeg bare kunne have banket på deres hus igår… jo tak, men hvilket hus var det lige, jeg kender jo ikke lige området hehe.
Dagen idag skulle gå hen og blive en meget regnfuld dag. Det regnede sådan ca halvdelen af tiden, og jeg var gennemblødt langt det meste af dagen. Det er jo ikke optimalt, men det er faktisk ikke så galt. Cyklen og hele oppakningen kan sagtens tåle al det vand der skulle komme. Det tøj jeg kører i er meget tyndt, så det tørrer på lidt over en halv time nå jeg kører i tørvejr. Det trælse er hvis det regner når jeg skal sætte telt op/ned i regnvejr.
Regnen gjorde at jeg ikke stoppede så meget og tog billeder. Man mister lidt lysten til det.
Jeg ville gerne køre lidt mere end 100 km idag, for så ville jeg have en kortere dag imorgen, som jo ville blive den sidste inden jeg ville nå Göteborg.
Jeg endte med at køre lidt over 113 km da jeg stoppede ved Asa Camping Och Havsbad. Deres reception lukkede først kl 22.00 så jeg kunne lige få nogle timers strøm på powerbanken, takket være den venlige ekspedient i informationen. Mit telt stod ikke helt i vatter, det var lidt skævt, men det gjorde ikke det store.
Jeg ankom kl. 17.00, kostede 300,- sek
(Jeg sidder lige nu og skriver dette ombord færgen i Göteborg der har afgang her kl 16.45. – den sidste update kommer lige om lidt)
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