On my last night in Estonia I was not alone – having sought out the last RMK free camp site (ominously named Krapi) before the border I found myself being joined by more mosquitoes than I had encountered on the rest of the trip. So I was more than happy to see another bicycle front … More La, la, la, la, Latvia
So after first seeing the promise of erratic boulders on an info board, their mystery slowly unravelled as I rode around the islands of Hiiumaa and Saarema. A closed farm museum had some panels explaining more about the different rocks found in the region, I learnt the Estonian word for rock – Kiki, so I … More Wondering about those erratic boulders?
My arrival on Saarema coincided with a rise in temperature and a let up in the winds. As if the beach side free camping and quiet roads weren’t making cycle touring nice enough, it seemed I was going to be treated to a bit of an Indian summer too, or an old lady’s summer as … More Rivers of love and good karma on Saarema
Docking in Heltermaa on the eastern side of the island there was a brief flurry of traffic as cars and trucks rolled off the ferry and disappeared down the road. A few on-coming vehicles hurried to catch the return sailing and then the peace and quiet set in. I pedalled for a couple of hours … More Hi Hiiumaa
I had very little idea what to expect from Estonia as I rolled out of Tallinn into the left over chilly winds of the storm from the day before. It is a country I will admit to knowing almost nothing about, in the grips of the resurging Coronavirus pandemic, at the end of a summer … More Rolling out of Tallinn
To get to my chosen start point of Tallinn in Estonia proved to be relatively simple. A direct train took me from Vienna to Warsaw and the following evening I caught an overnight bus direct to Tallinn. Flixbus may have its faults and 17hrs over night on a bus is never ideal, but now that … More The short haul north
Wow it’s been a long time since I posted anything cycle tour related here. What a different world we have since I was struggling my way out of Mongolia 4 years ago. So a quick catch up on what I was up to in the interim: I spent a couple more months bumbling my way … More #B2BBT – Scratching the itch to be back on the road again
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