Beautiful
sunny skies at sunrise, temperature about 15C, then a layer of cloud rolled in
but it’s just a typical marine morning.
Repacked to leave my black roll-on suitcase behind, so that gives me
just one 22kg red duffle bag to worry about, with all my camping and personal
stuff for this 2-month trip.
Rider’s
meeting at 7:45am explains that to simplify the flagging and prevent mistakes,
we’re going to convoy for 10km out of Tallinn.
Another lovely buffet breakfast in the Tallink City Hotel at 8am, and
we’re heading out of town just after 9am.
Today’s
route follows a large section of the EuroVelo 13 route which means a separate
2m wide separate bicycle path alongside the highway, sandy soil and forests of
pine trees on both sides. Eventually the
soil changes and small farms show up, then communities, but we’re definitely in
another low population density part of this country. I ride with Peter McCartney and Chris for
awhile but their pace is just a bit higher than I’m comfortable with.
Lunch stop
at 57km is alongside the highway and adjacent to a small Meie grocery
store. After I pull away from the lunch
stop and reach back to turn on my rear red flashing light, it isn’t there –
damn. So I waste about 20 minutes in the
next town trying to find a bike store so I can replace the light; maybe
tomorrow.
Turn down a
country lane at 96km, then follow the flagging tape to a rustic farm site called "Jagu Talu",
which turns out to be the equivalent of a camper’s B&B – wood-fired hot
tub, elk antler door handles, small compound of goats for petting, etc.
After a good riding day, most riders seem to want the classic hot water shower.
However, Chris is working on getting the wood-fired hot tub up to temperature, and I spend about an hour in there before bedtime, chatting with Gergo and Ozgur and Peter.
Still light at 10pm but most riders have headed to bed, so it must be time to crash.
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