Thursday August 4, 2022, 90 km (56 miles) – Total so far: 2,467 km (1,533 miles)
Today was an awesome day apart from being bitten by a wasp and almost breaking my arm.
I woke up groggy in our hotel this morning when Mike’s alarm went off, but after 3 coffees, I almost felt normal.
To save mucking about trying to navigate to the coast, we decided to pick up the LF13B cycle route again. But this proved harder than expected. Getting out of Breda was a nightmare, and we stopped constantly to check our direction. Eventually, we found the route signs and our ride became stress free.
The route today took us through forest trails and we tootled along, loving the greenery and traffic free paths. We also had a wicked tail wind, and we sped along at about 25 kms/hr for a lot of the day. The cyclists going the other way looked grumpy though.
We stopped in the forest for lunch when a wasp stung me on the leg. It hurt like mother crockery! So I put some antihistamine cream on and hoped for the best. The last time a wasp stung me, I had to have antibiotics.
The other mishap I had was when I stopped for a drink of water. I dropped my bottle cap on the ground and as I bent down to pick it up, my bike tried to fall and my arm got caught between the wheel and the frame. Thankfully, I stopped the bike falling as it probably would have snapped my arm if it fell with all the weight on it.
At 4.30pm we’d done 65 kms and there was a campsite nearby, but we loved the tail wind so much we rode another 25 kms to the next campground. We rang them first to make sure they had space. We’re not going through that again!
After 10 kms, we arrived at a massive inlet that smelled of sea and we cycled along that all the way to the campground. We saw a couple of seals, so that was neat.
Exhausted, we arrived at camp having ridden 90 kms for the day. We didn’t have any food to cook, so we went to the bar for ‘bar snacks’ which were deep fried things and quite delicious. We’re both still hungry, though.
Tomorrow we catch a ferry.
You can follow our journey on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP03_iOV9QrtahRxRPBTVB9ZTNOmdiznv
