Gunnar the Biking
Chaplinska 25 November
The vikings did go to the Black sea and further to Istanbul. Originally they went down the river Volga, but later they changed route and went via Novgorod, Kiev and Dnepr.
I passed 2000 km by bicycle today between Nova Kachovka and Chaplinska (if you look at a map I am about 70 km SE of Cherson). In total 2040 km. 126 hours I have been sitting in the saddle. The maximum speed is still 51 km/hour. The average speed varies a lot, but when it is flat and neutral wind I normally keep a speed of 17-18 km per hour. With wind in the back in can go up to 22 km per hour and today for two hours I was down to 11-12 km/hour as I had full storm in my face. My "normal" day trip has increased from 60-80 km to around 100. I did 127 one day but then I was really tired and I fear that it was the reason that I was ill for five days after that day.
Weather has been very varying. I found it very cold in the beggining, but perhpaps I got used to it, because afterwards it has been better. I have seen some very light snow but nothing that stayed on the ground. Not much heavy rain but quite some drizzle. The last three days have been full sun most of the day, for the rest I have not seen the sun too much in Ukraine, but honestly how much sun do we see in Sweden or in Holland in November?
Margareta the bike is still doing fine, non flat tyres or any other major problems. Small maintainance things. My steer bag has collapsed so I have to look for something else (that one was supposedly a high quality "Pro" thing).
I am also doing fine, Sometimes I feel it is cold and sometimes I feel a bit lonely. I think very little about the tobacco these days so I guess I have got out of that habit. I drink a beer or two almost every evening, which I perhaps not such a good idea.... I do a lot of thinking, some of it interesting and productive, some of it just nonsense and other perhaps a bit sick (like the road burger) All in all I enjoy myself. I enjoyed Lithuania and Poland and I surely enjoye Ukraine. I am on my way to Crimea.
The vikings did go to the Black sea and further to Istanbul. Originally they went down the river Volga, but later they changed route and went via Novgorod, Kiev and Dnepr.
I passed 2000 km by bicycle today between Nova Kachovka and Chaplinska (if you look at a map I am about 70 km SE of Cherson). In total 2040 km. 126 hours I have been sitting in the saddle. The maximum speed is still 51 km/hour. The average speed varies a lot, but when it is flat and neutral wind I normally keep a speed of 17-18 km per hour. With wind in the back in can go up to 22 km per hour and today for two hours I was down to 11-12 km/hour as I had full storm in my face. My "normal" day trip has increased from 60-80 km to around 100. I did 127 one day but then I was really tired and I fear that it was the reason that I was ill for five days after that day.
Weather has been very varying. I found it very cold in the beggining, but perhpaps I got used to it, because afterwards it has been better. I have seen some very light snow but nothing that stayed on the ground. Not much heavy rain but quite some drizzle. The last three days have been full sun most of the day, for the rest I have not seen the sun too much in Ukraine, but honestly how much sun do we see in Sweden or in Holland in November?
Margareta the bike is still doing fine, non flat tyres or any other major problems. Small maintainance things. My steer bag has collapsed so I have to look for something else (that one was supposedly a high quality "Pro" thing).
I am also doing fine, Sometimes I feel it is cold and sometimes I feel a bit lonely. I think very little about the tobacco these days so I guess I have got out of that habit. I drink a beer or two almost every evening, which I perhaps not such a good idea.... I do a lot of thinking, some of it interesting and productive, some of it just nonsense and other perhaps a bit sick (like the road burger) All in all I enjoy myself. I enjoyed Lithuania and Poland and I surely enjoye Ukraine. I am on my way to Crimea.
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