Camping
Last night the weather was fine and the muscle and bottom pain has kind of subsided, so I decided to try camping. I took off from Vilnius early in the mornign and the weather was fine, and I made the longest leg so far on my trip, 91 km. Came to Varena and at a good meal at an rustic restaurant, then I bought some food in the supermarket. Then it was getting a bit darkish, so I cycled soem five km before turning off on a small path into the forest where I found a nice spot for my tent. Erection was easy (I had trained) and at six it was all set. I realised that I could have gone a bit further as the light was enough for another half hour. As my tent is for two persons (midgets I suppose) I managed to get all my stuff into the tent (no-not the bike silly!). Then of course the question arises, what the hell should I do in the tent for thirteen hours before it gets light enough to get going. I made an arrangement with the front light from the bike and a string to get some light that was actually enough to write but not to read, so I wrote the second chapter of a novel I started (no you will most likely never read it, if I don't trash it myself any publisher with a bit of sense will do it). But in the end the position to write was not very comfortable and the light was faint. At eight i at some sandwhich with smoked ham and cheese - must think about the proteins here shouldn't I? and then I "went to bed" (I was of course already in bed as there is no other place to be in the tent)' Some dogs were barking far away, the wind made noise in the pine trees, the traffic on the road made a distant sound. I fell asleep and just woke up when it started to rain and then slept again until seven.
Last year I have problems with my sleep, but I must say that is now a distant memory.
In the morning I realised I made a planning miss. I have this good waterproof bag, where I had packed the tent, the sleeping bag and a few other things. But what to do now, when the tent is soaking wet. I have no intention to sit and wait for my tent to dry up everytime I will use it. So I had to change packing procedures and put most of my clothes in that bag and the tent in the backpack. That worked. Of course I got quite wet from packing even if it didn't rain much any longer.
Another planning miss was that if you want to get a cup of tea in the morning, you should not camp 25 k away from the next cafe, and even less on a Sunday morning, which seems to be the only time the cafes are closed - out of respect of the church I guess, but the drunks buy there 2 liter bottles of beer and drink outside the shop instead - shops are open. So in the end I had to make the whole ride this day without getting anywhere warm to sit before I arrived my final destination. A bit hard, but at least it wasn't raining.
So now I know I can do camping as well.....,
Last year I have problems with my sleep, but I must say that is now a distant memory.
In the morning I realised I made a planning miss. I have this good waterproof bag, where I had packed the tent, the sleeping bag and a few other things. But what to do now, when the tent is soaking wet. I have no intention to sit and wait for my tent to dry up everytime I will use it. So I had to change packing procedures and put most of my clothes in that bag and the tent in the backpack. That worked. Of course I got quite wet from packing even if it didn't rain much any longer.
Another planning miss was that if you want to get a cup of tea in the morning, you should not camp 25 k away from the next cafe, and even less on a Sunday morning, which seems to be the only time the cafes are closed - out of respect of the church I guess, but the drunks buy there 2 liter bottles of beer and drink outside the shop instead - shops are open. So in the end I had to make the whole ride this day without getting anywhere warm to sit before I arrived my final destination. A bit hard, but at least it wasn't raining.
So now I know I can do camping as well.....,
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