18/02/2010 – Kärdla/Hiiumaa to Saarema (45km)
The day before, my Couchsurfing host Tuuli warned me about a snowstorm incl fierce winds supposed to hit the islands during the next 24 hours, the Ice Roads are likely to be closed, so I decide skip riding around Hiiuma but instead I will cycle straight towards Saaremaa and hope to find the 15 km long passage still open.
My host kindly left me her keys and I am slow to pack my gear and leave the flat. Another reporter from the Saaremaa based newspaper Oma Saar calls me and asks for a telephone interview.
Half an hour later I leave to pay a visit to the Kärdla museum and to say good-bye to my host. As I cycle out of town the sun comes out. I notice some pain in my left knee and wonder if I pushed the pedals to hard yesterday, all the stopping and get going again to let cars pass on the Ice Road and then the race in the afternoon – think my body is not used any more after 2 months doing of literally sitting around in Tallinn.
So the going is rather slow and I reach the entrance of the Ice Road only at half past four in the afternoon. Another hour and it will be dark...
The day before, my Couchsurfing host Tuuli warned me about a snowstorm incl fierce winds supposed to hit the islands during the next 24 hours, the Ice Roads are likely to be closed, so I decide skip riding around Hiiuma but instead I will cycle straight towards Saaremaa and hope to find the 15 km long passage still open.
My host kindly left me her keys and I am slow to pack my gear and leave the flat. Another reporter from the Saaremaa based newspaper Oma Saar calls me and asks for a telephone interview.
Half an hour later I leave to pay a visit to the Kärdla museum and to say good-bye to my host. As I cycle out of town the sun comes out. I notice some pain in my left knee and wonder if I pushed the pedals to hard yesterday, all the stopping and get going again to let cars pass on the Ice Road and then the race in the afternoon – think my body is not used any more after 2 months doing of literally sitting around in Tallinn.
So the going is rather slow and I reach the entrance of the Ice Road only at half past four in the afternoon. Another hour and it will be dark...
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