Gothenburg to Busdorf to Veghel – I took the ferry from Gothenburg to Frederikshavn for a change instead of riding back through Malmo and the Øresund Bridge. Arrived at the Ferry boarding area at 1030, first one there and there is nothing else, just a toilet but they did have free Wifi. A few motorcycles turned up at 1100 and cyclists, no point arriving early, the ferry only came in at 1115 unloaded and we started loading immediately and left on time at 1215. Very slow going at first through the islands then upto 30kph, smooth ride could hardly tell we were moving, ship was packed with people and kids running, screaming, crying everywhere hahaha, off the boat at 1525 early I thought it would be 1600. Straight into rain, miserable for the next 1:50 hours and then fine weather stopped at the 2hr 200km mark and filled up, I was soaking wet and had trouble getting gloves back on, used tissues to dry visor and Garmin and instruments, off again, speeded up to 120-130kph reflected in the fuel consumption which dropped to 17km/L, another fuel stop, struggled again to get my gloves on, arrived at 1925 exactly 4 hrs. After several days of rain and gloves that are no longer waterproof blisters developed on my right palm making it very painful to grip the throttle.
Busdorf to Veghel – Not a fun ride with the drizzle and blisters on my right palm, 571km in 5:45hrs. This is supposed to be the height of summer in Europe hahaha. Veghel is where I make my pit stop and my friend who is the pit boss for Dutch F1 legend managed to find a bike shop that was open (most of them close for Summer as all the employees head for the Sun). I had new tyres fitted, rear brake pads, helmet and a new set of Goretex waterproof gloves (total cost €1019).
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