First Day

From: Oulu

To: Kemi

Distance: 108km

Total: 108km

First day started with small setback as my built in speedometer didn't work for some reason, there was nothing apparently broken, and such couldn't get it work. Whole day was cycling against cold northern headwind made about 108km today, and it felt even though I took it quite slow and easy. Weather was cloudy, but none of the showers got me along the way, temperature was slightly over 10C.

Going to 'easy' night as got indoor sleeping possibilities at friend's apartment in Kemi.

Packed up bike on a break near Olhava.

Tomorrow to the Sweden, and hope there's some internet possibilities over there to keep this blog up to date.

Preparation

So I decided during the spring that I really gotta do proper cycling trip as it seemed to be pretty summer otherwise. Almost 1000km of cycling, 100km running and some 15km swimming been the preparation for the trip during last 2 months.

Plan is to generally try to lack definite objectives or quotas for each day's cycling, or at least nothing I would need to start stress for. Basically calling it a break whenever I feel like it or if there's something on the side of the road I want to take a closer look - even if its just 200 meters apart.

Wrapping the bike up on late sunday evening. Everything should be there - and those few things that are missing (consciously or not) are going to be picked up on the road.