EV10: Day 17: Łeba to Karwia

Another short day — only #63km. The going was slow, but I kept my patience. 😉

In the morning it was still raining so heavily that I could only get started at 1 pm. There were only two possible bike routes, and as I had heard terrible things about the one south of Lake Sarbsko (apparently current R10), I chose the bike road between the sea and the lake (apparently old R10?). It started out ok, but then things got bad again — you can see it in the picture. On top of that, there were hordes of mosquitoes attacking me today.
So again, for the 10 km it took me two hours and a lot of strength. Then I had to clean up my bike and oil the chain at a river in the next village. For today, that was enough dirt road on the #r10 and #ev10.
I also learned that the signs and the route from the internet for the official bike road #r10 often diverge. So you are constantly wondering and doubting whether you are on the right track, or whether the other one would have been a better option. This doubt adds a lot to my frustration, I guess.

And the nature is so very beautiful here, but I didn’t get time to properly admire it, as I had to concentrate on the road and on not getting devoured by mosquitoes.

So I decided to stick to the national highways for cars, and for the first time in two days I could actually ride again — it felt so nice. 😊 It took a little time for all the sand to get out of the gears and chain, and for the bike to shift properly again, but now it all sounds good again.

I made my way to a simple and small camp site right behind the dunes in Karwia. So I had my dinner on the beach, and that makes up for a lot of the trouble.

#bike2finland #bikepacking #ev10 #eurovelo10 #wetsandyhell

I slept here.

Route

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