Gwilym's Adventure Blog

Having left Lithuania early this morning, I passed through Lativia and into Estonia. I didn't follow my arbitrary rules (stopping for a meal or camping) so can't count Latvia today but don't worry, I will be back in Latvia tomorrow to make it count. I did however manage to drive through the outskirts of Riga, Latvia's capital due to a mis programming of the GPS! Again, I was generally following the coast and got a few views today. The roads are much better here with fast A roads with some sweeping bends. Only 2 rail crossings today as well so a much more flowing ride. My finish for the day was here in Parnu at around 2pm as I needed a supermarket to restock on food and get a few other bits and bobs. The first campsite I tried was in someone's back garden and a note which said, "pitch your tent, we will collect 8 euros later". I looked around but it was a bit crap really so moved on another 15 km to Solar Camping which is a whole site p...

The title says it all. Both Poland and Lithuania just delivered straight roads and level crossings. Just as you wind the bike up to speed a crossing appears. Every so often there was a bend and that had a crossing on it too! It is brakes on, stop, look left, look right, doubt yourself so look left again, right again, wonder if you would even see the train if it was coming full speed, rely on your hearing (wearing earplugs and a helmet) and think sod it, shut your eyes and open the throttle. Only a few km until you do it again Basically the route today was going around the little bit of Russia that is Kaliningrad . I considered getting a visa etc but would have had to go in person to London, get biometrics done and paid over £125 just to do about 100km through it. In the end it was time that decided against it as my Belarus visa only came back the day before I left. So after 400 odd km of riding I got to my campsite here at Karkle near Klaipede which is n...