Travelling to WHY on a bike (20/n)
In the morning, I packed up my stuff again and checked out of the room at noon. Putting everything into the trailer and the bags on the bike took me a while.
I looked for possible campsites to stop at for the next night, and found a few... that are all kind of meh though, because they're either slightly too far or not far enough. Around 13:00, I decided to just start riding, and continue looking for campsites later.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (21/n)
It's very windy today, and I'm riding against the wind most of the time, but at least it hasn't rained so far and looks like it will stay dry today.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (19/n)
The check-in took a while, and the receptionist even showed me a place where I could park my trailer (outside, but hidden from view behind a high fence).
I carried my stuff to the room and got a nice warm shower ^^
My phone had dried enough so I could start charging it again, at 4 percent battery left.
I also plugged in my bike battery and my helmet for charging, and finally went to sleep around half past 2 ... phew.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (20/n)
In the morning, I packed up my stuff again and checked out of the room at noon. Putting everything into the trailer and the bags on the bike took me a while.
I looked for possible campsites to stop at for the next night, and found a few... that are all kind of meh though, because they're either slightly too far or not far enough. Around 13:00, I decided to just start riding, and continue looking for campsites later.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (18/n)
With less than 30 percent phone battery left, I got a message from @lenaschimmel@chaos.social who then called me so we could talk while I had the display turned off. I had already sent her my route, so she helped navigate me further, and she found a hotel online that had the reception open around the clock and was not completely booked out. So I walked on, pushing my bike to that hotel and went in there to ask for a room, about half past midnight.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (19/n)
The check-in took a while, and the receptionist even showed me a place where I could park my trailer (outside, but hidden from view behind a high fence).
I carried my stuff to the room and got a nice warm shower ^^
My phone had dried enough so I could start charging it again, at 4 percent battery left.
I also plugged in my bike battery and my helmet for charging, and finally went to sleep around half past 2 ... phew.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (17/n)
That's when I noticed that my phone had stopped charging, at a bit above 50 percent battery. I assumed that the powerbank I was charging it from just got empty, and wanted to switch to the other one. But then my phone complained about the USB port being wet and wouldn't let me charge any more until it's dry again.
I started to panic a bit, but went on slowly, pushing my bike on foot rather than riding, after we had to end the phone call.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (18/n)
With less than 30 percent phone battery left, I got a message from @lenaschimmel@chaos.social who then called me so we could talk while I had the display turned off. I had already sent her my route, so she helped navigate me further, and she found a hotel online that had the reception open around the clock and was not completely booked out. So I walked on, pushing my bike to that hotel and went in there to ask for a room, about half past midnight.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (16/n)
I slowly continued on my planned route, and used the headset in my helmet to talk on the phone with @carostar@eldritch.cafe (which helped a lot to keep my mood up), when it started raining heavily again. After a few minutes, I found shelter under the roof of the entrance to a shoe store, and could at least change my wet gloves for dry ones and have a snack while I waited for the rain to stop.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (17/n)
That's when I noticed that my phone had stopped charging, at a bit above 50 percent battery. I assumed that the powerbank I was charging it from just got empty, and wanted to switch to the other one. But then my phone complained about the USB port being wet and wouldn't let me charge any more until it's dry again.
I started to panic a bit, but went on slowly, pushing my bike on foot rather than riding, after we had to end the phone call.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (15/n)
That was neither the first nor the last rainstorm of the day.
While the first few kilometers felt like dragging on forever, I somehow managed to get the 75 km to Zwolle until about 22:00.
I was fairly tired already, my bike battery very low, and I just wanted whatever place where I could recharge, sleep, and go to the toilet... but that still took a while.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (16/n)
I slowly continued on my planned route, and used the headset in my helmet to talk on the phone with @carostar@eldritch.cafe (which helped a lot to keep my mood up), when it started raining heavily again. After a few minutes, I found shelter under the roof of the entrance to a shoe store, and could at least change my wet gloves for dry ones and have a snack while I waited for the rain to stop.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (14/n)
That was after I had gone through some short patch of forest while the rainstorm started, which was scary o.o
Also that forest road was the place where I noticed that I probably lost one of my trailer's rear lights earlier -.-
At least I got to see a rainbow once it had cleared up a bit ^^
Travelling to WHY on a bike (15/n)
That was neither the first nor the last rainstorm of the day.
While the first few kilometers felt like dragging on forever, I somehow managed to get the 75 km to Zwolle until about 22:00.
I was fairly tired already, my bike battery very low, and I just wanted whatever place where I could recharge, sleep, and go to the toilet... but that still took a while.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (13/n)
So... yesterday. The weather was really annoying compared to the day before, when it was mostly cloudy with a little bit of rain that was even somewhat enjoyable.
Yesterday was switching back and forth between "the sun is too harsh and almost blinding me" and sudden heavy rain, while I was cycling against the wind most of the time.
Once I went off the road to seek shelter (at least for me, not the bike) under the roof of a carport with a tractor parked in it.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (14/n)
That was after I had gone through some short patch of forest while the rainstorm started, which was scary o.o
Also that forest road was the place where I noticed that I probably lost one of my trailer's rear lights earlier -.-
At least I got to see a rainbow once it had cleared up a bit ^^
Travelling to WHY on a bike (12/n)
yawns good meowning ^^
Yesterday was very... adventurous 😬
but at least I did not have to sleep on the street.
I can tell you more in about two hours, I have to leave this place before 12 so I should start getting ready instead of posting on fedi.
Travelling to WHY on a bike (13/n)
So... yesterday. The weather was really annoying compared to the day before, when it was mostly cloudy with a little bit of rain that was even somewhat enjoyable.
Yesterday was switching back and forth between "the sun is too harsh and almost blinding me" and sudden heavy rain, while I was cycling against the wind most of the time.
Once I went off the road to seek shelter (at least for me, not the bike) under the roof of a carport with a tractor parked in it.
Where can I get accurate #weather predictions for the #Netherlands? Preferably with a map of where it is/will be raining.
The DWD app has a Europe map and tries to show me predictions based on my location, but none of the multiple rain storms I got surprised by yesterday were visible on that map, so apparently their data for outside of Germany are kinda useless 🙃
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