09/09/2025
A video of my one-day bike adventure in northern Poland in July 2025.
When life's hard and you rarely get a chance to do a longer ride... you take what you can and make the most of it. Whether you have a bike designed for long rides or just an urban single speed with skinny tyres, like I did. 'Not suitable'? Sorry, I can't hear you, I'm already on my way.
The morning was very wet and the first part of the route was nasty (partly due to my error!) but then things just got better and better.
I would have probably done more than 100 miles if not for running out of electricity to charge the phone and wasting an hour or two looking for a power bank to buy.
I roughly followed the route from Kołem Się Toczy - but due to some payment/delivery issues (classic Polish problems) I did not have the map in time and never studied the route, so I quickly took some wrong turns and went totally off the script once I got closer to the sea.
All in all, it was a great adventure, lovely ride and a great opportunity to see something very different than I see when I cycle in Scotland (but definitely reminding me of my childhood awe for the Baltic Sea!)
Bike with a Vengeance, turning 100% anger, grit and defiance into happiness with every pedal stroke.