I wake up at 6AM, go to work, get back home somewhere between 3 and 6PM, researching maps, fiddle with bikes, order stuff, sleep. Repeat. Groundhog days like these pass by for the last 10 months of living in Rybnik, Poland – a spell broken on just a few occasions to hike, cycle or visit […]
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Jura! Krakow to Czestochowa
A high pitched female scream vibrates in front of me as I race downhill a leaf covered trail. Tires continue rustling through the golden-brown carpet of the forest floor. There it goes again! I feel hot and damp air on my face as I exhale into my neck warmer. The yell hits my eardrums once […]
Eat like kings, ride like fools. Masurian delights.
Claus – with all the calmness he could muster at this moment – grabbed the knob with the remaining three fingers of his left hand and pushed the door away from him. Scorching July sun made his pupils constrict instantly and at the same time droplet of sweat rolled down behind his well ironed shirt […]
Go east: Riding into Roztocze
Things can go fast. One day we wake up in Slovenia with all our belongings stuffed in the car and just a handful of hours later we fall asleep in a different bed, in Poland. Things can also go painfully slow. With possessions misplaced, turned up side down and in side out, it is hard […]
At the end of the World: Zyndranowa to Lupkow and beyond
https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1261899414/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e99708/tracklist=false/t=1/transparent=true/ After sleeping in my tent for the past days I’ve decided it was high time for some luxury – a couch on the porch seemed like the perfect solution. The warm and breezy night was shared with a guest cat. You never sleep alone in the hills… On the evening of my arrival another […]
Dirt road to company: Krynica Zdroj to Zyndranowa
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=225596113/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e99708/minimal=true/transparent=true/ Woken up by the first bits of sun dissolving in the air above my tent I step onto cold grass. With the stove set up for coffee I go for a walk on the meadow and enjoy the first glimpses of a day to come. Checking in with my map I see one particular […]
Goodbyes, Hellos: Szczawnica to Krynica Zdroj
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2328867230/size=small/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e99708/t=7/transparent=true/ A coke, a bottle of water and a tiny portion of chicken soup is all I had to eat other day. Waking up and feeling actual appetite was a great relief. Checking in with Nick and Lael reveals we’re all fine and fit for the road ahead. Breaking camp is much more pleasant […]
Born on the trail: Chabowka to Szczawnica
Back there it’s still August. I sit at my house and think about days better than others. To get back there as soon as possible is my main goal. Yet the long way ahead calls for a critical look at my gear choices. So there I am… sitting and waiting for parts to arrive. Fat […]
Orienteering from Lodz to Greater Poland Voivodeship
The land around Lodz Voivodeship is rich with forests where one can get lost for long hours of trail, dirt and service road exploration.Being local and having spent a lot of time riding around some of the surrounding forestry land I know it like the back of my hand. Yet there’s still a lot to […]
Lazy sun
Long, warm days are gone, giving room to foggy, damp and fresh mornings.Forrest paths get covered under a leaf duvet.With it’s last breath nature bursts with series of autumn colours…Yellow.Green.Red.Sometimes blue.Here and there afternoons give a false impression of summertime.Just to reveal it’s true colours on another occasion.Familiar places and paths, climate cycle I’m accustomed […]
In Between Spokes 