A railway line makes an attractive cycle path. There are no cars and the gradient is never too steep. However 64 kms of straight line, with forest on either side, however beautiful, can get a little boring. It is worse when it starts to rain.
We had fortunately booked an apartment for the night in Haapsula so were able to dry out and warm up.
The path is called the 'HealthTrail' and we did encounter some fast cyclists who soon left us far behind. There were only a couple of stations with anything to see. One seemed to be a youth club if some sort. There was a fire burning inside and rain outside, so it did seem attractive. However, we really couldn't pass as Estonian youth, so eat our lunch on a bench outside. The other was rather sadder as a memorial to the hundreds if Estonians who had been transported to Siberia in cattle trucks along the railway, in 1941 and 1949 by Stalin.
But there was also beauty along the way. We have been seeing these flowers in ditches and marshes along the way since Russia. They are nearly over now.
We had fortunately booked an apartment for the night in Haapsula so were able to dry out and warm up.
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