Which was Wednesday 20 May 2015 (just for the record).
The first part was crossing a peninsula to (close to) the West coast. Went past what may have been a Soviet submarine harbour, but then it may not have been. South a bit to Kihelkonna, and apart from thoughts of where else a name like this might come from, appraised one of the guide books description as "bucolic". Quite a lot of Soviet era flats, but a tiny bit of village with ordinary houses near a stream which we would have missed if we had not taken a wrong turning. Anyway, the shop had a sunny outdoor table and we stopped for coffee and hamburger/panini from the shop's microwave.
Near Kihelkonna is a museum based on an old farm that escaped modernisation and we went to this. The old farm buildings were grouped round in a circle and contained implements, tools etc from the past.
There was also a traditional swing as part of the museum
As demonstrated by Katherine and George (we all 3 had a go).
The on, to Mandjala campsite near Kuressaare, the principle town of the island. We departed from the "official" route here for a short bit and went down the main road that runs past the farm museum, where we had a following wind and gentle gradients and did it rapidly (relatively). Turned off to get to the coast, where we met the proper route again, and about 10km on the best of dirt roads where we did the same sort of speed.. In Mandjala took a cabin for two nights. Campsite rather run down and a large party of Finns. For me, a consequence was that when I took a shower the water was tepid. It was also timed and 2 euros a go. Not good. We had previously cycled past anoither campsite that might have been better - but who knows?
The first part was crossing a peninsula to (close to) the West coast. Went past what may have been a Soviet submarine harbour, but then it may not have been. South a bit to Kihelkonna, and apart from thoughts of where else a name like this might come from, appraised one of the guide books description as "bucolic". Quite a lot of Soviet era flats, but a tiny bit of village with ordinary houses near a stream which we would have missed if we had not taken a wrong turning. Anyway, the shop had a sunny outdoor table and we stopped for coffee and hamburger/panini from the shop's microwave.
Near Kihelkonna is a museum based on an old farm that escaped modernisation and we went to this. The old farm buildings were grouped round in a circle and contained implements, tools etc from the past.
There was also a traditional swing as part of the museum
As demonstrated by Katherine and George (we all 3 had a go).
The on, to Mandjala campsite near Kuressaare, the principle town of the island. We departed from the "official" route here for a short bit and went down the main road that runs past the farm museum, where we had a following wind and gentle gradients and did it rapidly (relatively). Turned off to get to the coast, where we met the proper route again, and about 10km on the best of dirt roads where we did the same sort of speed.. In Mandjala took a cabin for two nights. Campsite rather run down and a large party of Finns. For me, a consequence was that when I took a shower the water was tepid. It was also timed and 2 euros a go. Not good. We had previously cycled past anoither campsite that might have been better - but who knows?
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