From Darlowo, it was on again. Maybe a day-by-day account gets a bit tedious. Would more of an overview be better? I do not think so, really. Cycling along ordinary roads again, but on the minor roads with very little motor traffic, was pleasant. The excellent weather continued. More huge wind turbines, which so impressed me - and favourably.
We cycled via a village with a famous church which was shut.
The to another seaside resort. Have I mentioned that the Polish people really know how to "do seaside" with full amusement arcades and people enjoying the beaches? The Balkic Sea beaches are glorious and during this time anyway, the weather was excellent. Here are a cuple pf photos from the top of a cliff.
But for us all a bit much. Are we snobbish? Well, here, just foreign and not speaking the language. And with a schedule on our bikes.
Anyway, we ended up in a place called Gaski, where we found a more chaotic camp-site, to our liking, with access to the beach. So two of us went swimming in the evening and the third next morning. We had supper "out" and chose something with a name I cannot remember, said to be traditioanl Polish. We have had excellent Polish food, but this was simply dull!
From Gaski, it was on, again mainly on ordinary roads. By this time, we were cautious about parts of the route said to be on forest paths and the like. These could be really good, in beautiful surroundings with a good track to go along. Well, they were alwayds in beautiful surroundings, but sometimes the surface one was cycling on needed a lot of concentration and was, quite simply, difficult. So, anyway, we ended up at Mrzezyno and you will enjoy pronouncing that. A rather indifferent camp-site is my principal recollecdtion.
Conscious of time and days passing. We decided to do a long day and get to Swinoujscie, on the German border and about 90km away, in one day. Started on good time and along an excellent cycle track next to a cobbled road. Cars make a different sound on a cobbled road, basically much louder and intrusive. Still, motor traffic was light. We came to a military camp, and no further direct progress. Eventually, found a marked diversion on good-quality dirt tracks through the forest. This bit was fun. But it took us to the cobbled road the other side of the army camp, and this time no cycle-friendly path at the side. A very bumpy several km, which increased our separation in terms of who could stand going faster. But we got through and there, lo and behold, a rather classy cafe. Coffee and cakes, or course. Then on. Because of the planned mileage, kept going through another resort, Pogorzelica and on through Niechorze and Pobierowo to Dziwnow. Pronounce any of these and you are better than me even though I have been there! From Dziwnow it was on to Miedzywodzie across a hilly bit. Heavenly coming down, but quite tough going up. Then finally, we eschewed the reommended path through the woods and went towards Swinoujscie on a big main road, with heavy trucks rushing by and a good smell of diesel. But we got to the ferry for the past bit, and arrived. Days this long were unusual but sometimes necessary.
Incidentally, Swinoujscie is spelled with an acute accent over the "s" 4 places from the end. What this does for the pronounciation, I have no idea. Polish place names, and ordinary words are full of this sort of thing, with accent marks all over the place.
In Swinoujsci, we had a day off. Time to relax, cathch up a bit on email correspondence, and just not cycle somewhere. We swam in the sea, played a Polish style arcade game, , and enjoyed it, and had a nice dinner together.
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We cycled via a village with a famous church which was shut.
The to another seaside resort. Have I mentioned that the Polish people really know how to "do seaside" with full amusement arcades and people enjoying the beaches? The Balkic Sea beaches are glorious and during this time anyway, the weather was excellent. Here are a cuple pf photos from the top of a cliff.
But for us all a bit much. Are we snobbish? Well, here, just foreign and not speaking the language. And with a schedule on our bikes.
Anyway, we ended up in a place called Gaski, where we found a more chaotic camp-site, to our liking, with access to the beach. So two of us went swimming in the evening and the third next morning. We had supper "out" and chose something with a name I cannot remember, said to be traditioanl Polish. We have had excellent Polish food, but this was simply dull!
From Gaski, it was on, again mainly on ordinary roads. By this time, we were cautious about parts of the route said to be on forest paths and the like. These could be really good, in beautiful surroundings with a good track to go along. Well, they were alwayds in beautiful surroundings, but sometimes the surface one was cycling on needed a lot of concentration and was, quite simply, difficult. So, anyway, we ended up at Mrzezyno and you will enjoy pronouncing that. A rather indifferent camp-site is my principal recollecdtion.
Conscious of time and days passing. We decided to do a long day and get to Swinoujscie, on the German border and about 90km away, in one day. Started on good time and along an excellent cycle track next to a cobbled road. Cars make a different sound on a cobbled road, basically much louder and intrusive. Still, motor traffic was light. We came to a military camp, and no further direct progress. Eventually, found a marked diversion on good-quality dirt tracks through the forest. This bit was fun. But it took us to the cobbled road the other side of the army camp, and this time no cycle-friendly path at the side. A very bumpy several km, which increased our separation in terms of who could stand going faster. But we got through and there, lo and behold, a rather classy cafe. Coffee and cakes, or course. Then on. Because of the planned mileage, kept going through another resort, Pogorzelica and on through Niechorze and Pobierowo to Dziwnow. Pronounce any of these and you are better than me even though I have been there! From Dziwnow it was on to Miedzywodzie across a hilly bit. Heavenly coming down, but quite tough going up. Then finally, we eschewed the reommended path through the woods and went towards Swinoujscie on a big main road, with heavy trucks rushing by and a good smell of diesel. But we got to the ferry for the past bit, and arrived. Days this long were unusual but sometimes necessary.
Incidentally, Swinoujscie is spelled with an acute accent over the "s" 4 places from the end. What this does for the pronounciation, I have no idea. Polish place names, and ordinary words are full of this sort of thing, with accent marks all over the place.
In Swinoujsci, we had a day off. Time to relax, cathch up a bit on email correspondence, and just not cycle somewhere. We swam in the sea, played a Polish style arcade game, , and enjoyed it, and had a nice dinner together.
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