05.06.25 Day 29 - Haapsalu-Tallinn. I did it!

Tallinn was the goal of my trip, kind of, and now I'm here. Feels a bit unreal after almost 2900km on the bicycle. But I'm not really finished, I have to get home. So moving on to Sweden and Ludvika, to my old friend Ralf. No sorry, young friend. It's just that we've know each other for 51 years 😀. In Ludvika, Anbjørg will come with the car, and we'll drive home together. 

Relaxing and looking around the next two days. And as this is a cycling blog and not a tourist guide, the next blog will be on Sunday, when I intend to continue cycling from Grisslehamn in Sweden.

Tallinn here I come

As indicated yesterday, I took the shortest way to Tallinn, giving me a day to look around tomorrow. I clearly was not he only one to take this way (instead of the Eurovelo 13), as I met several cyclists.

Mika from Finland

I also talked to Robert from Germany, and saw a few others.

After many km in the forest I came to Padise, with a rich cultural heritage.

There has been a bridge here since the 16th century. This one was built 100 years ago, and renovated in 2011.

Monastery in Padise

Gradually it became time for lunch and with few other options, another Helinox lunch. I'm really fond of that chair. You can sit on the ground, but I'm 69 and find this greatly more comfortable 🙂.

Lunch in the fields. Clearly these meadows are not a actively cultivated

So far, the road has been quiet, but the last 10-12km before Keila are quite busy. There is a 40cm shoulder. Before and after Keila there s a bike lane, but then nothing more and a lot of traffic. But now 80cm shoulder. The last 10 or so km before Tallinn and through the city there are bikelanes again.

One thing you see a lot of in the Baltics are deprecated factories. I assume from the communist past.

Not much going on here anymore

With a good tailwind this became an easy day, apart from the part through the city that became a struggle. I have earlier written about the ease of navigating a city with GPS. Well, that assumes everything works well. Yesterday I upgraded my phone, and after that it became "unstable", randomly shifting between apps and menus on every bump. And there are a lot in cities especially. So a lot of screen touching, while looking out for cars, pedestrians etc. But i found the hotel in the end. Need to take a look at the phone.

Last week's route

Now two quiet days, I'll be back on Sunday.

109km in 8 hours, active time 6:20.

Total 2882km.

Link to GPX trail