Passing through the Swedish forests and meadows, I passed 3000km. My longest biketrip ever.Will I ever exceed it?
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| Counting miles. Old Swedish road marking |
The first km after Kallhäll are still rather "urban", but gradually the landscape becomes rural again.
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| Railroad bridge over an arm of the large Mäleren lake |
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| Old industri: grain silo close to Bålsta, to be demolished, but when? |
And, I cannot resist to write something more about power. For my friends and ex-colleages in the power sector. In Sweden there are 7 (if I remember right) large North-South connections. I passed several of them today.
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| Two parallel high voltage lines |
Another Helinox lunch, in the forest this time. Appeared to be in an ant track, which offered some entertainment as I lossed a small piece of sausage.
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| 15 minutes between these pictures, The sauage bite has been partly eaten and moved |
I am now following another cycle route, the Mäleren valley route.
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| Good to know you are on the (a) right track |
Also here I meet an old acquaintance, see my blog from Iceland last year.
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| Nice flower? Maybe, but we should try to stop them |
Shortly before today's goal, Västerås, I passed a tumulus (No: gravhaug, Nl: grafheuvel) from somewhere between 500-1000 (funny they cannot determine that more precisely).
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| Anundshög tumulus, 9m high |
In Västerås I enjoy the hospitality of Lena and Peter, who offer a bed (and much more) as Warmshower hosts - thanks a lot to them!
102km in 8 hours, active time 6 hours,
Total 3055km (YES)
Gerard, I am very impressed by what you accomplish! Now (unfortunately? ) only one stage left of the great tour. I hope you can avoid the rain again, but the scenery may at least partly compensate the rain if you can't avoid it. Welcome to Ludvika tomorrow!
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