Overnight rain meant that we had to pack the tents away wet for the first time on the trip. It began brightening up as we ate breakfast and by the time we were packed up and ready to go, it was warming up nicely too. We attacked the sandy slope out of the campsite and rather unsportingly, both managed to stay on!
Then it was the road out of Poland. A shame, from what we've seen it's rather a splendid country. Interesting birds too....beautiful plumage!
From the rolling countryside of Poland to the flat plains of Lithuania. Cruising along the roads to Marijampole, then on towards Klaipeda via Sakai and Jurbarkas, we were stunned by the big skies and open vistas. Completely rural and heavily forested, it was a relaxing ride as we looped around the Russian annex, back towards the Baltic coast. We pit stopped in Jurbarkas. A couple of coffees and a shared pizza for next to nowt. A very small town and all low rise, it had a very Scandinavian feel to it. I mentioned this to Steve, who agreed, "Yea...stunning women". "No, no, no, you Scottish troll...the architecture!", I censured, then took an extra bit of pizza whilst he was gawping.
We arrived in Klaipeda about 4pm (effectively losing another hour putting the clocks forward), got halfway into the city, didn't like the look of it, so cut north and found a campsite at a little hamlet on the coast called Karkle. Another great little site with all the facilities we need....hot water, shower and bog! Oh, and we had a 'lounge' again:
Stunning sunset :D
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ReplyDeleteLoving the pictures and the stories about the Scittish one - ask him to tell you the story about the Ewoks, just another twist on the ginger theme.
Been trying to follow your progress on Multimaps, you have travelled quite a distance, but I didn't realise there were so many Baltic states, especially after drinking the local brew.
Bring the Ewok back as I have some important jobs for him in August.
All the best
Sam