going north

Today I put decent amount of work into my travel plan. Now the route for step one: “Going north” is planned and accommodations booked, except last night which is a wild card. Its tricky to find hostels or hotels online for France and Germany, especially within my budget.

This is what the route roughly will look like, rides divided on 7 days:
Visa större karta

Next I have to call Stena Line to see if I can make a reservation in a shared female cabin… there is supposed to be an option but not available online. Annoying but worth investigating, travelling alone gets expensive when you have to pay for doubles.

pay and forget

Riding out this morning as well as coming home I noticed that the bike parking is empty, and thinking about it has been for some days. This is strange because there used to be 3 bikes there most of the time, and 2 of them regulars. This makes me think that others have had their bikes vandalised too and now people are abandoning the parking.

Haunted corner?
Haunted corner?

Today, I went and bought a new mirror, luckily they were in stock so now I can see “everything” again and I feel good about that.

Pay and forget – live and let die!

vandalism

Just as happy as I was yesterday riding home on my Ducati, just as angry was I this morning finding it vandalised. Nothing disastrous but the right hand mirror was broken off and nowhere to be found. The mirror arm was turned so hard I couldn’t unscrew it, so this was obviously done with a lot of force. Since there wasn’t any other scratch I’m inclined to believe it was done on purpose.

Spanish word decribes this best: JODER!!!
Spanish word decribes this best: JODER!!!

When I brought down my Ducati from Sweden to Spain I promised myself not to cry if anything happened to it. The alternative had been to sell it and buy a bike that is less precious to me, but I couldn’t separate from my Monster and felt I had to take my chances.

The first time the bike was touched I did, but this time I just felt anger and tiredness. Yet another thing to organise. I have to contact the Ducati store to see if they have mirrors on the shelf or if it’s due to order. I do need it rather quickly, riding in Spanish traffic I need to see every angle.