Police-Gluszca 75.5km
Skidmarks - 4.53
Sunday Riders - 5.30
Today was a three ! ! ! day! The descents and scary bits are preceded by a warning sign depicting from one to three exclaimation marks. Today was mostly 3's hurrah! Gregorz tries to avoid asphalt as much as possible and prefers to take us through a field than on a road. The past two days have been like the good bits of the Trans Alps squashed together with the asphalt removed.
The most exciting section today though was THE TUNNEL.
The Osowka tunnels were cut deep into the mountains during WW2 by locals enslaved by the German invading forces, to build rockets to bomb the UK.
On the approach we were waved into what looked like a wild west goldmine! The temperature suddenly dropped from the high 20's to a chilly seven degrees. It's very dark and lit by small lights on the ceiling every ten metres. It climbs gently until we reach a set of treacherous slippery wooden steps, then we ride some more and round a corner to come face to face with a twenty strong hard hat wearing tour party, who graciously stepped to one side and pointed us in the right direction:) Then we burst into sunlight and realise we're still wearing our sunglasses- doh!
Earlier in the day we passed through a forest where loggers were sitting and waving us through. Later Gregorz told us that they had demanded a litre of vodka to stop work and let the race through. He sent it ahead on one of the moto outriders.
Because I'm writing this on my mobile using predictive text some words are wrong. I meant Jane saw a slow worm not was.
2 comments:
Have you been dishing out sunglasses? How many do I need to order?
I need some new gafas I'll get them when I arrive:-)
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