Weather and limits

Its a big shift in the holiday. The weather has changed. I realise a little late that the wind speed units are m/s and not km/h and that the forecast headwinds are in fact 50-70km/h. Plus snow. Serious weather - never mind being on a bike in it. After an emergency dither, I decide to take the already paid for ferry. Although I am really not sure whether this is a good plan.

On the ferry, there are 3 more cyclists in the same predicament- one has already booked a night indoors. In the end all of us decide that it would be wiser not to camp out in high winds and snow - and I book a room where Guenter is staying whilst the 2 girls stay a little further along the coast. Its good to be inside, but it still does not resolve the issue of what next. With headwinds of 50 plus and a coastline like a load of fingers its impossible to not have long stretches into the wind, never mind the snow showers. Up against my limits, I wish more than usual that I was not travelling alone. On the other hand, it is not just me who prefers some company in the circumstances.Read more