Masi

1st day cycling was a mix of comical incompetence and big payoffs.

We left the hotel at 1, going the wrong way 3 times before finally finding our way out an hour later.

I fell off within the first hour, damaging myself and the bike (neither beyond repair)

After that it looked up (in all senses) as we climbed a mountain beside river rapids in a canyon.

I Inadvertently herded 30 reindeer, as they panicked at the site of me and ran beside my bike, looking for a way of the road.

Just as energy was giving out, a Cafe sign appeared on the horizon and there we met a Ukrainian student so interested in our British-ness (go figure) made us Ukrainian stew and fresh coffee for free (a cafetiere, no less!)

Now, after a camping cooker dinner, we have our first night of camping - tuck in beside a closed winter lodge.

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