Dzien Dobry from Poland...country 7!

The storm swept over our wild-camp and meant that most people outside in the park/pub went home, leaving us in peace for the rest of the night. The humidity was high so we were feeling particularly filthy in the morning, despite the wet-wipe-wash the night before. Our 2.5-day no shower hair was the source of great amusement in the morning though :D

A local guy walking his dog stopped to chat as we were drying our things, he then returned a short while later in his car armed with cheese croissants and doughnuts for us. What a hero!! We were truly touched by this second act of kindness shown to us by locals.☺

The next challenge of the day was getting water. An unplanned wildcamp had left us with less than 500ml and by 8.30am we were already sweating just standing to pack the tent. Getting water was easier said than done in a undeveloped town with no supermarket with a card machine. Once we'd found our oasis and topped up on water and wafers we set out for an "easy" day to Poland.

We've unwittingly redefined easy over the last days and ended up doing 85km (I had 50km in mind!). The ride into Poland was pretty sesmless, no signage, just that we were greeted by a friendly cyclist saying "Dzien dobry!".

Polish cycle tracks have been a mix of small roads shared with farm traffic and totally horrible pot-holed bumpy roads, topped with loose gravel for extra fun factor. As we're spending A LOT of time in Poland we're really hoping they get better!

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