Estonia

Narva

I spent a frustrating half hour or so trying to put a replacement bulb into my headlight assembly this morning. I was getting angry with myself for being so inept at clipping it in until I realised that part of the assembly was broken off and there was nothing to clip it in to. I settled for the previous bodge and we set off from Pärnu into the sunshine and a noticeably warmer air.

Stopped in Tallinn for a very healthy lunch and spent a while outside talking to the porter who spoke about 7 languages and was dressed in period costume apart from his trainers sticking out underneath!

As we headed East along the coast passing more ice lakes it started raining and getting cold. Passing a place called Püssi it was getting quite wet, but rather than stop for a cuppa we carried on to Narva and our hotel just a few miles shy of the Russian border.

We had a nice dinner downstairs where there was some sort of function on and a guy placing cheesy guitar along to his backing tracks!

222 miles today.

We got up slightly earlier this morning as yesterday was a bit excessive!
We had a lovely breakfast of fried potato cakes and frankfurters made for us by Jana. We then had a chat about the days destination and slowly got packed up.

We had made the decision to cut the journey to Tallinn in half and stop at a holiday resort on the coast recommended to us by Igor. So we set off North towards Pärnu around 12ish and found our way out of Riga. After only 15 miles we had a little issue with a couple of Police Officers! Something to do with speed I think and were on our way again.

Lunch was soon after in a small bistro just off the main road and from there it was non-stop to Pärnu. The road surface was extremely good and with thick forests on either side the ride was very pleasant. There was a few frozen lakes around as well with the odd nutter sat fishing in the middle of some!

We crossed through the Latvian/Estonian border without even stopping and arrived at our destination at around 6pm. A very helpful couple guided us in as we were slightly lost upon arrival!

We relaxed in our ample hotel room for a couple of hours before venturing out into the Baltic conditions outside to find a bite to eat.

118 miles ridden today.