Was planning on taking the 1000 ferry but woke in good time to catch the 0830. Took a little tour around town and found the castle which was very impressive. Headed off to The ferry terminal going past the railway station which had a bunch of rusting steam trains sitting outside of it. Guess these are the trains that would have serviced the railway line I came down yesterday. They looked rather sad and all I could think of is these were in the UK there would be some sort of historic preservation society restoring them to their previous glory.
As the place i stayed in last night didn't do breakfast I had a full English in the ferry going over which took best part of an hour. This was then followed by some of the least interesting cycling I've had in a while due to the barren nature of hiiumaa. Combine this with losing my cycling jacket which I can only attribute to a senior moment where I must-have stopped, taken it off, placed it on my panniers and then ridden off made for a crap days cycling. I also very tired as I had gone too fast yesterday and besides day 2 is always tough.
Was going to do the peninsula as I was told it had a nice lighthouse but couldn't justify the extra 30 km so gave if a miss. Consequently was at the 2nd ferry with about 2.5 hours to spare. Thought I planned it quite well as this would leave me plenty of time to chill and eat lunch except their was no food available. Guess we are a little early in the season as the restaurant down at the harbour was closed and the one in the village nearby was half demolished
Still I shouldn't complain as there was a couple of German chaps who had arrived at 1100 as they had been told there was a ferry at 1200. Ferry wasn't until 1730 so they had had one neck of a wait. Another cycling couple turned up (German again) and a Swiss biker. They all had plans to stay just the other side but I was determined to stay on schedule so set my sights on reaching the west end of Saaremaa and Kihelkonna which was a good 60km.
Head down and lights on as well as a high visibility top for what was to be the best cycling so far. Road was empty and the scenery so different from the cycling earlier really lifted my mood.
Was booked into staying at a religious hostel and got there in good time. Lady showed me in and then let me use the kitchen. 2 bowls of frosties and some pasta with butter and ketchup made for a very tasty meal. Shower and Bed
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