Seven friends went down to Skaraborg to try the nice roads around Undern and Göta canal. We were lucky enough to live absolutely fantastic right by the water with a bath, sauna and homemade Pizza. So the right place, the right food and good friends, all set for a great weekend.
Saturday started with some loose gravel, the local count had maintained the road, a bit challenging but it went well after all. The heat rises, 25-26 degrees, SEK 1000 to whoever saw a cloud, hardly any wind. We drank like camels. After four miles we come to a beautiful beach, quite nice to breathe in the shade and take some pictures.
We steam towards coffee, vegan meatball sandwiches and buns, it's nice that all the signs were in German, you can guess where the tourist streams are coming from.
En tid efter fikat, mitt inne i Tivedens nationalpark, hör jag ett svagt rop bakom mig -“Gerry… Gerry”.. Hemliga Pontus hade problem! Det visade sig vara ratcheten i hans DT Swiss 240 EXP nav som inte längre grep in. Färdigcyklat. Appostlahästarna fick ges extra foder och så iväg.
Lite samtal till nästa fik för hjälp, långt att gå… 20km. Vi bestämmer att några cyklar i förväg medan P och V slår följe. P är ju initiativrik och lyckades snart charma en tysk familj att köra honom, med nu något stukad kolfiberraket till fiket. Tyvärr hade V inte riktigt fått 100 klart för sig hur den uppdaterade “gena” rutten blev, men efter en del irrfärder kom hon rätt.
P rents a MTB, leaves the bike there and we drive the last 25k to pick up the car, while the rest of the gang complete the route.
In the evening, pizza was served, the new wood-burning Onni oven was inaugurated and the occasional bottle of good wine was enjoyed before we fell asleep, like exhausted Cranes.
Sunday, a trip to Sjötorp and then along Göta Kanal.
Mr P acted as escort car, in the absence of a working bicycle. Met us at various places, served ice cold Frappucino and salty treats, maybe a new standard? Some wanted to scale up and requested Russian Caviar and blinis, but apparently there is some sort of limit?
The tour was initially mostly in forest, with some open sections.
Nice dirt roads, a little path and then a beautiful pond.
In Sjötorp we had a better lunch and finally it was time for 40k Göta Kanal, really nice and magically beautiful. We studied a sluice, a fishing competition and a huge ice cream.
After Kanalen, we only have 20km to go, but we have time for a small navigation error and a hike-a-bike, Class III. Kind of just moss 🙂
Once there, we take a swim, pack our bikes and summarize the weekend as absolutely fantastic. Thanks to P who had arranged and thanks to everyone who participated!
The route we drove on Sunday:
https://teamutangranser.se/toreboda-hova-ostlig-loop/
