Saturday 13 July 2013

Day 15 - 13/07/2013

Day 15 Kolding (DK) to Hook of Holland (NL) 4998 miles since leaving home. 490 miles today. We got up quickly, trying to make progress towards getting our bike fixed - something which went miraculously well, and was incredibly tense. After leaving the bike last night next to a motorcycle garage, we came back an hour before the shop opened to the bike - with Konrad going on recon to another shop (which seemed more like a Danish Halfords) - where he found the exact inner tube needed for the bike's punctured tube, which after slowly riding to with the bike, we bought. Andy managed to get the bike to the back of the dealer afterward- and despite doing ourselves and getting limited (but invaluable) help in replacing the inner tube, we were able to use the extensive tools in order to quickly fit the new inner tube into the tyre in order to get going as soon as possible; which amazingly only took an hour. This good stroke of luck meant we could get back on the road- and the combination of finding a perfect replacement tube and the perfect facilities to fit it meant that we left Kolding by 11am with all our stuff, making it out of Denmark by 12.30 and speeding along in order to cover 750km in 8 hours in order to comfortably make the ferry. We rarely stopped (only for fuel), and our asses were sore- but it was worth it, as we made it for the ferry on time. Overall: Mosquito Aggressiveness: 0/10 Ass Pain Rating: 9/10 Hot Dog Tally: 16 333g Burgers: 1 Punctures: 1


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