Day 5: Emden-Norden

When I first skated out of Emden this morning, I thought: That went smoothly, given that there was little traffic and good roads. But after two kilometres, the road was closed and I had to take a detour which involved a bike lane on a paved sidewalk for kilometres. When back on the original route, there were bike lanes, but most of them had pavements of non-skater-approved quality.

Due to the road conditions, I was pretty slow on my first ten kilometres. But the second half towards Greetsiel where I had planned my lunch break, had better roads, fortunately.

I started to eat lunch outside at a supermarket, but quickly moved inside because a heavy rain shower came down. Because I wanted to avoid skating on wet ground, I had another coffee and waited a bit longer. Luckily, the sun came back and dried the roads pretty quickly.

The second half of the day took me from Greetsiel to Norden on good roads and with a gentle breeze from behind. In Norden, my feet thanked me for visiting a pharmacy and stocking up on Hansaplast and Bepanthen.

Tomorrow, I plan to continue to Bensersiel and either Saturday or Sunday to Wilhelmshaven. The other weekend day will be a rest day.