It doesn't take much for an adventure. You need a bit of time, a weekend for example, and you need to head out. That's pretty much it.
A few weeks ago we went to Denmark. Booked a place on Wednesday, jumped on the train Saturday morning, back home Sunday evening. That was the entire plan. We clicked the route together on Thursday, and it changed three more times along the way. In the end we had a few really good hours on the bike and even more good time, the three of us.
Getting away is easier than we tell ourselves. A guesthouse somewhere, or a campsite by a lake. Booking takes five minutes. Bike on the train, or straight out the front door, pack a fresh bib and off you go.
Whether you ride 50 or 300 km a day doesn't matter. It's not about collecting kilometres. It's about being outside, arriving tired at the end of the day, sleeping somewhere you don't sleep every morning, and getting back on the bike the next day. The best stuff happens along the way anyway: the bakery you weren't looking for, the rain shower you wait out under a bus stop, the lake where you stay an hour longer than planned.
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We don't want to skip good coffee just because we're on the road. Carrying a whole bag of beans around is a pain, and the coffee at your AirBnB usually isn't reliable, if there's any at all. So we like to bring instant coffee. Blaek makes a really good one, straight out of Hamburg. They're supporting the Backyard this year. With HHBACKYARD12 you get 12% off in their shop.
Until next time.
Rasmus, Jasper, David und Jan
