Rest day at Lyngdal

So I have fixed & cleaned my bike finally. Turns out I had brake pads rubbing the disc all the way yesterday. Also fixed some of the organisational aspects of the setup, to make for easier and faster packing. Hopefully this will help me get up and on the road quicker. In terms of planning, lot of has changed from my initial planning in Hamburg. Instead of carrying multiple days of food, I am making a point to carry only the next meal or none at all. I am quite certain the more North I go, where resupply points will be less frequent, then I would have to. But for now I don’t have to carry much. I have been carrying some food from the time we crossed into Denmark, which may or may not be edible at this point.

I used to catch a particular sense of contentment during longer trips, it wouldn’t happen very often but sometime I would experience it; It’s almost like sweeping over a radio station while looking for another. It would come most unexpectedly, and would fade away very quickly. I can only describe it as being aware of a moment, experiencing myself experiencing it. I must admit, I have been looking for it since I left Hamburg. I am not sure if I will be able to experience it very often, given during my off-bike time I am usually thinking of where to ride my bike next. It took quite a bit of convincing myself to stay here today in this camp-ground. There’s generally an itch to move, to see what’s next, to sleep somewhere new. If this was a video game, I would be doing the main quest. But maybe the main quest is the point. The itch is almost unavoidable specially when I see my bike on the ground; the raw freedom it represents is overwhelming.

Speaking of my bike, I still have to name it.

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