While this was only a 45 km jaunt down the main road the eurovelo recommended some kind of crazy path through the woods.
I set off over the river and into the woods on a gravel track, but it sooner turned to mud. At one point a bank of sand halted the wheels and it was slow going. The mud had dried in the sun but there were still puddles in the shade and my back wheel slipped through the loose sand that hadn't been flattened by a recent tractor.
Eventually it gave way to another gravel path that made things easier going, while the trees blocked the wind. According to Mytracks the pace had dropped around 25 per cent and that was hard going.
The mud track was probably the wrong route, but it took me off the main road earlier.
Liepaja is a nice town and is geared up for tourists in the summer. The Jurmalas park offers games, while the beach stretches for miles. Sad to say I had a cheek round of minigolf alone - including a hole in one, honestly - where I bumped into the Germans.
Marvin and Thore had not reaches Liepaja last night and ended up camping in the downpour. It still gets cold at night, and rather impressively they had managed to build a fire. Less so, Thore had burnt his trainers trying to dry them and they were held together with tape.
In the evening we had a couple of beers in a famous rock bar, where a live band was playing.
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