Coming from Tucson we have a notion of rain being a 15 minute episode every few days during our semi rainy monsoon season. The thought that it would go from drizzle to light rain and back all day for two days wouldn't seem possible. That would be incorrect :-) Today we saw about a hundred bicycles - on car bike racks. We felt bad for all of the families headed up to the ferry to the outer islands who wouldn't be doing any bike riding this weekend.
Since leaving Ribe, Denmark, yesterday it has been pretty constant, accompanied by a stiff wind right off of the North Sea. Fortunately we have had mostly a quartering tail wind. When it's been a straight cross wind it's almost funny how we were getting buffeted around. We have seen several cyclists, but today it was just us and the sheep... and they weren't happy either. We found a cute hotel in Bredstedt around noon and the call of a hot shower, warm lunch and dry inside was just too great :-) A .5l glass of good German beer didn't hurt either.
Nice nap listening to the rain and wind. It stopped raining so were grabbing our shoes to head out and explore... when it started raining again. It's supposed to be more of the same tomorrow, so maybe we'll look in to options on the train to keep us moving towards The Netherlands at a little faster pace. Better weather is coming early next week.
All of our equipment is performing well. The Ortlieb panniers and handlebar bags are indeed waterproof. The Surlys are shifting and riding well in the wet weather. And the jeans and fleece feel great!
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