8th July 2024
Today started off with beautiful blue skies, as the day progressed the cloud came in until there was, a now familiar, weather bomb, that soaked me through, again!!!!
I pitched the tent in a forest next to lake Poogandi Jarv in Mustoja Nature Park near the Estonian / Russian border. There is a covered table, fire wood and a fire pit close by.
I pitched my tent in the pouring rain, got out of my sopping gear and into some dry clothes.
Cooked some dinner and then got a fire going.
Not even the rain can stop the “ fire starter”
The rain came down in buckets but still my fire would not go out, ha!!!
Today started off with beautiful blue skies, as the day progressed the cloud came in until there was, a now familiar, weather bomb, that soaked me through, again!!!!
I pitched the tent in a forest next to lake Poogandi Jarv in Mustoja Nature Park near the Estonian / Russian border. There is a covered table, fire wood and a fire pit close by.
I pitched my tent in the pouring rain, got out of my sopping gear and into some dry clothes.
Cooked some dinner and then got a fire going.
Not even the rain can stop the “ fire starter”
The rain came down in buckets but still my fire would not go out, ha!!!
Just pitched the tent
Tonight’s wet camp
If you want to get a fire going, pine needles is the solution. They go up like petrol.
It's sopping wet!
Torrential rain
Finally the rain stops.
Todays route
9th July 2024
After setting up my campfire last night a couple of families turned up and pitched their tents. While they were doing that I was attempting to dry my riding gear.
I stood there, by the fire, riding gear in hand, watching the steam pour from them.
After I’d dried them as much as possible I hung them up under the sheltered table.
My neighbours, particularly their kids, were quite chatty. There was no silence until after midnight.
When I awoke at 7 there was rain again. Everything I own is now moist.
I packed up and headed to the Estonian border. I’d been given a time slot of 1pm to arrive at the border. I arrived early, after a sign language chat to the woman at the booking place it looked like I was free to go to border control early.
After setting up my campfire last night a couple of families turned up and pitched their tents. While they were doing that I was attempting to dry my riding gear.
I stood there, by the fire, riding gear in hand, watching the steam pour from them.
After I’d dried them as much as possible I hung them up under the sheltered table.
My neighbours, particularly their kids, were quite chatty. There was no silence until after midnight.
When I awoke at 7 there was rain again. Everything I own is now moist.
I packed up and headed to the Estonian border. I’d been given a time slot of 1pm to arrive at the border. I arrived early, after a sign language chat to the woman at the booking place it looked like I was free to go to border control early.
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