We have fantastically good cycling weather now in southern Finland. And I’m happy to report the fact that I’m using this chance at full speed! Specifically, last Saturday I participated in a group ride in Hamina region. (Continued)
It may be fun to post to the blog from a mobile phone. Doing so via the default web interface is certainly not the most convenient way (lot of extra traffic). Wordpress has blog by email solution, which is OK from traffic viewpoint, but I was scared by instructions - involving setup of a “secret email account” and a cron job. Also, it does not support insertion of images.
Scribe is a free Python Wordpress publishing client for Symbian S60 phones. Worked fine so far on Nokia E90 - this post is written in Scribe. Insertion of images is still not supported though; seems that the only client capable of it is a commercial Wavelog.
I cycled Helsinki-Tampere route to hang out with my former colleagues already many times. This became almost a tradition; I ride about 200km, and at some place meet my friends who rode maybe 20km from their homes. Each time I naturally try to choose a new route to explore small roads in between. This is how it went today:
The first span, Espoo-Karkkila, was nothing too interesting; I rode main roads to cover the distance faster. Early Sunday morning even roads like Valtatie 2 are almost empty. Then the nice part came. 2832 was a really great road: excellent pavement, very low traffic, spectacle outlooks. On road 283, in a small village Teuro, an exhibition of old machinery could be viewed at “Teuro old technique day”:
Old machines at Teuro day
Old bicycles at Teuro exhibition
40 km along road 2846 were another pleasant experience. The headwind, which I was fighting against all the route, became stronger; but I had enough time before our meeting and did not care about riding at too low speed. In the end, the average was (disgraceful for me) 24.6 km/h; well I have an excuse of that headwind.
It made altogether 230 km door-to-door - I did not cycle back but took a train. Great ride!