Day 20: Sat 29 Jul: Fredrikstad to Moss
Cycle: 48 km - Total so far: 857 km Start time: 8:25am Stop time: 12:15pm Weather: clouds with some sun, a little rain, temp 13 to 18deg; which is perfect for cycling One of the best days cycle touring for a long time. A few hundred metres from the hotel, via a dead-quiet city centre mall and we were on a separate hot-mix bike path, where we stayed for most of the day. The wind was from the back and there was hardly a hill to speak of. We didn't see an awful lot, just lovely countryside filled with copybook crops, mainly the grains. Some very plump, ripe and ready for harvest. However the recent rain would have put a dampener on that. About 20km from Fredrikstad we finally got a light shower of rain from very ominous looking black clouds but it only lasted a few minutes. As we weren't in any hurry we took shelter under the awning of a restaurant. At Karlshus we came across a lovely bakery where we had coffee and a Danish (the Scandinavians have no idea of what a...