Day 28: Sun 6 Aug: Eskilstuna to Sodertalje
Cycle: 93 km - Total so far: 1,326 km Start time: 8:15am Stop time: 2:30pm Weather: fine to start then rain after the first hour, 17 to 15deg, it got colder as the day progressed! Due to all the rain over the last few days we decided that it would be a good idea to avoid the dirt tracks today. This would entail a few more km, in fact about 13. It turned out to be one of those days that you just want to finish. We got away ok on a nice bike path but came to a halt within a few km when Google Maps had us on the E20, an expressway with 120km/hr speed limit and no bikes. We soon got around that and clocked up 20km in the first hour. We stopped for our customary rest and almost immediately we were hit with a heavy downpour of rain. After waiting for the worst to pass and getting the rain jackets on, we headed off again into light rain. Basically, we didn't stop till Strangnas, the 40km mark and morning tea. The rain wasn't heavy but off and on, just enough to put a dampener ...