Just when the Lithuanian's had upped their game and sorted out the first meal of the day, the Poles go and let the side down. To ensure we were fully fuelled, we majored on the cereal part of breakfast and the cold meats/cheese/sloppy stuff was given a wide berth.
Hit the road shortly after 09:00, for a planned 60 miler to Bialystok, Poland.
Managed to avoid most of the morning hazards as we negotiated our way out of Augustow through their version of rush hour.
Even the weather played ball as we had some clouds, some sun and a side wind that didn't slow us up too much. Above all, it was DRY!
Hit the main A8-E67 and dug in for a good couple of hours graft before our first refuelling stop. Scenery very reminiscent of where we do most of our biking in the UK. i.e. Just like the countryside around Stamford and very nice too!
The café stop was considered a great success as we again both had double portions of CAKE and not just your common or garden Statoil cake but the real deal.
Feeling somewhat queasy, we put in another couple of hours of HGV dodging and arrived in Bialystok in the early afternoon.
We tried to get into our destination before the witching hour of 14:00 when swarms of nasty HGV's seem to take to the roads.The drivers having seemingly slept off their last great Yorkie indulgence or whatever else it is that seems to keep them from a normal days work.
We made straight for the IT (Tourist Info) bureau where we received exemplary help and booked into another very fancy hotel, apparently the best in town.
Within short order we had seen the end of the days Tour de France stage, showered, sauna'd and Jacuzzi'd and returned to our rather splendid room for some concerted gonking.
After a couple of hours, we took a turn around the town to spot somewhere nice for dinner. In this task, we failed miserably which proved to be a blessing in disguise.
Somewhat crestfallen, we returned to the hotel to eat. WOW!
Most will know, Tracey and Miles are foodies on the not so quiet and the meal we had tonight was FANTASTIC.
We've eaten in some pretty fancy places in our time and tonight's feast was as good as any of the Michelin star peppered places we normally frequent.
Bellies full, we returned to our room for some serious digestion.....
Total today another HGV infested 59 miles and 305m of ascent. Total trip 1656 miles.
More Southerly ramblings to follow.
Back soon. Miles & Tracey.
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