bike is packed
the snow has stopped, it's snowed all night but now it stopped and
it's very late but yeah today about 90 95 kilometers to Gdansk
and it's almost 11 o'clock so you have only like four hours of daylight
the wind is cold i think i need winter tires because i can easily slide
the wind has dropped for a moment so
the temperature feels higher because the windchill brings the feeling temperature very low
but so far so good
it's snowing
slow entry after the sunset in Gdansk
the city of la Lech Walesa and Solidarnosc this is where it all started
the fall of the soviet union
current mood in Gdansk
pretty freezing pretty freezing
it cracked maybe i'm not gonna walk there i don't know, should i chance my luck or not?
no
today I'm in Gdansk, I'm at this historical place
I'm at the physical point where the solidarnos movement start
started and here is basically there is a museum and there is a physical point
where where the Solidarnosc movement started the solidarity movement and
basically it's a tribute to the people that lost their lives to fight for changing the history of
poland but the implication of Solidarnosc movement of his leader Lech Walesa
basically changed the course of european history because they basically
made the whole russian union fell
the baltic countries also gain independence from
russian union estonia latvia and lithuania and here is basically what is all started
and this is the original gate that i used to watch on tv in the news
when i was a little kid
to be honest it's not the original gate because the original gate was
uh was destroyed by a tank but this is a perfect reconstruction of the gate that was here
a signpost that I didn't expect in Gdynia
the sun is shining in Gdynia i'm about to leave
good stop in Gdynia i was at Cumulus
look at him the neighbour very good
so i'm leaving Gdynia, i had a good visit at Cumulus
i'm going to show you in a little bit some clips of my visit at Cumulus
today we are in Gdynia at Cumulus
one of the best companies that makes sleeping bags and also garments for outdoor
my name is Gregory and i'm representing the marketing department of the Cumulus company
for bike travellers the most popular are our best sellers like a Liteline 400
for someone who is traveling through in harsh conditions maybe the Panyam 450 or Panyam 600
or the Quilts like Davide is using during his trip are also very very popular among
bikers and hikers as well
yeah it's all about the quality and it's all about manufacturing everything is here in poland
every sleeping bag is coming out at this place we have a very helpful careful attention
we pay very careful attention to every single piece
of every sleeping bag and we can control the quality and two things are also important like a
fabric and thedown
the down is ethically sourced from the polish geese is known as the best in the world
and let's not forget they have hydrophobic down and you know my problems
with the night sweats and that's why i choosen Cumulus a long time ago but also what's important
for me about cumulus is the the customer support and i bought
two sleeping bags and one quilt from cumulus and it was only because the first time
that i ordered they there was a problem with the delivery and they fixed it at their own cost so
that i i really appreciate it but i also know that you you fix products for the clients
you do have a repair program no
yes of course if you buy something from Cumulus you're not alone you can contact us
wherever you want even when you are traveling you can just email us or call us and talk about your problems
so if you cut your your sleeping bag we can fix it
we can advise you how to do it to just do some temporary work and we will advise you what to do
after your trip to repair your sleeping bag so you're not alone and you can also you can always
ask us about fixing the product, your jacket, sleeping bag whatever you buy here
thank you so much and i was able to score a neck warmer/hat and so it was a
good call for me to come to visit the friends of cumulus
thank you Davide for having me here
yeah i fixed my bottom bracket bearings i had to replace them and let's go direction: sun
maybe it's cold but it's manageable it stopped snowing this morning so let's hit the road
when i said it was a good day sunny yeah very sunny
current situation
very white very white for a white christmas
i left the pave road
for this dirt road
not sure if it's the right choice
gopro batteries nothing is cold
but it's a nice dirt I'll be on this dirt for a while for the rest of the afternoon
it snows every now and then but it starts slowly like now then it snows a lot but only for like
maximum half an hour 15 minutes 30 minutes maximum and it stops clears up a little bit
for an hour two and then again so now as you can see it's starting to snow a little bit faster
so now it got pretty dark within a couple of minutes
and it started to snow
quite a bit
i'm back on paved road but it's still quite slippery
and snowing and i'm still very far i'm one hour from
from sunset sunset is in one hour and i still have to cycle about 45 kilometers
an hour after the sunset i don't know if the gopro can pick up any any signal
26 kilometers to go what can i do
disaster i fell miserably
i'm afraid to check the aftermath
it's fucking ice
and i hit my shoulder i hope i didn't crack my collarbone
the bike seems okay i broke the attachment of a bag ortlieb bag but i think i have a replacement
i have a spare one so
at the moment i use some voile straps and it's okay for tonight and then
I will just need to replace it
there was a swampy bit with lots of ice and
and yeah I just fell
i'm pretty worried about my collarbone because when i fell i hit my shoulder and i heard the
crack! on my collarbone
from my collarbone basically and
now it hurt a bit but
i don't know if you feel the pain immediately or afterwards i don't know
maybe i have some adrenaline now i don't know let me see where I'm going now
what a fucking day everything hurts now
my shoulder my neck
and i got the wrong
wrong path in the forest
ah what's this [ __ ]
let's check if i'm on the right path at least
[ __ ] even a bridge that is missing some bits
holy moly this day doesn't want to end
there are some bits missing here as well
let's try not tofell down this [ __ ] thing
i see some lights hopefully there is a [ __ ] road
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wow a [ __ ] road
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