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Riding the TET (Day 12 | Albania )

(In lack of a comfortable Computer I will do the lower case/upper case(Gross/Kleinschreibung), when I m at home again)

The next day was Promising to be a short ride. My goal for the day was to get to the beach at Borsh, so I had only about 60-70km of riding ahead of me. Still a bit exhausted from the previous days, i Set Off into the Mountains.

The roads curved along steep Mountains with only a few exceptions of wider paths, where platforms had been Made by large machines in Order to Mine and process huge Blocks of marble. The roads where White due to the marble dust and once in a while a big Truck would approach me at frightening speeds, only to happily Wave at me once i had stopped struggling and trying Not to Crash into Them.

Some time later the trail lead into a Valley, where there was a small River crossing. After that i Made a wrong Turn and got to a second, much longer and much deeper Rover crossing. I went through it, noticed my mistake and turned around. “At least my Bike will be a bit cleaner afterwards”, i thought while going through the deep water for a second time.

this was the smaller River crossing

After that the Road became relative relaxed and soon afterwards i was in Borsh. When i Started looking for the Campsite, i found Out there was a Festival going in at the time (South Outdoor Festival) and it was pretty Close to my Campsite. I Put Up my hammock and went to sleep.

I slept until about 2 in the morning, when i found Out that Most of the people at the Campsite had gone to the Festival and were now having thr Afterparty at the campsite (with loud music…)

The next day i woke Up at 8 o clock. I got Up, Started my Bike and let it idle to warm Up. After i had gotten a angry Look from at least half of the people at the campsite, i went to a nice Cafe and had a extended breakfast.

when i came Back i Started doing some maintenance, i cleaned and lubed Up my Chain and tried cleaning Out the fork seals again.

i spent a second night at the campsite because i didnt feel too good, but i mostly concentrated on doing as little as possible to properly relax.

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