What do you do with 10 day’s off? Not a lot is what.

This week has mostly been spent in the company of Stephen King and his epic novel The Stand. At 1142 pages, quite as challenge in itself.

I tried unsuccessfully to service the bike. Help came in the form of Peter Heath an Englishman who has lived in Finland since before I was born. He spent a couple of hours tweaking the bike in his garage while I like a good student tried to take in as much as I could.

Over an English breakfast he told me of his numerous tour’s since 1979, which only wet my appetite to get back on the road.

He told me something I don’t think I’ll ever forget. No matter how tired, cold, wet or hungry you are. Pick your head up, get back on the bike and pedal, eventually something will turn up. Hopefully in the form of a pub.

He’s right you know, something does always turn up. But only if you keep on pedalling.