Field notes:

Bikepacking expedition 3: first multi-day test ride for the Eurovelo 11 attempt
Lahemaa national park, submarine, hara sadam, Nordkapp, Beast of the East, balance, adventure, fortitude, compound adventure, millennial, Bikepacking Eurovelo, Bikepacking Europe, Bikepacking Estonia, gravel bike, cycling, wellness, health, resilience, health and wellness, cycle touring, Eurovelo 11, Eurovelo, Bikepacking in Estonia, Silk Road mountain race, gravel bike adventure, Tallinn Estonia, bikepacking adventure Estonia, Lääne-Viru County, Rakvere Estonia, Rakvere Chris Shirley MA FRGS Lahemaa national park, submarine, hara sadam, Nordkapp, Beast of the East, balance, adventure, fortitude, compound adventure, millennial, Bikepacking Eurovelo, Bikepacking Europe, Bikepacking Estonia, gravel bike, cycling, wellness, health, resilience, health and wellness, cycle touring, Eurovelo 11, Eurovelo, Bikepacking in Estonia, Silk Road mountain race, gravel bike adventure, Tallinn Estonia, bikepacking adventure Estonia, Lääne-Viru County, Rakvere Estonia, Rakvere Chris Shirley MA FRGS

Bikepacking expedition 3: first multi-day test ride for the Eurovelo 11 attempt

My third bikepacking trip is a test ride for a big multi-day trip I want to do later in summer that would see me riding all the way across Estonia following the Eurovelo 11 cycling route towards the end of summer when the weather has got a little cooler. It would be 500 kilometres (c.300 miles) so I will need to be used to spending multiple days out on the road.

Read More
Bikepacking expedition number 2: exploring an underwater prison building!
Murru Prison, freediving, rummu, rummu adventure, rummu freediving, gravel bike, Estonia, Ämari Pilots’ Cemetery Estonia, Ämari Pilots’ Cemetery, Estonia Tallinn, bikepacking, Bikepacking Estonia, Bikepacking Europe, tomb raider, Tallinn Estonia, Rummu sunken prison, Rummu prison, Rummu quarry, Silk Road mountain race, silk road mountain race (SRMR), digital nomad, digital nomad visa Chris Shirley MA FRGS Murru Prison, freediving, rummu, rummu adventure, rummu freediving, gravel bike, Estonia, Ämari Pilots’ Cemetery Estonia, Ämari Pilots’ Cemetery, Estonia Tallinn, bikepacking, Bikepacking Estonia, Bikepacking Europe, tomb raider, Tallinn Estonia, Rummu sunken prison, Rummu prison, Rummu quarry, Silk Road mountain race, silk road mountain race (SRMR), digital nomad, digital nomad visa Chris Shirley MA FRGS

Bikepacking expedition number 2: exploring an underwater prison building!

My second bikepacking expedition to prepare me for the Silk Road Mountain race comes quite possibly as a result of playing too much Tomb Raider as a teenager when I hear about a sunken prison building in the middle of a lake that’s around 40 kilometres away from Estonia’s capital city, Tallinn that I’m exploring as a digital nomad.

Read More