Dookoła Polski 22 dzień (Kosmata Górka-Drohiczyn)

Day 22 Monday, 24.07.2011

Distance 178.6 km Time 9h 21min Average speed 19.1 km/h Max speed 43.3 km/h

Again, a report written the next day.

From the morning to Kruszyniany.

The inn 'At the end of the world', but a bit too early to taste the Tatar delicacies. Unfortunately, I only saw the mosque from the outside because I was there already at 8:00!

Further that day and basically until the end of the trip, riding the Orthodox churches trail.

Each one different and beautiful, new and old, small and large, well-kept and dilapidated, really worth it.

Leaving Kruszyniany, I rode on local often gravel roads.

On the way, fantastic villages lost between fields and forests near the border: Świsłoczany, Mostowlany and others.

I reached the Siemianówka reservoir. I had planned to arrive there yesterday to spend the night but lacked time and strength.

A perfect place for that.

I took a short break there and met a bikepacker, a student from Wrocław, who had stayed there overnight and had been fishing since morning.

Then I rode to Hajnówka and saw an impressive Orthodox church. But it is not the same as the picturesque wooden churches seen before and after.

To end the day, I sped to Grabarka to see the most important place for Orthodox believers.

It was worth it, especially the forest of crosses on the hill makes an impression, though that is not the right word.

Then a sprint to Drohiczyn for another meeting of the 'Kraków peloton'.

I mainly rushed because a powerful storm cloud was chasing me. I made it with just a bit of drizzle.

Another pleasant evening spent mainly on cycling and travel talks.