2026

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  July 28, 2026

  Poland [ July 2026]

  Buff3y blasts down the eastern flank of Poland, making a B-line for Krakow . Top to bottom is a distance of approximately 950km of mostly flat going then rolling farmland with the mountains only starting to make an appearance with the Tatra Mountains along the southern border with Slovakia. Final stop off in Lithuania prior…

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  July 11, 2026

  Buff3y Blasts Through The Baltics: Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania [July 2026]

  Once disembarked from the Helsinki Ferry, it is now the turn of the Baltic states to endure the pedalling fury of Buff3y the Hardcore Adventure cyclist. About 900km stands between the Estonian capital Tallinn in the north and the Polish border to the south, across a mostly flat Estonia and the rolling hills of Latvia…

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  June 28, 2026

  Conqueror of The North, Helsinki, Finland [June 2026]

  Finland has delighted with its smooth roads, bike paths, gentle gradients, ubiquitous coffee shops and warm welcoming people. From the bike loving city of Oulu we track the Euro Velo Route 10 (mostly) southwards through the cultural hub and ‘second-city’ of Turku then on to Helsinki to complete the northern part of this particular bicycling…

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  June 12, 2026

  Swamped in Sweden to Biking Paradise in Oulu [June 2026]

  South of Pello on the Finland side of the border, I cross over into Sweden for the final cruise down to the Baltic sea. The road on the Swedish side is a delight in that a long-ago railroad track is now a pretty serviceable gravel path running beside the road on a steady trajectory towards…

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  June 3, 2026

  Finland Finland Finland, [June 2026]

  Forget Sibelius and that crowd, Finland so inspired Michael Palin that he wrote the Monty Python classic, ‘Finland Finland Finland‘. Merely filling up a contractual obligation record side (refer ‘I like traffic Lights’)? perhaps. But I suspect there is some affection in there, and with reason. Finland, Finland, FinlandThe country where I want to bePony…