CB500X – Solo Norway trip Part 33 – Heading west

This is Part 33 of my trip continuing the journey still enjoying Poland. I started the day with a walk around the beautiful and compact town of Kazimierze Dolny visiting the castle before heading off via a small ferry to continue the trip through Poland. Nothing much to report today, it was very relaxing and I stayed overnight in a small hotel near Kuznica Strobinska

The whole journey took me through the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and into Norway right the way up to Nordkapp, the furthest point you can travel by motorcycle or car in mainland Europe and then back through Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France over a 7 week period late May – mid July 2023
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CB500X 2022 model
Hepco & Becker Tank bars
Rally Raid CB500X 2019-on Engine Guard-RRP 747
SW Motech Footrest Kit
R&G Kickstand Shoe-RRP 474
Outback Motortek Pannier rack and Rear rack (including exhaust heat shield)

Metzeler Tourance Next tyres

SW-Motech dry bag (60 litres)
Lomo dry bag motorcycle waterproof panniers -soft
Oxford tank bag (need to use rain cover in heavy rain)

Garmin Zumo XT GPS device
Rally Raid Billet Multi-Mount for 12mm (1/2″) Crossbar – part number RRP 643

GoPro Hero 10 (helmet mounted)
Adhesive universal helmet mount for GoPro
Purple Panda microphone (helmet mounted)
Sonicake wireless microphone (walking about)
Insta360 X3
DJI mini 3 Drone

Vango Tryfan 300 (3 person tent)
Sea to Summit Camp Plus Self Inflating Camping Mat
Trekology air bag (topping up mat inflation)
SLAAPLEKKER 800 Goose down mummy sleeping bag
Eurohike sleeping bag liner
Trekology Aluft pillow

Cyberlink PowerDirector 365 – video editing

RST textile jacket
RST textile trousers (slight seepage in crutch area in heavy rain)
TCX Airtech 3 Gore-tex boots
Nolan 80 helmet

Well the GoPro battery ran out just as I was getting off the ferry they do seem to like these concrete slab roads so okay it’s only a small road but very uncomfortable taking a walk into the little town of kazimier kazim not sure how to pronounce it sorry

Again it is a very compact little town with some historical Co type buildings up on the hillside not sure whether you can see those but it’s pretty Town very nice it’s day four 44 nope day 45 and nearly all packed up but I thought I’d just take a little walk in maybe

Grab a coffee enjoy the sunshine rained heavily last night only overnight dry now anyway stay in a while it’s a nice Viewpoint from up here ruins of an old castle very pleasing I really need to get going just leaving camping 39 in Kazmir do and G doing some really weird

Things can’t quite figure out why it’s got the direct route as if I’m an airplane let’s just um ignore that for a minute that be very very odd my plan today is just Head West but I thought I’d just drive past the little town unusual buildings that one there is a

Museum get some fuel first and then turn around and head back the direction that wants me to get it’s but little town is up ahead very nice but there’s a market on today so in the Square it’s difficult to get into looks like a rather nasty diesel

Spillage they had there this is diesel all over the road mopping it up with sand it’s a tra to the route so I’ve decided not to make a decision I wasn’t sure where to go next so I decided I’m just going to head West and I’ve picked a couple of little

Random towns which are not on the main drag if you like because it’s quite tedious so I’m going on the smaller road so I just picked a couple of small towns which are hiding heading west and at some stage I’m going to have to ah head north but just not

Yet the weather’s closing in now it was a beautiful start to the day it rained overnight beautiful start to the day 221 kilm yesterday glorious Sunshine from duin to here and now as I say just heading west I did get a message from my wife last night saying no

Hurry but when are you coming home and I did mention whether this is subliminal or not that there’s a song keep popping into my head or the uh the first line of a song by Bruce Springstein and the song’s called Hungry Heart if you’re at all intrigued interested I recommend you have a

Look to see see what the the first line is the first line first Stander I don’t know but anyway I’d call it first line that diesel is still all over the road look at that spilling everywhere and the grip on the inster is is giving up right enough waffle again into the

Unknown unless this is jump what is it call waiting on the other side maybe I well it’s making its way across come uh oh all the GoPro battery ran out to just as I was getting off the ferry they do seem to like these concrete slab roads so okay it’s only a

Small road but very uncomfortable say just heading west see where it takes us just encountered some Road Works doing some Road works and people walking around working around the corner there but here come to some traffic lights and there was a car following me we’ve come to this red traffic

Light he’s turned around and gone somewhere else so I’ll give it a few minutes and see what happens but there’s no evidence of anything happening here it’s just a red light no cars coming the other way just outside the town of Janovich which is where somebody recommended go and have a look

At there’s another car behind if they turn around then I’ll follow them well being here about 5 minutes couple of minutes ago half a dozen cars went past and then couple of minutes later this single car has come through I’m wondering whether this is just stuck on

Red or whether it’s just a very long Set of Lights well I don’t doing it but I’ve come through on a red cuz we I’ve been stuck there for 7 or 8 minutes just don’t think they’re working it’s a pretty long stretch even so right that’s interesting now so

There’s J and there’s J PJ I guess I don’t know which one I want it’s the one I E see you can just see the castle up on the top of the hill got a grand church here that’s the castle quite know how you get there see you can get there by Road

That one needs to the CH you see up here grief cobbles are delightful I’m glad it’s not wet last year when I did the North Coast 500 I went to Sterling and the cobbles seem to be polished it just been spitting a little bit not enough to make them

Really wet but I couldn’t even put my feet down it was that debris and going around the the uh tight bins was not fun time well back on the road we haven’t done very many 30 km today and it’s already 1:00 a new record I’m sure but I’m coming sort of back roads

And they definitely are back roads very um bouncy should we say bought some lunch at a little shop hopefully the sound came out I’m hoping this is audible anyway just just stopped at a little shop got a small pizza couple of what I hope are safy pastries uh

Coffee and a rice pudding the whole lot came to £283 which seems a bit of a bargain really cuz that’s what I was paying I’m sure for just a latte further north but what I thought were sausage rones or something Savory were in fact sweet so

I’ve put the into my tank bag and I’ll have them later still trying to avoid the major roads the Garmin even though I put adventurous routing he’s routing us along the 12 and every now and again bringing us off the 12 to go back on again in a couple of kilometers so I

Don’t really call that adventurous routing so I’m just sort of following West is pretty well I’m into one of the Via points which is radom and uh it’s showing that Koff and V uh straight to number 12 still haven’t made my decision what I’m doing yet still heading

West I’ll put in the next town as a VI Point well it’s just gone 7:00 I got to a little town called Chia something similar and had to look to see whether there’s any camping sites Google Maps not I trust it particularly very much anymore but it will look very far away excuse

Me but there’s a motel in this town that I’m in now within the next 500 M and it’s 140 Lotty for the night which I think is about 23 so I think that will do there has free wi-fi and I can get breakfast for an amount comment what it was was very much

Anyway I think it makes sense just to gone seven done 270 something or other uh kilm 275 km today not quite as bad as I thought um anyway it’s got Wi-Fi it’s got electric and he got a bed that I don’t have to inflate right so I think think I think that’s a

Wrap and I’ve made a decision about what it is that I’m going where I’m heading next but I’ll keep you in suspense until the next one so all that leaves me to do is say bye for now n