My Garmin froze 😲. I rashly bought the new 2040 solar, how perfect for my trip in the sun. After the first day I put it in the sun to recharge the only slightly depleted battery, to my dismay 30mins later I checked, Solar charging has been temporarily suspended. Above 50⁰ it blows up the battery it seems. Then Thursday morning was I was zooming in and out the whole thing froze, I did the classic turn off then on 3 times still frozen. I fired upmy phone onto komoot and used that to get me to a cafe, not the easiest of tasks holding the phone in one hand and riding. Luckily by this time the Garmin had unfrozen and it guided me but did freeze 3 X more over the rest of the day.
I needed to change some large cash notes so sailed into a bank to be informed they didn’t change notes. I asked why. Maybe Greek English understanding was lost here.
Coming out of the mountains onto the plain was spectacular, although the road was a bit suspect.
I rode to Achilleas Spring, just by the aide of the road, i was quite excited. Its just a spring, not too interesting. It was only as I was walking back to my bike that I notices how many tissues and wet wipes then mounds of defecation. I’m sure this site could be better looked after.
Eventually I stopped in a small hotel in Karditsa. There are lots of bikes there and as always a rather stodgy pizza 🍕. But thats how birthdays go, you can’t always have the best pizza.
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