The route on Sunday morning heads virtually south on a very good road that is light with cars, as it is bypassed by a brand new dual carriageway. We pick up wifi at a service station along with buns and good coffee.
Sweiebodzin has a truly enormous statue on a hill, of Christ the King (massive, the little dots around the base are people!), and the church in the square spills out a congregation from a large confirmation with youngsters dressed in their white robes accompanied by families.
In a village the roads becomes terrible, at best large cobbles but mainly potholes and sand, causing me to fall off in one front of most of the village population, sitting at the bustop. I am sure there's no Sunday bus, but expect they are just waiting for such entertainment. No harm done but nerves not helped by this, and the very dilapidated bridges over wide tributaries of the Warta. We reach Zielona after 62 miles by 4:30pm, to find the forest camp site has shut as a posh modern factory has been built over it! Luckily there us a clean hotel with wifi, just next door. For 180 zloty ( £31 ) room en suite, breakfast, good wifi, and the bikes in our room is all included.
Miles to date 1923.
Location:Lipki Wielkie to Zielona Gora
