The weather deteriorated over the afternoon and more snow made driving conditions treacherous. Witek (Tadek's dad) could not drive with his summer tyres, so we decided to take public transport to the Okecie Airport. Out flight was at 7:40am, so we had to catch the first 189 bus from Sadyba. It took us 30 minutes to get the bike bags and panniers (see the photos on the Poland page to see why) to the bus stop - it usually take 5 mins walk! We expected to take 2 buses to get there, but the first connection was missed. We waited another 25 minutes at the windy bus stop (still minus 8 degrees). The 182 arrived labelled up to Okecia, but when as were settling in for the short trip to the terminal, the bus turned off in the wrong direction. We quickly hopped off a the next stop, but then had to drag all the equipment back up the road to catch yet another bus. Check in was easy and the flight was great (it's definitely worth paying more for British Airways, rather than suffer the rigours of the likes of Ryan Air).
The bikes had a fairly good trip too! Only one slight crushed pedal (which actually might have been a little bent before). Dad was there at the airport to take us the 40 mins back to Tadley. My home made bike box was a little big for the car, but we finally managed to get everything in. 4 days in England and then the adventure begins.
The bikes had a fairly good trip too! Only one slight crushed pedal (which actually might have been a little bent before). Dad was there at the airport to take us the 40 mins back to Tadley. My home made bike box was a little big for the car, but we finally managed to get everything in. 4 days in England and then the adventure begins.