Probably the easiest day on my trip so far.

A meagre 30 miles or so.

My muscles will be thanking me for this time off.

Boutique hotel

Didn’t think much. If I’m honest. Breakfast was good. Room was noisy. TV has less working channels than all the other hotels I stayed in, (all 2), still. No English speaking channels when the others did. There were other things which were lacking the attention to detail which is the essence of the ’boutique’ experience.

They tried to charge me for an orange juice. That was with breakfast. Not really happening is it? First hotel ever where they’ve tried to charge me for the juice I’ve had with breakfast.

Got off quite swiftly.

The road to Eceabat

Is quite a short one….

Along the coast. The hills were rolling. The sea on the left, the mountains on the right…

Only a short trip…

Ferry

15 mins. Cost 20 tl. (50p) for me and my bike.

Cannakale

Feels like the first proper resort I’ve been to, even though it’s not a resort, it’s a port town.

There’s a lot going on. It’s got a promenade. It’s got a beach. It’s got a castle.

Ok. The beach I lied about, I did look. It seems to have a naval museum in it’s place. Rather than spend the afternoon on the beach, I visited the naval museum. It was quite interesting, I got to go onboard a submarine! That was pretty cool!

Walking around the naval museum took around 2 hours, all in all.

There was a castle from the Byzantine era also. This is what I originally wanted to see.

Turns out the only way to see it was by visiting the military museum!

Laundry

Sounds boring, but it’s a fact of life, especially when you’re in the sun, cycling.

After the first few days, you sweat less. Your body adjusts. I got wet yesterday in the hail. Damp stinky clothes? So, I dropped them off. Washed and dried cost me about £5. Slightly more, but it was mid day before I brought them in.

The hotel wanted to charge me double, (at least). Never get your laundry done at the hotel, chances are they’ll be using the local launderette. You’re saving them a trip, and yourself a lot of money.

Here’s some pictures from the day.

Tomorrow

Not a massive journey. Moving southward toward the Aegean coast!

Until next time.