It was with some trepidation that I looked forward to this week when I’m cycling five days in a row from Gävle to Umeå. Now I have done more than half and today I came to the camping not far from the beautiful High Coast Bridge.
Between Gävle and Hudiksvall, I was joined by Thomas Grönqvist. Not a collegue at WSP Sweden, but he knows about us. Thomas has a background as a professional cyclist in Italy so I was a bit worried but he has not been on a bike since 2004 so I think that even he had to work a bit over the distance.
We had a nice trip together and well ahead of Hudiksvall he was picked up by his mother, wife and their sweet little daughter. We got some rain on us for an hour but not more than that blew dry pretty fast.
We did not arrive in time at our office, so after a night at Malnbadens hostel I got myself a great breakfast at the office before I cycled on to Sundsvall. Peter, Berit and Eric opened the office early, so we had an hour of conversation about their activities and future opportunities and challenges. It was my first visit to the Hudiksvall office after all these years.
The trip to Sundsvall was tough but when I arrive there, I had (as usual) a warm welcome, not least by Ingrid Blomqvist. She handed over a towel and a soap, so I took a quick shower before the road show.
I can say that the landscapes in Sweden are just amazing, although it could be a bit warmer. My road show continues, I still have a great distance to cover.
