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I bicycled 40 km in a single day in Östersund northern Sweden with little to no food or water during early summer a few years ago

Turbocks

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So a couple of years ago I did something crazy where I travelled from southern Sweden to Östersund northern Sweden by train on a goal to visit Borgvattnets Prästgård a famous haunted house because of my interest in the paranormal and because my impulses got the best of me.

What I did instead of taking a taxi once I arrived to Östersund was that I rented a bicycle which cost me most of my remaining money and then I proceeded to bicycle for several hours where I bicycled through both forest roads and on motor highways including passing by large industrial vehicles .

And once I fell of my bicycle which gave me a few scrape wounds but nothing serious and the only reason I did not get to my destination was that I was stopped by police mainly because I was bicycling on highways which is against the law in Sweden which I did not know but no charges where pressed against me luckily and they took me back to Östersund and the following day after finding temporary shelter for the night I took the train back home.

My mom was of course unaware and she was mortified when she found out from the police who called her informing her about my bicycling trip.

I was planning on bicycling back to Östersund the following day from Borgvattnet which in hindsight I am not sure how I would have managed because I would likely arrived at the haunted house at 11 in the evening and to get to Östersund in time to catch the train I would have had to bicycle in the morning or early afternoon with little to no sleep.
 
Quite the adventure. Those country roads in Sweden are very narrow. I’m glad you weren’t hurt badly.
I remember feeling super hyped up as my bicycle got faster as it went down the hills of the motor highway and it was honestly some of the most exciting and fun times I have had in a long time I just wish I had prepared myself for it better instead of just booking a train and not planning before hand
 
My personal belief is that the universe provides a squadron of angels to run alongside young men like yourself who take off on wild adventures. Please take this in the kindest way possible.

I am glad you got home safely.
 
My personal belief is that the universe provides a squadron of angels to run alongside young men like yourself who take off on wild adventures. Please take this in the kindest way possible.

I am glad you got home safely.
The entire journey would have taken me 202 kilometers back to back if I had not been stopped with the main journey to Borgvattnet taking me 101 km and 101 km back to Östersund
 

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