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Finally took a ride to another Estonian border. Changed the tyres beforehand and put a heavy Bontrager on my front wheel instead of the patched Conti. The weather was veeeery nice, even maybe a little bit hot, but the wind didn't allow to boil in my own jersey. Still, that wind could've blown from behind and not from the side and right into my face like it was on the way back.

While it was just side wind, AVG speed was 35kmph on a 58km route without stops (except for the one due to the traffic light). Finally managed not only to drink but to eat while riding (I wаs very much afraid of it before).
 
To my surprise, nobody yelled at me and threatened to call a police while I was taking pictures on thе territory of the international automobile border-crossing point (fellow cyclists told me it happened to them a couple of times).

On the way back the wind changed its direction and started to blow right into my face, so I was toasted pretty soon - still can't ride against head wind 6-7 m/s. I rode at just 30-32kmph and it seemed my wattage became thrice bigger than before - so I got tired pretty soon. Told myself not to look at the current speed while riding against the wind but couldn't help doing so, and that made me right and get tired faster. 

In Izborsk it appeared on such heat I should've taken more water. I had no money to buy some but I recalled the famous Slovenskiye Klyuchi (Slavonian Springs) where I could take some healing (according to the legend) water on free.

The roads in Izborsk are ground or even paved with blocks, it's pretty difficult to ride on a road bike, but it's much harder to walk in the bike shoes - so I just put them off and walked some 4 km barefoot. I couldn't but take a bunch of photos there as in such weather the old fortress and all surroundings looked perfect. Unfortunately, my phone camera failed to share all those colours I saw myself, but you can still get an insight into it. Also, they contain a little bit more information.

Had to stop recording a little bit earlier as there were lots of traffic lights and jam in the city, but had some 10km of cooling dowm.

Hope you enjoy that! Welcome to Izborsk and ride on!

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