A short cycling day full of activity. Lake to lake – today’s endpoint is Japan’s 2nd deepest and most northern ice free. To get there the middle part of the cycling was replaced with a lift in the team vans – to avoid 3 long and busy tunnels, one with a lane closed.
No arguments there. So we stopped at a park in the middle of nowhere. With the type of excellent quirky coffee shop you find in the middle of nowhere. Watched over by totum poles. The former Otaki village established a cultural exchange with the town of Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island. So like Pontardawe twin town in Britanny has a red UK telephone box. this park has totum poles.
Another great coffee break (you’re getting the theme) and we get to our overnight stop.
Final day’s cycling for this trip tomorrow.
Travelling reflections 