One word for today, tunnels! We played at the beach in the morning for a bit then set off along the main road (no alternatives for this stretch). A beautiful stretch of coastline, lush green forest interspersed with tiny fishing villages and many many tunnels. The longest two were 3 kilometres long each. It is quite an eerie feeling being so deep inside a tunnel like that; the noise is horrendous, the fumes not so pleasant. Thankfully, we came prepared with refl...

Today started off wet and we pondered staying another night at the hotel. But I was keen to get started so we did! A minor gear hiccup saw Shane having to come up with a creative solution to fitting both the pannier and the bike trailer at the same time then we were on the road. Actually it was a bike path that ran along the Toyohira river for about 20 km and took us all the way out of Sapporo without seeing a soul. Passed a few dairy farms then used the paved ...