Riding to Jeollyuri Wharf, 2020 x Lazy Blog.

Here’s a record of all the riding I did back in 2020.

The Han River

If you want to go far, it’s best to set off early in the morning. At around 20 km/h, a 100 km round trip takes five hours. Add a bit of sightseeing here and there and it’s night before you know it. On top of that, if you don’t leave in the morning you can’t get any speed on the Han River, so you end up burning far too much time.

A bridge

The road heading toward the Ara Waterway

The weather was really lovely that day. After being cooped up at home every day, getting out felt like it cleansed my mind.

Partway to Incheon

The Han River path runs all the way to the Ara Waterway, which makes it a great course for exercise.

The view

A shadow selfie

Once in a while I try one of these too.

The sky

Around here there’s a fork where you pick between heading for Ganghwa Island or heading for Incheon, and that day I somehow ended up riding toward Ganghwa. No particular reason – I’ll get to every road eventually, so I figured I’d start with the ones I hadn’t seen yet.

Ilsan off in the distance

The bike path

This far out the road is great and there’s nobody around, so 30 km/h is no problem at all. (Not that I was riding that fast…) On the Han River there are so many people that picking up speed causes all sorts of trouble, but out here I could really let loose.

The road

Ears of rice

The Han River is packed with people, but go a little way out and a completely rural landscape opens up. To think I lived without knowing this.

A picnic shelter

Jeollyuri Wharf

The wharf

The fish market

The thing is… if it weren’t for COVID, this would be the perfect course for a plate of raw fish before heading home. These days it seems to open and close at random. Such a shame.

Barbed wire