Any longer and they'd have turned into bobbins, just completely circular!

Haha - I can't work out if it's my finest moment or the one I'm keenest to forget! :-D

Oh yeah - I could really see cash disappearing there. I don't think I ever spent all my notes - still have £100 worth of Kroner sitting around somewhere I never got round to exchanging (if I can find it!)

Thanks Rich, glad you enjoyed reading! Cheers!

Glad you swapped those out!

"Then - the proprietresses husband came along and removed the shorts with a pole, leading them through the site like some weird procession."

Whuuuuuuut? Why is there a phallus on the sign? And how does it relate to a waffle shop? And how many people want to eat a waffle while looking at a penis? And how does the quote "Et In Arcadia Ego" ("Even in Arcadia, there am I") fit in? (Is it cautioning that there are dicks everywhere??? From your description the people seemed nice)

So many questions!

Iceland is completely cashless now. Last Fall we were there for an entire week and never once used cash. EVERYTHING was Apple Pay, even out in the most remote sections of the country (which, interestingly, always had 5G).

I love the introspection in this! We’re all learning all the time and I think it’s great to open yourself up to it. That said, I really enjoyed following along on your ride. It’s a really pretty part of the world and you have a great writer’s « voice ». Keep them coming!

Ha yes I really am! Really loving it, to be honest. Only problem with it is it turns out the rubber feet aren't very tough, and by the end of this tour the aluminium legs had actually burst through them and were hitting the ground again. Maybe they're still too sharp after I cut them down?

Getting your money's worth from that kickstand!

Ha, yeah one or two places where I've seen this too. The weirdest was in Iceland, at a remote petrol station, where a poor American guy had a big wedge of Kroner as cash but his card wouldn't work. The petrol station wouldn't accept his cash so he couldn't pay for fuel!

Here in Oz we have enthuisastly adopted electronic payments and I am starting to see signs saying card only, no cash!

Thanks Suzanne. I'm just glad it was comprehensible since I'd had more cider than usual before writing it!

Thanks Mark!