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Ome round trip

Ome, 2026.05.02

I took my flabby hulk and my rusty bike on a spin up to Ome and back. The wind was against me on the way, but that just meant it -- and the grade of the land -- were behind me on the way back. I noticed a couple of times that my phone rated my speed at 35kph, which was twice what I was doing the other way.

The weather was perfect, and I had this:

On the way out/up, at this place:

I like Ome. You can see the architecture change somewhere between Fussa and Ome, it's a bit like going back in time.