{"id":22123,"date":"2016-06-16T22:15:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T21:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=22123"},"modified":"2019-04-02T13:28:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T12:28:04","slug":"parnu-on-the-bay-of-riga-estonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/parnu-on-the-bay-of-riga-estonia\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e4rnu on the Bay of Riga, Estonia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zagan the motorhome’s just outside P\u00e4rnu, free camping up against a Baltic Sea beach (N58.37934, E24.46621<\/a>). Finding places to stay for free in Estonia seems simple: get Google Maps up, look for a car park near where you want to be, sorted. There seem few restrictions on motorhome overnight parking. This is our third place we’ve stopped in P\u00e4rnu\u00a0though, simply because we kept finding spots which suited us better!<\/p>\n

\"P\u00e4rnu,

P\u00e4rnu, Free Camping on the Bay of Riga<\/p><\/div>\n

This morning the rain excused us from alighting from the overcab bed. It was gone 9:30am by the time we sprang into action, by which point our Dutch neighbour had hitched up his caravan and headed off. The water continued to bombard us, millions of Earthbound missiles which the local mozzies cared not a hoot for, making repeated attempts on my forearms as I emptied the loo and topped off Zagan’s water supply. Little swines! I’m thinking of getting a mosquito hat and adorning my entire body in clothing to foil the tiny screaming two-stroke motored Draculas.<\/p>\n

After yesterday’s miles on\u00a0Soomaa National Park’s gravel roads I’d a secret hope tarmac would sweep us out of the place as we headed west. Alas, no. Perhaps in an attempt to avoid cars digging deep ruts at intersections, any T junction would have a hundred meters smoothed out with black top, after that, the beige of bounce. Same applied to the route out of our kipping spot. After 2 minutes of cruise, Zagan’s suspension went Zebedee. Alternating between laughing and swearing, I can now see why land speed records aren’t attempted in Estonia in a motorhome, as no-one would have gotten above 28mph, unimpressive stuff! No dust clouds to negotiate today though, as our host country’s weather continued to make us feel right at home…<\/p>\n

\"Soomaa!

Soomaa! Why doth thou roads run rough? Ah, because floods would remove the tops each year…<\/p><\/div>\n