Trip to Bachotek and back

May 1st is a public holiday in Poland and May 3rd is another one. There is a lot of free time at the beginning of May and Polish TeX User's Group (of which I am proud member) traditionally organizes an annual meeting then in Bachotek resort.

Bachotek is circa 200 kms from Sopot where I live. I was able to get there by bicycle when I was younger. Now I travelled by train to Twarda Góra (Gdynia--Bydgoszcz railway route) first and from there by bicycle via Nowe, Grudziądz and Radzyń Chełmiński to Bachotek.

Return trip was along almost the same route, but I cycled to Warlubie---next station from Twarda Góra towards Bydgoszcz at Gdynia--Bydgoszcz railway route.

Interesting places to visit include:

Nowe

small old town (cf. market)

Grudziądz

old town (cf. wassertor + impressive truss bridge build in 1879 (cf. bridge's photo). It is second oldest Vistula bridge.

Radzyń Chełmiński

ruins of Teutonic Order castle

A GPX tracks: T.Góra-Bachotek| Bachotek-Warlubie.

Trip from Kwidzyn to Bachotek

For 20 years a conference of TeX user's is held in Bachotek near Brodnica. Once I managed to go there by bike from Sopot (180 kms). As this year I am unfit to cover such a distance I travel by train to Kwidzyn and then cycle to Bachotek via Łasin (cf. map)

A nice trip: almost no traffic (partly due to National Holiday, but seems there is a low traffic anyway) and paved road of decent quality (with a few exceptions).

Pokaż Kwidzyn-Bachotek-Iława-2012 in a larger map
2012-03-17

On the way back I cycle to Iława---just 45 kms. I do not recommend this route except Sundays/National Holidays because usually it is narrow and busy.

The area around Bachotek (lots of forests and lakes) seems nice for cycling but I had no time to check it out.