This time I tried my luck west of Espoo. It’s not so populated as the north of Helsinki, but I couldn’t find any lonely forest. Most of the trip went on main dirt and asphalt roads, with homes and farms here and there. Not the best area, but not bad either. There were a couple of extreme spots that almost made me fall of the bike.
I finally found a reliable tracking app, Geo Tracker. I first took the 51 motorway west, which I left to take road 1130 north-west, Österbyntie south-west, and Volsintie and Solvikintie north to reach the 1130 again. I think I shouldn’t have left the motorway so early, only Österbyntie was a nice curly road.
I filled the tank at a gas station that had an old pump on display.
A bit of the 1130 west and I left the asphalt for the first time by taking Solvikinkaari and Björkebergantie. Not a long stage but the gravel and stones at the middle made it interesting.
I kept off the asphalt by taking Karhusuontie and Harvsintie north-west, and then north along Annilantie, Niemenkyläntie, Kopulantie, Eteläinen Brännträskintie, and back to Kopulantie until its north end. Most of it were main dirt roads between fields and forests, passing scattered houses. Fun for driving at a good pace, always with caution and respect to others.
Back on asphalt, I decided to move to another area. I took Kahvimaantie north to reach road 110, which I took north-west and I left to take Lehmijärventie south. A pretty boring parenthesis except for Lehimjarventie, which has some curves and is surrounded by a nice view of trees.
Near Lehmijärvi, I took a path north-west to Vaanilantie, which I did south followed by Luomantie and Laakspohjan kartano. This was the best part of the day, dirt roads and paths with the mentioned spots that almost made fall.
The first of the spots is here. Right before reaching Vaanilantie, the path is not mantained for vehicles and it went down a slope with some slippery mud.
The second difficult spot is Laakspohjan kartano, because it is covered with sand. Another slope made my bike shake both sides, but there was also a beatiful part surrounded by trees.
This road has sand and shadow trees because it is used by the horses of a big farm next for it, and for that reason I won’t go there by motorbike again and I encourage you not to do it.
At that point I was near the center of Lohja, so I thought it was better to leave that populated area by taking road 25 south and then check Lohjansaarentie. The later is a curly, but it’s a busy road that goes through residential areas.
Not worthy for me, so I turned around and took road 112 to reach Vähäteurtarintie, which I did all the way south-east followed by Vassbölentie and the beginning of Paivöläntie. Again, main dirt roads with little traffic, fun for a good pace.
I changed my heading to north-east, along Päivöläntie, Knapantie and Siggansintie, same type of dirt roads. Right after crossing under the rail tracks I found a more challenging, but short, dead-end forest path. I took the picture below here.
I continued north along Grennäsintie, a bit of road 1130 west, and Gårdskulla. Same dirt roads, with a slightly rougher part in the middle of Gårdskulla.
At that point I was mostly heading to highway E18 to go back home, so I took a bit of road 116 south-east and Niemenkyläntie north. The only interesting thing about these asphalt roads were the views of fields and forests.
The last dirt road of the day was Lieviöntie, same as others of the day but with more traffic as I was getting closer to populated areas.
Finally I took Muijalantie and the road 1125 to reach highway E18 and end the day.
