Today’s ride on Komoot The (motor) bikers at the campground had a whale of a time last night and into early this morning. At least they drowned out the noise of the nearby trains. Regardless, it was an ok sleep in the new tent. An old guy, cycletouring with a million panniers and bags camped …
Today’s ride on Komoot I’m back riding from Prague after a brief and flying visit to the UK. I’m armed with a new tent – a Dan Durston creation which I’ve been wanting to get hold of, new Shimano bike sandals, a new packing strategy (ok, I’m a nerd, but thanks to Tristan Ridley for …
I had another lazy start, a lazy breakfast of muesli, yoghurt and fruit (my favourite), packed up and left the slightly strange guesthouse. I say strange because it had elements of a boarding house about it – the workers finishing their 6packs of beer in the setting sun while puffing darts, the communal kitchen which …
I forgot to organise breakfast at the guesthouse so that meant I was out there with the early tourists looking for something to eat. It was surprisingly quiet at 8am, but the ‘Authentic Cafe’ in the main square was open and it did the job. As I left there were lots more people up and …
What an absolutely fantastic day. It started with a home style breakfast with the friendly people at the Gasthof and finished with the stunning sights of Cesky Krumlov. In between was a lot of up and down, a border crossing that was purely informative, a closed track that would have been a great shortcut, some …
Today’s ride on Komoot I felt much better today and got a train to Linz. After all, I had another deadline (grrrr) after three days laid up in Vienna. From there, I rode for 50 really nice kilometres in some beautiful Australian spring weather. What a change. It was also my first day back being …
Vienna to Reichenau – out of bed, onto the train and over the Danube Read More »
I took a break from daily blogging. I just felt like I was rushing it in the time available. To be fair, a lot of my time was taken up with route planning and options (and hanging out with two great guys). The route planning was a day to day thing, given the terrible weather …
Today’s ride on Komoot Today was just perfect, blue skies and a light tailwind, but we still had a slow start. Dennis’s rear wheel needed a new spoke, but the rim was quite badly cracked as well. He took it to a bike shop where they did their best with the old wheel but didn’t …
Today’s ride on Komoot We woke to heavy rain which by mid morning had eased. By that time, we’d walked into town for breakfast and were confident that the worst of the rain had gone. It was more flat riding today, but interesting the whole time. It was Sunday though, and most places were closed …
Today’s ride on Komoot Today was the start of a 9 day loop with Franklin and Dennis. We were meant to be doing this in Slovenia, but alas, it’s raining cats and dogs there for the whole time. In fact, the weather in this part of Europe is terrible over the next fortnight. So, the …
