Got up at 6am and set off swiftly in order to avoid the midday heat on the pass. We needn't have bothered though, as shortly after setting off we got thouroughly soaked. Hid from the rain in a café refueling on latte and toasted sandwiches. When we set off again the rain had stopped, and luckily we were left with some cloud cover which kept the sun off us and made the mountains look even more imposing. 30km and too many switchbacks to count got us to the top off Seeberg pass and the Slovenian border. We arrived at our first proper border control and a jolly Austrian guard provided us with a stamp in our passports. Sped down the other side through dramatic scenery, but not quite as fast as Luke would've liked as a very strong headwind halved our speed. The GPS maps abruptly ran out at the border, and we found it much slower to constantly stop and squint at the map. Found our way to the nearest campsite, which was still another 40km from from the pass, and gratefully collapsed into our thermarest chairs.
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Total Distance Cycled : 3137km
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Daily Distance Cycled : 74km
Ascent : 888m
Time Cycling : 5h 15
Journey Time : 8h 15
Average Speed : 14.1 km/h
Campsite : N 46°18'10.8" E 14°17'09.6"
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We are off though the British rain and floods tomorrow to our own mountains in Wales. No boardband yet,so a bit like your GPS will be in the dark and unable to see blog.
VG
I'll be in Slovenia next month. Into Trieste on 27th July and out of MAribor on 7 august, so keep me posted on things to see!
Andy
We are off to the sunny skies of The OC - for another wedding! 4th one this year!
Spent the weekend in SF - started working on Unga Bunga for BM - needed a little patching up - got to paper maiche which I have not done in YEARS!
Will send you the photos of the glorious wedding in Yosemite and also our back packing trip am sorting them out as we speak.
love to you both
Big Sis
Well done you 2, over the mountains to Slovenia - and a passport stamp as well - who could ask for more!! Route today looks pretty impressive when viewed on google earth - I bet you treated yourselves to a small tipple after that effort. XX
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