The rain had stopped in the night, but left a wreath of mist over the alpine foothills. This cleared gradually to reveal the tree clad mountains under a blazing sun. Today we followed an undulating river valley winding its way through the slopes. Just as we had climbed the last hill of the day, and passed the first sign for our campsite the inevitable afternoon storm darkened the sky and the wind picked up to buffet our bicycles. We then found the road blocked by several pine trees felled by the tempestuous wind and the policeman supervising the clearup operation tried to make us turn back and cycle a very long way round. We decided to stay and watch the firemen which turned out to be a wise choice as they made short shrift of hacking the trees up with chainsaws, and 10 minutes later we were on our way again. Lucky we didn't have to wait any longer as the rain didn't wait any longer either and just as we turned into the campsite it even started to hail. A very friendly campsite owner managed to pursuade us to rent a caravan for the night as it was only a few euros more than a tent place, and even threw free showers into the bargain.
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Total Distance Cycled : 2888m
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Daily Distance Cycled : 62km
Ascent : 319m
Time Cycling : 4h 17
Journey Time : 7h 45
Average Speed : 14.4km/h
Campsite : N 47°21'40.0" E 15°03'57.3"
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Lots and lots of veg now ready. Broad beans, early potatoes,mange tout,onions,lettuce,rocket are just some of the produce which has been enjoyed over the last few days. Better than climbing up a mountain road!
So you are getting soft, caravan indeed.
VG
I second that,you big softies. Britain did not become great by sleeping in caravans!
By the way did you really send this blog at 06:02am? can only think you had been to an all night rave?
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