We
have now cycled 1041 kilometres & I reckon anything over one
thousand kilometres would have to be considered a long ride, so this
is our first LONG ride. We have 2 weeks left & still quite a lot
of ground to cover. So far it has been quite enjoyable, probably
better than I expected, cycling makes you quite intimate with your
surroundings, you experience all the sights, sounds & smells &
you see a lot more than in a car as you travel quite slowly. Parking
is never a problem & cycling with Greg means that red lights are
meaningless, but the bloody Romans have a lot to answer for, planting
their rough cobble stones all over Europe. I reckon they shorten the
life of most bikes & their riders.
A
very good cycling day with a tail wind all day & some
interesting hills toward the finish. We woke up to look out the
window & see black clouds & rain, not very promising looking
but by the time we were ready for departure it had cleared & we
spent most of the day cycling in sunshine. Near Passau it again
clouded over & looked threatening, but we arrived without being
rained on, unfortunately there were a few kilometres of dirt track
through the forrest & it had rained there earlier, so the track
was muddy & we all arrived sprayed with mud. Had to wait a half
an hour for our room but when we got in the shower was great.
A view down from a roadside wooden tower.
Rural view from the same tower.
Methane collection tank next to cow house. This produces enough methane to drive a large gas turbine producing power. Many farms have these.
Once again travelling along the levy bank of the Inn.
On the wall of a hydro dam. Quite a few of these on the Inn.
Cycling past another field of barley. You might notice that when we arrived all the barley was green, but only 3 weeks later quite a lot is starting to turn golden.
Morning tea in a very quiet little village.
Cycle road passes under 8 lanes of traffic but very peaceful down here.
An all wood covered bridge, to keep the snow off.
The entry view of the same bridge.
Yvonne emerges from a hilly & muddy stretch of forrest track.
Yvonnes doing very well. Susan
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