Category: Europe 2023

A day of sightseeing today. I’d had a good explore and wander around yesterday while hunting for a tent pole, so decided to see a couple of the less well known attractions. First stop today was the transport museum. This had a good selection of cars, trains and other vehicles. Most of the labels were READ MORE

A relatively short day today – ~60km. Vienna and Bratislava are apparently the two closest European capitals. Not much to say about the ride – most of it was pretty samey: The flood wall was completely straight for maybe 5 miles or so. Some nice flowers in the borders though, and lots of birdsong and READ MORE

A short ride today – 40km – got me to Vienna for lunchtime. Having been cycling with someone for the last two days, it was strange being on my own again, though I bumped into someone from last night’s campsite on the way, and we cycled together for a bit before our paths diverged. When READ MORE

110km today. I’m about 30km before Vienna. A damp start, which turned into rain shortly after setting off. A mixture of flatter and valley landscapes today, with plenty of nice churches and castles on the way Camping in Tulln tonight. They were setting up for a concert on the waterfront when we went past, so READ MORE

Another ~100km today (though the track stopped recording at one point, so I’m not quite sure how far). There was a little bit more of yesterday’s gorge before the landscape opened out again Went past a hydro power station shortly after setting off, and then reached another about 20km further on. There was a drop READ MORE

102km today.  Warm, but (fortunately) not quite as warm as it has been.   I set off from the small campsite and rejoined the river.  The start of the day was similar to yesterday – flat (presumably floodplain) farmland and flood protection banks. The path was soon following the river more closely giving nice views The READ MORE

105km today. This was a little more than I was planning, owing to some diversions on the Danube trail. Firstly, a nice view of Regensburg as I left this morning: It was a little fiddly leaving the city, but once I was out of it the river widened quite quickly To be blunt, a lot READ MORE

~90 km today. I woke up very early, given the traffic noise at the campsite, so was on the road by 07:30. The first part of today’s ride closely followed the motorway, so I didn’t get to avoid it even then. My path headed off east along the Altmuel after about 10km or so, where READ MORE

71km today. I started off quite late today, and began by following the Altmuehl, to Altmuehlsee. After this, I was following what I think is a water supply canal. At one point this disappears into a tunnel (built in the 1980s), and the path goes through the woods. Eventually I joined the Brombachsee – this READ MORE

85km today. A very early wake up call from the church in Laudenbach, which started ringing its bell at 6am. Was on the road by 8. A steady but rather long climb to start with; went on for at least a mile. Saw what was either a very large slow worm, or a silver snake READ MORE