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Continue reading →: Day 29 – Gmunden to Rohrbach66 miles (106 km) – Total so far: 1,299 miles (2,091 km) Saturday was a bad day for me to arrive in Traunsee. Not only was it busy but also, there was an air show on. The noise was vast.I was pleased to get away at 8 this morning and into…
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Continue reading →: Day 28 – Hallein to Gmunden67 miles (108 km) – Total so far: 1,233 miles (1,984 km) Camping Auwirt, 3 km out of Hallein was okay for the night.14 euros with shower included (usually it isn’t) and fast wifi.It pretty much rained all night, but at 7 am it cleared.. Half an hour or so along…
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Continue reading →: Day 27 – Bad Gastein to Hallein56 miles (90 km) – Total so far: 1,166 miles (1,876 km) It’s expensive here of course in the Austrian Alps.Breakfast from the supermarket, and it’s 8 Euros. 2.50 for coffee.Compare that to 20 p in Bosnia not much more than a week ago… Forecast is rain all day.It’s threatening, but…
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Continue reading →: Day 26 – Molzbichl to Bad Gastein37 miles (60 km) – Total so far: 1,110 miles (1,786 km) My GPS trace was over the same ground for the last 10 km last night.I was after a camping site marked on google maps and that I had read of in a G blog that is now closed. And…
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Continue reading →: Day 25 – Jesenice (Slovenia) to Molzbichl (Austria)74 miles (119 km) – Total so far: 1,073 miles (1,727 km) Leaving Jesenice this morning. Steep mountains on either side of it, but it’s far from a beautiful town. It’s industrial, and looks like it once was even more so from the derelict buildings in parts of the town. Straight…
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Continue reading →: Day 24 – Ljubljana to Jesenice46 miles (74 km) – Total so far: 999 miles (1,608 km) The bad stomach caused by food in Slunj took 3 days to get over. I underestimated it.Sunday evening and Monday I had leg cramps. By pure fortune I came across a physiotherapist who was incredibly helpful. He confirmed no…
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Continue reading →: Day 19 – Crnomelj to Ljubljana41 miles (66 km) – Total so far: 945 miles (1,521 km) I managed to eat something last night but not a lot. The older you get the longer it takes to recover from these things.After a couple of yoghurts this morning I made slow progress once again. Much better route…
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Continue reading →: Day 18 – Slunj (Croatia) to Crnomelj (Slovenia)18 miles (29 km) – Total so far: 904 miles (1,455 km) Thunder stirred me and it wasn’t just from outside.The stomach also.No reader wants the specifics but the lasagna last night in the Bistro was bad.The room I had was booked and though I was in the recovery stage by…
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Continue reading →: Day 17 – Kulen Vakuf (Bosnia) to Slunj (Croatia)58 miles (93 km) – Total so far: 886 miles (1,426 km) The apartment was a great place to relax with dinner in one of the two restaurants overlooking the river. Things have clearly quietened down after the high season last week. This northern part of Bosnia, half an hour by…
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Quote of the Week
Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
