Wednesday 15th October 2014 - Up and went for breakfast, which was in a different part of the castle, so had to go outside. It was raining.
Checkout 9.30am, haha!! So hung around a while, waiting for rain to stop and to download an Austria map, which took forever.
Away about 11.30am. Pretzel stop 2km later.
Out along the left bank of the Danube, toward Linz in Austria. Nice wide smooth tarmac path separated from the road.
Rain had stopped and the whisps of clouds were slowly lifting from the trees on either side of the river.
About 20km on, the path went down beside the river away from the road. It was lovely and there wasn't really anyone around. It was my own private Danube highway!
Crossed the border into Austria, woohoo!! But no sign, boooo!!
Nice steady pedal to 40km where the road stopped at Au. Here you got a wee wooden boat across to Schlogen on the opposite side to continue on the route. This is where the Danube does 180 degrees turn, as its path is blocked by a mass of granite.
Wee munchy break after getting off the boat, then another 20km beside the river. Both sides were really steep and covered in trees, all shades of colours. No cars or houses, was very nice. Sun out now and blue sky.
There were a couple of boats coming up the river behind me, so used them as a pacer and kept in front of them the whole way to the road.
Stopped at Aschach an der Donau for a bite to eat and get some money out. Some weird sandwich from the Spar, think it had egg, ham, green stuff, salami and cream cheese with green bits. Filled a hole though.
Also had to buy a new bar of soap and bottle of shampoo. 46 days out of the last ones, not too bad.... clearly they weren't used every day!! I'm on my third bottle of deodorant though.
Some of the bike racks at shops don't work with suspension forks or disc brakes. The one at this Spar was one of them. I just wheeled it round the side and propped it up against the wall. Started a trend, as 5 minutes later there were five other bikes with mine.
Getting cold as had stopped, so got on the move again. Linz about 25km I think from here.
Didn't really fancy having to go into a city again, so spied a campsite in the town before Linz. To get to it involved another boat trip across the Danube, €2.80.
While I was waiting for the boat to come across, I was looking on the tourist info map. There was another campsite marked about 2km away from the map I use. Hmmm.
So across the Danube, sun setting behind the castle of Ottensheim. My map campsite was closed. Man walking his dog said the other one is open.
Up the road, found the campsite and went to pay at the pub on the other side of road. €5, bargain, beside a corn field with a little babbling stream beside me, better than €30 for a hostel any day. Cold though, think the layers will have to be put on before getting in the sleeping bag tonight.
Day 47 - 15.10.14
Passau, Germany to Ottensheim, Austria
11.30am to 6pm
3hr 59min cycling
85.7km
2411 calories
685 metres asc
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