Thursday 23rd October 2014 - Survived a windy cold wet night, just! Still cold. Up about 8.30am, pack everything up, too cold to hang about.
Out of campsite and round to the hotel to hand in the keys. Come out to cycle off and realise I don't have my Garmin cycle computer. Hmmm
Last I saw it was in my tent last night. End up unpacking my tent at the hotel entrance, to see if its in the inner section. No it's not.
Look in my bags again, then have to go in to ask for the keys, to go back and look in the campsite. This took ages as the lady didn't understand and phoned someone who spoke English to come to the reception.
Good bye nice early start.
Back in to where I had tent up, looked around, looked in toilet block. Nothing to be found. The man that came with me looked really upset too lol.
Anyway, I knew if it wasn't left there it'd be hiding in my stuff somewhere. Just annoyed I wouldn't be able to records the days cycle.
10.30am finally go.
100 metres down the road stop again. Unpack my sleeping bag on the pavement, clunck, out it drops. Yey!!!!
Celebrate by getting a hot slice of pizza thing from Lidl on way out of town. I also made the fizzy water mistake again, sigh.
Hands and feet still cold.
Round the town, nice old buildings and across the bridge.
Nice smooth new tarmac for a few kms. Also new shelters and bike racks and seating too. The plastic was even still on one of the benches. They are definitely upgrading the tracks.
Didn't last though. Back to the gravel marble track again. Gravel gravel gravel. I really can't believe someone would think and decide it is a great idea to put gravel on a cycle path. Why would you do it?!
No signs again.
Cold. Think feet are still on the end of my legs, haven't been able to feel them since I left.
Rain.
Get to a km or two from Sturovo on the gravel path and it is blocked. No entry sign beside a factory. Went up the field beside it, no paths. Argghhh back 3 or 4km to a path up through the previous village.
Strange place, dance music is being played out of speakers throughout the place. Every 100 metres there's a speaker on a pole, odd. No one around either, just one old lady pushing a cart of flowers up the street.
Takes absolutely forever to reach Sturovo. Was beginning to think that it was just a fictional place.
Eventually off the gravel onto road and cross a bridge over the Danube into Hungary. 10th country I have now cycled in.
Bridge brought me into Esztergom. Lovely town, amazing buildings and big castle up on the hill.
Need to change money, but the banks were closed. Credit card at ATM instead. Have no idea how much the HUF exchange rate is and the ATM didn't tell me either, so took out 50000huf, hoping it wasn't going to be hundreds of pounds!
Decided to just stay on the road after a bit of cycle path out of Esztergom. Starting to get dark, lights on. Really dodgy road. Pot holes and cracks and bumps and a drop off the edge of tarmac. Momentary blindness each time a car passes. Pedalling fast to get as far as possible. It was a bit risky to say the least, not big or smart, but managed another 20km down the road.
Tried a campsite at Domos, but it's only open until September. End up in Visegrad. Today is also a national holiday, so after trying all the accommodation places in the town, to no avail, its a room in Visegrad Hotel for €60.
It's warm. Takes a while to thaw out. Really comfy bed too. Breakfast and use of the swimming pool and spa facilities included. Out on the balcony I can see the castle up on the hill all lit up too.
I do avail of the mini bar in my room.
Day 55 - 23.10.14
Komárno, Slovakia to Visegrad, Hungary
10.30am to 8.30pm
5h 13min cycling
91.9km
2368 calories
604 metres asc
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