Tuesday 14th October 2014 - Pelted down with rain all night and was really really windy. Just keep thinking, please do it all now and not during the daytime too!
Packed up and away at 10.30am. Really dark and cloudy still, everything soaked.
Stopped at lidl for breakfast and as I was getting ready to cycle off the blue sky appeared with the sun. Happy.
Today was a day of roadwork diversions. About 4 of them. Digging up the paths, resurfacing the paths, or completely building a new road. Squeezed one of them by riding along ontop of a grassy bank and then down onto the path they had finished.
Couple other ones I had to go back and find alternative route.
I just want to get to Passau, pleeeease!!!
One of the roadworks, I asked a couple of passing cyclists if the cycle path was still open on up. They said yes and on I went.
Coming into Vilshofen an der Donau about 20km later I bumped into them again, so we chatted for a while. As much as you can when their English is rusty and my German is nonexistent.
Along the cycle path into Vilshofen were rocks with silver models of the planets and an info board. Then at the start of the path was a big giant sun. Think it was all done to scale, both planet sizes and distance from each other/the sun. Was pretty cool.
Also all the way along the river were lots of mini spaceships. Took a pic. Think its maybe lights for shipping in the river perhaps.
Into Passau. Crossed the Danube at another giant power station or lock thing. Then round the town, back across the river, to climb climb climb to the hostel, which is in the old castle at the top. Pretty amazing views too.
Met a Swiss guy, travelling by bike too. He is on his way home after 5 months doing a loop up through and around Scandinavia and Germany.
Check out is at 9.30am!!! Seriously, these hostel times are getting earlier and earlier! Breakfast from 7.30am.
Hopefully, maybe, perhaps, I might actually make it to Austria tomorrow :-)
Day 46 - 14.10.14
Deggendorf to Passau, Germany
10.30am to 6.30pm
4hr 14min cycling
66.5km
1744 calories
731 metres asc
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