Saturday 18th October 2014 - Paid at 8am when the man turned up, €6.20.
Putting on wet socks and shoes, yuk!
Vislof had made me breakfast again. Choice of coffee or tea, cheese sandwich and chocolate bars. After finishing it, I said good bye, all my stuff was already packed up and headed off.
11am and back up and over the bridge to the right side of the river. It was a very misty morning.
4km on and I'd just stopped to take a photo when a guy on a bike stopped to talk to me. Asked where I was going to, coming from blah blah. He was on a road bike with only one small saddled bag. Travelling from Munich to Vienna. I commented he didn't have much stuff, he said he was staying in hotels. Well for some! I said I'd be too slow, suggestively telling him to go on, as I didn't want to cycle with anyone today!
Bit of a climb, round a corner to SUNSHINE!!!! Woohoo!!!
Great feeling the warmth and actually seeing what the view was like. Lovely cycle along the river in the sun with no cars or rain.
On through a few villages. The steep banks of the river now become covered with vines not trees.
Stopped at a Billa for some food. Then when I got back onto the road, someone had clearly stolen all the signs I was following.
The road went up, up and up. Not a cycle sign to be seen. Had seen a great big monestry or castle high on a hill in the distance. Now I was coming up to its height by road. Do the legs good to remind them how to climb after a few days of flat river cycling.
The view from the top was amazing. Looking down on the Danube from a height gave it a completely different look. Great to see it from above as well.
Managed then to somehow find myself on the wine cycle route. That would be a good summer one, cycle from wine house to wine house, sampling the goods!!
Dropped back down to Traismauer and located a campsite. Another short day, but wanted to get all my damp gear from yesterday thoroughly dried out in the sun, before it disappeared at about 6pm.
My sleeping bag is absolutely stinking, as I think it's got packed away too many mornings when the cold damp air had still been on it.
Debating whether to wash it or not. It says hand wash, no tumble dry. Obviously I'd need to machine wash and tumble dry it, but it might end up in a less than fluffy state. Hmmm.
Campsite is in the back garden of a family's house, which is kinda weird but kinda homely too. Only person here.
Day 50 - 18.10.14
Melk to Traismauer, Austria
11am to 4.30pm
3hr 07min cycling
53.2km
1495 calories
560 metres asc
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