Biking
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Mohàcs to Vukovar on The Danube Bike Trail
No riding on dikes today the initial one was blocked off for resurfacing as in fact the road diversion was too. I guess the Hungarian tarmac manufacturers must be coining it in! I did a little side trip to the battlefield of the so called disaster of Mohacs where Hungary fell to The Turks and…
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Dunapataj to Mohàcs on The Danube Bike Trail
A much warmer day in fact a thermometer I saw was reading 26 degrees at noon 🙂 Although when the sun went behind a cloud it soon dropped. The first bit was through quite pretty villages all supporting a clutch of local shops & a Spar or Co-oP. Then it was back up to the…
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Budapest to Dunapataj on The Danube Bike Trail
The things I can recommend The Hotel Rila for are it’s close proximity to the E6 cycleway through Budapest & the price,. Otherwise the breakfast is mediocre ,it’s a long way from any nightlife unless you are visiting the adjacent hospital. Plus the owner is a bit dour.. The sun was out and a tad warmer…
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Danube biking Day 13 – Sturovo to Budapest
Much better weather today with lots of sunshine. However, the temperature has markedly dropped. After some confusion over English numbers, she said €30 for last nights so called dinner but actually meant €13 with the beers. The basilica in Esztergom looks pretty amazing although unfortunately I cycled past more interested in the bridge which was…
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The difference a day makes – Komatron to Sturovo
Yesterday’s top notch cycling conditions were today replaced by heavy squally rain and temperatures down to 10 degrees 🙁 Plus the condition of the paths has noticeably detoriated. The breakfast was disappoining but I guess it was cheap. First stop after getting kitted out in full wet weather gear was the Vodafone.hu shop to get…
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Bratislava to Komáron on The Danube Bikeway
After last nights cracking evening in the basement wellness centre at The Hotel Devín which involved swimming against a very strong current in the elliptical pool, steaming in the steam room & even sitting on the lowest seat in the huge sauna 🙂 followed by buckets of cold water tipped from the ceiling, then a…
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Danube Bike Trail, Day 10 Riding – Vienna to Bratislava
I woke up to pouring rain, so luckily it wasn’t an early start. By the time i had to leave to collect my bike from the repairers the rain had eased off a little. Excellent news on reaching Bike7, the bike was all fixed the shop owner, in jest (I think) offered for me to…
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The ride from Cambridge to Vienna
On this very wet morning here in Vienna whilst waiting for my bike to have it’s third spoke replaced I thought it would be good to update my map to date. Here is what Adze has done with my etrex gps data: a rather pretty map with each day of cycling in a different colour.…
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Danube Bike Trail Day 9 – Melk to Vienna
Thankfully the overnight rain had stopped although the temperature is really dropping now & I had my first white fingers of the tour. I did the 76 miles from Melk to Vienna staring with a climb out of Melk before a steep descent back onto the Danube which today was squashed between hillsides covered in…
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Danube Bike Trail Day 8 – Linz to Melk
Another really excellent 72 mile ride on a gorgeous day. Starting off on the left hand bank then cunningly in Grein using the small ferry to switch to the right hand bank and thus miss all the traffic & noise from the busy road in exchange for tranquility & bliss 🙂 Leaving Linz you pass…