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After a night in a lay-by an early start is easy! So we are up and away just after 0700. It is going to be a beautiful day but first thing it is cool and misty by the river. I am leap frogging river cruise boats today. I can see now why it’s attractive –…

Having thrown my toys out of the pram at the end of the last stage we licked our wounds in the Crowne Plaza Bratislava. We just sat out the storm, Passepartout sorted out the dhobi- sweaty cycling gear stank my room out so we had to do something! We looked around the town which is…

Up and away. Back to where we stopped just short of Komarom. First off is fine. Weather is cool and dull but no rain- headwind a nuisance but acceptable. I soon zoom through to the far side of Komaron and head across a very fine new bridge into Slovakia. It puts our bridges to shame…

The doom mongers were wrong. The aircraft taking off overhead and the adjacent train track did not stop us having a decent sleep. Up and away at a civilised hour we forgot to factor in getting back to the start point through the rush hour! By the time we got to the city bridge and…

Day 14-after a night listening to the rain hammering on the roof of the van we wake up to more rain. It is squally, blowy and very wet. I really do not want to cycle anywhere today. The day starts with a well surfaced stretch along the river – into a very wet headwind for…

In theory, it’s an easy day today, short ride Across the border into Hungary and finishing 79 km in Mohacs. But we don’t want to do that. We have 132 km to do the day after next , so we decide to nibbles some kms off on the short day. They have built some terrific…

It is hard to imagine how difficult I found this event in the first few days! I started off insisting that it was a tour not a challenge. How wrong I was. With the inevitable problems with bikes , routes, van, accommodation, there has been no spare time and I have been physically and mentally…