Day off but it pissed it down all day and so aside from a short walk to the supermarket I was in the tent the whole time. Austrians really are anal. You have to remove your outdoor shoes before entering the toilet block at this site. Distance today (km): 0, total 2545
Another day mostly walking in the road and dodging cars. Weather forecast was exactly right and it started raining at 11 and never stopped. Saw the world’s biggest earthworm being stared at my two starlings. (In recent days, I’ve seen a deer, two hares nearly getting run over and a dead snake.) At the campsite …
Got up and set off around half nine. All day on roads and often on roads with no pavement, having to dodge the traffic. About 3 km in I found a garage, seemingly in the middle of nowhere, with a cafe. I went in and every table was taken. I sat at the bar and …
Set the alarn clock to say goodbye to Nige and Nem. They were just pulling out of the drive but Nem saw me, came to the locked door and said goodbye. Her note had said keep the dog safely inside but as i was opening the door she bolted. I had a nervy 5 minutes …
Nice stay at Nige and Nem’s. Relaxing, the only exertion being 20 minute daily dog walks (fenula, but spelt in a more Irish way). And then she slept on my bed a couple of nights. The dog, that is. Lots of chats with Daisy about her art degree, about the (non) gayness of the poem …
What a shame! There were two routes to Nige and Nem’s today. One was a 37 km slog along the cyclepath beside a dual carriageway. The other was 26 km and over the mountains. I opted for the second. I took the path to the hills and immediately regretted it. I kept having to criss-cross …
Lovely day weatherwise. But the first half was by a motorway despite it being in the beautiful valley. Things picked up when i realised i needed water and crossed the river mur and did the rest from that quieter side. Frohnleiten centre looked lovely. Almost hollywood in its cuteness Towards the end a security gate …
Today was a sort of nothing day. I left about 10 and walked back through the centre of Leoben, a little brighter today and with thousands of kids doing the macarena for some reason. But the route to the next campsite was rubbish, by an A road or dual carriageway the whole time. Halfway through, …
I took a day off today after 3 long days and because the forecast was for it to rain all day, and rain all day is exactly what it did. Discovered there was a cafe nearby inside the strange mix of a place that hosted seminars and being a centre for people with down’s syndrome. …
Got going by half six. The fire extinguisher was lying the corridor when i set out. Obviously the other room of walkers had more of a party than I did. The weather was cool and the sun not as hot as yesterday. It was mostly one road for half the distance, then another for the …
