Awoke with a shroud of mist covered the city and river, strange-looking down from above, like being in an aeroplane looking down on clouds below, this will be my last full day in Passau, tomorrow I head off to Vienna. Only a couple of hours up the road near the town of Engelhartszell is whereContinue reading “Germany into Austria”
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Old Houses With Fringe Benefits
Sorry folks I kept calling St Stephen’s cathedra St Peter’s you know what it’s like when you get a name stuck in your head. The sun really was a scorcher, by noon so I stayed indoors until the worst was over. I had set out along the ridge from where I am staying and quiteContinue reading “Old Houses With Fringe Benefits”
All Inn
The day was shaping up to be another toaster so I wanted to be out of the city, and away from the traffic. I fund a circular tour along one side of the river Inn and back on the other bank. Mostly it is through woodlands and on well defined and cared for cycle paths.Continue reading “All Inn”
It just keeps getting better – better every day
How long ago was it we were freezing the proverbial off in the snow, a lifetime ago now. Today it is hot, hot, hot. My roommate yesterday was a middle-aged motorcyclist from Munich, of all places. He was riding the very latest BMW (what else) a big 1200 cc touring bike, and boy will heContinue reading “It just keeps getting better – better every day”
Passau
Sleeping arrangements and my wish to spend more time in Regensburg and with Passau, being over 100k from Straubing, where I had just reached after a 35.5k journey, I felt it time to once more leap-frog, by train into Passau, this has always been part of my plan, the trip was never really about cyclingContinue reading “Passau”
Stone Bridges and Water Runs
The morning was cold and I spent a lot of it indoors festering, I felt like a day off. I was reading Robert Reich (American political correspondent for the Guardian Newspaper, and he was talking about what Biden needs to do to win a second term. I touched on how big corporations are making moneyContinue reading “Stone Bridges and Water Runs”
Sunday Part Two
I had forgotten that today was Sunday and like most other parts of Austria all shops are closed, the exception being the bakers and sticky bun shop. Luckily I had some rations leftover from Munich, butter, cheese tomatoes and bananas, so the bairn will not have to go to bed hungry. This is my quartersContinue reading “Sunday Part Two”
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Waking up in Salzburg
He was only playing leapfrog. I had decided to go off-peak once more and to this end, I boarded a bus for Salzburg. What will this day be like? I wonder. What will my future be? I wonder. It should be so exiting, To be out in the world, to be free! My heart shouldContinue reading “Waking up in Salzburg”
Day one Saltzburg
He was only playing leapfrog. I had decided to go off-peak once more and to this end, I boarded a bus for Salzburg. What will this day be like? I wonder. What will my future be? I wonder. It should be so exciting, To be out in the world, to be free! My heart shouldContinue reading “Day one Saltzburg”
The Grand Tour: Fife and Beyond 