Finally we got up to a morning without the perpetual steady drizzle we've come to know and love in Southern Germany. Still overcast but good riding conditions with little wind.
We were making good progress until about 20miles in Luke got a puncture. The rear tyre was incredicbly worn down and sadly our attempts to fix it on the side or the road only put pinch punctures in two brand new inner tubes. Just when the point of true despair was about to be reached, a German woman pulled up in a sparkling Audi 4x4 and insisted on giving Luke and his disabled bicycle a lift 5km into the town of Inglostadt. I cycled alongside, struggling to keep up while Luke sat in the passenger seat grinning.
The bike shop was closing for a 2 hour lunch so we had to make do with buying the parts and fitting them ourselves, but after a bit of a battle with getting the new tyre on we were up and running, albeit exceptionally behind schedule, again.
Missed out the city of Regensburg by diverting to the south, and stopped in a hotel in Straubing for the night, 50 miles from Passau and the Austrian border. Still just about on course for Budapest on Friday.
From Passau, Germanz (where y and z are the wrong waz round on the kezboard)
Phil
Yo bro!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you're having some fun - if a little soggy on the way. At least all that wet weather will dampen down the ash cloud so you *might* be able to fly (and not pedal) back to blighty!
Keep up the good work - we'll cook you a roast when you get back.
Phil