Left slightly later than I’d wanted. This usually happens when I have to cook breakfast. Also it had rained in the night so taking my time meant the early morning sunshine dried the tent out.
My legs felt drained from the day before but I had slept well and the rest had done me good. I haven’t been on the net for a few days so I’ve been unable to check what lies ahead. Maybe this is a good thing. If I know I have a huge climb it doesn’t do much for my spirit.
Turns out I had a few huge climbs, very steep climbs indeed. The route to Bistrica was all up and down but I could cope with this. It was route 101 north that was so so steep. It was a wide road too so the gradient wasn’t obvious, but looking back I could see it was steep and my legs could feel it. Checking my GPS I only had 3 miles to the border but I was going a lot slower than 3 miles an hour and I had to keep stopping every few hundred meters to cool down. It was tough.
I finally reached the top and crossed into Austria. The route then went just as steep down as it had up. It was great fun but heavy on the brakes.
A few more steep inclines before I was out of the mountains. I stopped for a sandwich at some random place, I’m not even sure if they did food but they knocked me up a great ham sandwich with mayo, tomato sauce and lettuce.
By this point I’d had enough. It was still the hottest part of the day and my legs were almost jelly. I plodded on to Lake Klopeiner See where I’ve pitched my tent for the night and had yet another cooling swim in a lake.
I’ve been going three months today so I should be halfway through.