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- Day 1
- Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 1:00 PM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
AustraliaCleveland Point27°30’34” S 153°17’21” E
Prep time
August 21, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Packing, repacking and general list making
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- Day 4
- Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 5:00 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 2 m
- AustraliaBrisbane Airport27°23’42” S 153°7’15” E
waiting
August 24, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Pack is done
And now we play the waiting game
Bike is in!
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- Day 5
- Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 6:15 AM
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
United Arab EmiratesDubai International Airport25°14’45” N 55°22’12” E
dubai
August 25, 2016 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Just chilling for couple hours after uneventful flight
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- Day 5
- Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 9:00 AM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 458 m
SwitzerlandSulgen47°32’22” N 9°12’16” E
in the air
August 25, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
I am on the plane...trying to sleep but bored...
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- Day 5
- Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 2:50 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 417 m
- SwitzerlandNiederdorf47°22’23” N 8°32’36” E
zurich
August 25, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Bike and I have made it to sunny Zurich
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- Day 5
- Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 8:36 PM
- 🌙 25 °C
- Altitude: 417 m
- SwitzerlandNiederdorf47°22’23” N 8°32’36” E
Bike time
August 25, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
I have found the Parrotts, reunited with Illy and met Bernadette.
We have set up bikes tonight...
Ash PrakashIs the deal you buy Dave a beer for every part he has to put together for you? How'd it go?
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- Day 6
- Friday, August 26, 2016 at 9:00 AM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 702 m
- SwitzerlandIlanz46°46’30” N 9°12’16” E
train to Ilanz
August 26, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
morning started with Sheril cracking a soft boiled egg on her forehead...definite highlight...imagine sitting at a nice restaurant and then unexpectedly having egg yolk covering everything...gross butRead more
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- Day 6
- Friday, August 26, 2016 at 6:00 PM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 2,043 m
- SwitzerlandOberalp Pass46°39’31” N 8°40’21” E
high in the hills
August 26, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Up to Oberalpass by train...
And then ride down Alpine road with Sheril Joy and Illy (olds were not up for this section)
Easily the coolest thing I have done on a bike to date! I was on the brakesRead more
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- Day 6
- Friday, August 26, 2016 at 7:30 PM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 980 m
- SwitzerlandCumpadials46°43’26” N 8°55’52” E
last train out of sumvitg
August 26, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
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- Day 6
- Friday, August 26, 2016 at 9:30 PM
- 🌙 21 °C
- Altitude: 702 m
- SwitzerlandIlanz46°46’30” N 9°12’16” E
Ilanz
August 26, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Beers and Italian as reward for today's effort... Dinner at 9.30pm as not dark until 8.30 ish
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- Day 7
- Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 11:20 AM
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 726 m
- SwitzerlandCastrisch46°46’33” N 9°13’54” E
dont take your touring bike on mtb track
August 27, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We started with fresh bakery treats for breakfast...
Sheril got a new wheel and we started out for Chur
Group A- Sherelle and Jan headed on the train and had their own misadventures (but will leave itRead more
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- Day 7
- Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 1:00 PM
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 816 m
- SwitzerlandValendas46°47’17” N 9°16’58” E
up up and away
August 27, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Castritch 722m to Valendas at 810m...
Epic hills to rival the feeling of SB (lemons), straddie (Em), or Frog flats (overland)...
Amazing Amazing views
Deborah Hennessey
Wow! What a gorgeous postcard view. You've captured some amazing pics Bec
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- Day 7
- Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 2:00 PM
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 907 m
- SwitzerlandVersam46°47’33” N 9°20’14” E
Versam
August 27, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Another climb to Versam (910m) for a break for lunch
It was a great lunch- cheeses and meats all local products... Cooled down here with picturesque fountain and quaint surrounds...Illy went for aRead more
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- Day 7
- Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 6:00 PM
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 570 m
- SwitzerlandFelsberg46°50’36” N 9°28’46” E
down time
August 27, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
And then we went down...
Got to pass over Rhine quite a bit ... Some epic hairpin turns and a significant amount of more unwelcome climbing...
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- Day 7
- Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 8:30 PM
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 607 m
- SwitzerlandChur46°50’54” N 9°31’51” E
chur chur chur
August 27, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
And eventually we got to Chur and meet up with girls and listened to tales from their day....
So ended up as 37km today with all our detours
Late night Dutch blitz (Bek holds victory)
Deborah Hennessey
When I was showing these pictures to Abigail, she said "There! That's Aunty Bet. She's my favourite girl" :-)
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- Day 8
- Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 9:00 AM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 518 m
- SwitzerlandLandquart46°56’60” N 9°33’54” E
Igis this is done
August 28, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Set out from Chur (all six of us) after an early-ish start... And all went to plan until Sherils pedal went caput near Igis (it was all a bit Dan Brown on the MTB)
So Sherelle and Dave headed back toRead more
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- Day 8
- Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 1:00 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 650 m
- SwitzerlandMaienfeld47°0’48” N 9°32’43” E
Hi Heidi
August 28, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Sooooo Jan, Bern, Illy and I set out towards Maienfeld.
We headed up to visit HeidiHaus
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- Day 8
- Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 2:00 PM
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 488 m
- SwitzerlandRegitzer Spitz47°1’53” N 9°29’43” E
down in a flasch
August 28, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Then we enjoyed the descent to Flasch, and riding on the river path.
Illy and I went to dip our feet in which ended up as a swim in freezing Rhine!
Helen Tallack
Now this is what I thought you would be doing...riding peacefully (?? with Rel??)along the Rhine...
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- Day 8
- Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 7:00 PM
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 433 m
- SwitzerlandHaag (Rheintal)47°12’38” N 9°29’22” E
home to Haag
August 28, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
And then powered on to Haag with a brief stop over in Liechtenstein, and met up with mildly intoxicated Sheril and Dave...
Nice day out... We did just over 55km today!
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- Day 9
- Monday, August 29, 2016 at 8:00 AM
- 🌧 18 °C
- Altitude: 443 m
- SwitzerlandFrümsen47°14’45” N 9°28’28” E
storm chasing
August 29, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
It was Jan, Bern and me heading out early on our bikes today. Sheril and Dave went to the bike shop, and Illy needed a rest day...
The dark clouds were looming... and as we decided to pull over underRead more
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- Day 9
- Monday, August 29, 2016 at 1:00 PM
- 🌧 19 °C
- Altitude: 400 m
- SwitzerlandWidnau47°24’19” N 9°38’12” E
riding the storm
August 29, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
We got back on our bikes and it just kept raining. I was soaked through and had water pooling in my shoes...
Most of todays riding was on path on the side of the canal... But we greeted the RhineRead more
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- Day 9
- Monday, August 29, 2016 at 6:00 PM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 396 m
AustriaCasino-Stadion47°30’8” N 9°44’2” E
mighty shall fall
August 29, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
And so we powered across the border to Austria and on to Bregenz....
I had a fall trying to jump a kerb, and Jan may have fallen from a stand still at lights which prompted the nearby ambulance toRead more
TravelerIn process of drying out... All fall-ies are ok (everyone just with grazes and bruises)
Helen TallackThanks for sharing these stories and photos. Amazing! I only just got the link tonight so have read all the entries until now in one go, but from now will be able to follow at a more leisurely pace, as you ride at a more leisurely pace??! Fantastic blog thanks. Stay gold!
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- Day 10
- Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 5:40 PM
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 395 m
- AustriaCasino-Stadion47°30’9” N 9°44’1” E
Rest day in Bregenz
August 30, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Relaxing day at pool and more swimming in lake.
Some beers and ping pong and general relaxing
and letting things dry out
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- Day 11
- Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 11:32 AM
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 399 m
GermanyLindau47°32’42” N 9°40’40” E
Lindau Island
August 31, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
So we have said goodbye to mountains...
and the full fellowship set out again this morning...
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- Day 11
- Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 2:23 PM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 396 m
- GermanyKniebach47°39’46” N 9°22’1” E
