Prep time
21 agosto 2016, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Packing, repacking and general list making
waiting
24 agosto 2016, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Pack is done
And now we play the waiting game
Bike is in!
dubai
25 agosto 2016, Emirati Arabi Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Just chilling for couple hours after uneventful flight
in the air
25 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
I am on the plane...trying to sleep but bored...
zurich
25 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Bike and I have made it to sunny Zurich
Bike time
25 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ 🌙 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?
ViaggiatoreWe were a cohesive team with bike set up... all contributing with our talents... With the skills to pay the bills (well to earn some deserved beers)
train to Ilanz
26 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 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 butLeggi altro
high in the hills
26 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 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 brakesLeggi altro
last train out of sumvitg
26 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Ilanz
26 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Beers and Italian as reward for today's effort... Dinner at 9.30pm as not dark until 8.30 ish
dont take your touring bike on mtb track
27 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 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 itLeggi altro
up up and away
27 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 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
Ash PrakashWoah. Thanks for posting - it's like a mini break on my couch right now xxoo
Deborah Hennessey
Wow! What a gorgeous postcard view. You've captured some amazing pics Bec
Versam
27 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 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 aLeggi altro
down time
27 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ⛅ 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...
Viaggiatore
That's a dual lane road for cars...lucky motorists here are very considerate
chur chur chur
27 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ⛅ 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" :-)
Igis this is done
28 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 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 toLeggi altro
Hi Heidi
28 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Sooooo Jan, Bern, Illy and I set out towards Maienfeld.
We headed up to visit HeidiHaus
down in a flasch
28 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 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...
home to Haag
28 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 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!
storm chasing
29 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ 🌧 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 underLeggi altro
riding the storm
29 agosto 2016, Svizzera ⋅ 🌧 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 RhineLeggi altro
mighty shall fall
29 agosto 2016, 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 toLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreIn 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!
Rest day in Bregenz
30 agosto 2016, 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
Viaggiatore
Sleeping loft...As close as Sherelle has come to realising her dream of tiny house living
Lindau Island
31 agosto 2016, Germania ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
So we have said goodbye to mountains...
and the full fellowship set out again this morning...
Bodensee
31 agosto 2016, Germania ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Beautiful ride around the lake and through orchards
Lunch at Immemstaad