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- Dia 1
- domingo, 21 de agosto de 2016 13:00
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
AustráliaCleveland Point27°30’34” S 153°17’21” E
Prep time
21 de agosto de 2016, Austrália ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Packing, repacking and general list making
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- Dia 4
- quarta-feira, 24 de agosto de 2016 17:00
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 2 m
- AustráliaBrisbane Airport27°23’42” S 153°7’15” E
waiting
24 de agosto de 2016, Austrália ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Pack is done
And now we play the waiting game
Bike is in!
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- Dia 5
- quinta-feira, 25 de agosto de 2016 06:15
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
Emirados Árabes UnidosDubai International Airport25°14’45” N 55°22’12” E
dubai
25 de agosto de 2016, Emirados Árabes Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Just chilling for couple hours after uneventful flight
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- Dia 5
- quinta-feira, 25 de agosto de 2016 09:00
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 458 m
SuíçaSulgen47°32’22” N 9°12’16” E
in the air
25 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
I am on the plane...trying to sleep but bored...
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- Dia 5
- quinta-feira, 25 de agosto de 2016 14:50
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 417 m
- SuíçaNiederdorf47°22’23” N 8°32’36” E
zurich
25 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Bike and I have made it to sunny Zurich
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- Dia 5
- quinta-feira, 25 de agosto de 2016 20:36
- 🌙 25 °C
- Altitude: 417 m
- SuíçaNiederdorf47°22’23” N 8°32’36” E
Bike time
25 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ 🌙 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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- Dia 6
- sexta-feira, 26 de agosto de 2016 09:00
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 702 m
- SuíçaIlanz46°46’30” N 9°12’16” E
train to Ilanz
26 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 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 butLeia mais
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- Dia 6
- sexta-feira, 26 de agosto de 2016 18:00
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 2.043 m
- SuíçaOberalp Pass46°39’31” N 8°40’21” E
high in the hills
26 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 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 brakesLeia mais
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- Dia 6
- sexta-feira, 26 de agosto de 2016 19:30
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 980 m
- SuíçaCumpadials46°43’26” N 8°55’52” E
last train out of sumvitg
26 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
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- Dia 6
- sexta-feira, 26 de agosto de 2016 21:30
- 🌙 21 °C
- Altitude: 702 m
- SuíçaIlanz46°46’30” N 9°12’16” E
Ilanz
26 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ 🌙 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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- Dia 7
- sábado, 27 de agosto de 2016 11:20
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 726 m
- SuíçaCastrisch46°46’33” N 9°13’54” E
dont take your touring bike on mtb track
27 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 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 itLeia mais
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- Dia 7
- sábado, 27 de agosto de 2016 13:00
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 816 m
- SuíçaValendas46°47’17” N 9°16’58” E
up up and away
27 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 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
Emma NichollsLooks way better than Straddie! Much wider roads. Effing frog flats...
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- Dia 7
- sábado, 27 de agosto de 2016 14:00
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 907 m
- SuíçaVersam46°47’33” N 9°20’14” E
Versam
27 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 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 aLeia mais
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- Dia 7
- sábado, 27 de agosto de 2016 18:00
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 570 m
- SuíçaFelsberg46°50’36” N 9°28’46” E
down time
27 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ⛅ 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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- Dia 7
- sábado, 27 de agosto de 2016 20:30
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 607 m
- SuíçaChur46°50’54” N 9°31’51” E
chur chur chur
27 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ⛅ 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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- Dia 8
- domingo, 28 de agosto de 2016 09:00
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 518 m
- SuíçaLandquart46°56’60” N 9°33’54” E
Igis this is done
28 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 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 toLeia mais
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- Dia 8
- domingo, 28 de agosto de 2016 13:00
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 650 m
- SuíçaMaienfeld47°0’48” N 9°32’43” E
Hi Heidi
28 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Sooooo Jan, Bern, Illy and I set out towards Maienfeld.
We headed up to visit HeidiHaus
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- Dia 8
- domingo, 28 de agosto de 2016 14:00
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 488 m
- SuíçaRegitzer Spitz47°1’53” N 9°29’43” E
down in a flasch
28 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 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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- Dia 8
- domingo, 28 de agosto de 2016 19:00
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 433 m
- SuíçaHaag (Rheintal)47°12’38” N 9°29’22” E
home to Haag
28 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ ☀️ 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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- Dia 9
- segunda-feira, 29 de agosto de 2016 08:00
- 🌧 18 °C
- Altitude: 443 m
- SuíçaFrümsen47°14’45” N 9°28’28” E
storm chasing
29 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ 🌧 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 underLeia mais
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- Dia 9
- segunda-feira, 29 de agosto de 2016 13:00
- 🌧 19 °C
- Altitude: 400 m
- SuíçaWidnau47°24’19” N 9°38’12” E
riding the storm
29 de agosto de 2016, Suíça ⋅ 🌧 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 RhineLeia mais
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- Dia 9
- segunda-feira, 29 de agosto de 2016 18:00
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 396 m
ÁustriaCasino-Stadion47°30’8” N 9°44’2” E
mighty shall fall
29 de agosto de 2016, Áustria ⋅ ⛅ 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 toLeia mais
ViajanteIn 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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- Dia 10
- terça-feira, 30 de agosto de 2016 17:40
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 395 m
- ÁustriaCasino-Stadion47°30’9” N 9°44’1” E
Rest day in Bregenz
30 de agosto de 2016, Áustria ⋅ ⛅ 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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- Dia 11
- quarta-feira, 31 de agosto de 2016 11:32
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 399 m
AlemanhaLindau47°32’42” N 9°40’40” E
Lindau Island
31 de agosto de 2016, Alemanha ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
So we have said goodbye to mountains...
and the full fellowship set out again this morning...
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- Dia 11
- quarta-feira, 31 de agosto de 2016 14:23
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 396 m
- AlemanhaKniebach47°39’46” N 9°22’1” E
Bodensee
31 de agosto de 2016, Alemanha ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Beautiful ride around the lake and through orchards
Lunch at Immemstaad