4000km through Europe

As expected, we were surrounded by fog in the morning. So we packed up our wet tent, had breakfast and hit the road. Soon, we arrived at the National Park entrance as we had taken a wrong turn. A ranger stopped us and told us we had to go back down again to get on the main road as it wouldn't be possible to cycle the trails by bike. Herbert convinced him that we can do those few hundred meters with our bikes, so the ranger let us pass with a smile on his face. Of course, this led into us pushing the bike through mud. At one section, we even had to push each bike with the two of us. But hey - we made it to the main road again without having to go back down first 😁
The main road was actually a dirt road, so climbing was exhausting and slow. But soon, we reached an altitude above the clouds which looked awesome. Plus, there were only few cars on it, so the ride was very enjoyable.
After some 20km, we started the descent until we reached the town of Biscaz. From here, we had to go on a busy main road before turning into a smaller valley. This was pretty cool again. Almost no cars, great landscape and a river next to the road. We had to climb on gravel again, so hard work, but the view from the top was well worth it. We decided to stop to eat something and dry our tent.
After the climb, we could descent again. We also looked for a wild camping spot for the night. There were a few, but as it was still relatively early, we always decided to go on. When it was actually getting later and we did need a campspot, there was none anymore. Neither a campground nor a guesthouse. We checked some apps and found an indicated place about 25km and 400m of elevation gain away from us. As we didn't have much other options, we went for it and ended up on a ridge with a 360 degree view in the middle of colorful wild flowers. It could definitely be worse! 😉
We also realized that we have already cycled more than 4000km since being back in Europe.Read more