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Stage 2 - Wasserbrug Am Inn to Seebruck 37km (02-May-2019)


Woke up to a glorious sunny day but as I discovered it had quite a chill in the air as I made my way out of Wasserburg; It didn’t take me too long to warm up as it was all-uphill and some. It was hard work on an empty stomach; my guesthouse didn’t do breakfast.
Today, was all about riding through beautiful little villages surrounded by rolling hills and farms on quiet lanes and roads. Touring doesn’t get better than that. It was so quiet, I could almost hear myself think not that I was thinking a lot; slowed right down to enjoy the scenery, peace and quietness.
With no one in sight for several kms, suddenly came across three interesting characters in a very short space of time and distance.


First, was a young lady who had blocked the road to let the cows (all 55 of them and a bull (luck bull)), her count, cross the road to a new paddock after an early morning milking session.

Second, was this dude (I think his name was Francis) on an electric bike enjoying his daily ride. Poor bastard had both his knees replaced recently and his daily ride was part of his rehab. He was happy, as was I.

Third, was another young lady walking her horse; talked in German with her for quite a while exchanging travel experiences as you do. She thought I was very brave (here, here) cycling to Ljubljana. Sure beats the occasional (did I say occasional) bad round of golf.

Today’s ride was short for a reason; as I wanted to explore the area around Seeon Seebruck (a 20km ride) which is well know for cycling and folks from near and far come to ride around these parts as you can see by this group ride. I was not disappointed.


My accommodation is very remote and they don’t do dinners; bugger, which means I have to ride a couple of kms to the nearest restaurant and back. Not looking forward to it as it’s getting quite fresh. Don’t know if I can go to bed on an empty stomach so I guess I’ll have to brave it. Brave it I did and just as well. A nice Wiener schnitzel with salad; happy days. Tomorrow, I cross the border into Austria to the land of Sound of Music, Mozart amongst other things. Planning to hole out in Salzburg to take shelter from the bad weather over the weekend.

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