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Stage 11 – Kranjska Gora to Bled 35km (20-May-2019)


Today’s ride was short but sweet at least for the first 24km, beautiful deserted bike path through lush green countryside and then a ball breaking 150m mountain climb on a winding 2km road. Almost made it to the top but not quite, got off the bike to walk the last 500m. Then it was all down hill into Bled. Happy days.



Only one event grabbed my attention during the ride was a 3km queue of trucks on the highway running parallel to my bike path, otherwise it was all about riding; a touring cyclists dream.

Probably the highlight of the day was the people (unfortunately their names escape me and my apologies to them) that I came across  to exchange life and travel experiences and the  ride around Lake Bled.
Starting with these lovely girls from Romania.

Followed by this lovely couple from Camden, Australia,


 Followed by this lovely couple from Kuala Lumpur

Followed by this lovely couple from Ahmedabad, India

 Finally this lovely young man from Vienna travelling on his motorbike to somewhere in Croatia (he doesn’t know where yet.

As regards to Bled, hopefully these photos capture everything there is to be said about it as I am not smart enough to have the words to describe it.











Don’t know what tomorrow will bring as I make my way to Ljubljana. If sunny, I will definitely go around the lake one more time.

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