Last push to Vienna and we were away early from the campsite at Melk. Castles and vineyards line the morning's route, with wine tasting at the side of the road. The Wachau region is made up of very old, gorgeous little villages from which the vineyards grow up the valley sides. Narrow streets and cobbled roads made for slow going and we have a long way to go! Today, we were later informed, was the hottest day of the year, 37 degrees, absolutely ideal cycling weather.
Out of the vineyards and close to the river passing kilmometer markers on big pole for ships and barges. Marker 1986 shows we are nearing 1000km for the trip, and made an excellent Happy Birthday Jude photo!
The bikes are heavy and a nightmare to handle if you are tired...
Dehydrated, Harvey feeling a bit rough until we finally reached a cafe on the side of the trail. Grapejuice with ice, perfect.
Sleepy time.
Absolutely spent, with the way into Vienna still to negotiate.
As it happened, the way was easy to find, but just went on forever. Signs to Vienna turned out just to be to the outskirts, ace, and it was still 15km into the centre. Anyway, the path went right along the river, city dwellers lined the banks making the most of the heat, plenty more nudists, everyone using the bike paths after work, we were pretty desperate to stop pedalling. Latched onto the back of a lycra clad road cycling pair for a a few km, feeling pretty smug...
Once we arrived in the centre we then had to find our hotel. After laughing at how far away it was, major faff was spared when a nice Viennese man showed us how to get bikes onto the tube. Museum Quarter, bikes everywhere, dog poo on Harvey's wheel/bag/hand, hostel round the corner, 135km on the hottest day of the year done. Rest day tomorrow...
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