Dürnstein to Steyr The day’s stats at a glance: distance: 122 kilometres total elevation: ~ 800 metres Today’s ride was in two very distinct parts. We spent 75 kilometres riding alongside the Danube and about another 10 kilometres moving away from the river but still on very flat ground. From that point we climbed up […]
Two days of riding from Sankt Gallen to Durnstein So, if we can count our romantic hunting lodge at Sankt Gallen as a castle (it certainly had the proportions to qualify) it’s four nights in a row from Sankt Gallen to our departure after a rest day here in Durstein with castle accommodation. More on […]
Another Awesome Day of Cycling in Austria Ramsau am Dachstein to Sankt Gallen: the basic stats 105 kilometres total elevation gained: 1020 metres A-hunting we will go … We began the morning by riding back the way we came into Ramsau for about 600 metres before hanging a right under the nice peaks we’d been […]
Climbing the Grossglockner: A Day of Complete Contrasts From Lienz to Zell am See: the day’s stats at a glance Distance: 95 kilometres Total elevation gained: 2562 metres At 3798 metres the Grossglockner is the highest point in Austria and the pass which bears its name is the highest paved road in Austria. It tops […]
Lionheart 2019 is Underway! Di and Doug await the Caravan For people new to the blog, an explanation for why we didn’t start in Venice with the rest of the crew might be in order. (We are the sort of people who like the idea of doing a complete journey.) The reason is that we […]
Adventure Bay to Hobart We awoke to a cool but clear day at Adventure Bay. This photo from Sam taken at the Neck looks back at Fluted Cape on the left and the wonderful bay we are leaving behind … So beautiful, isn’t it? No wonder this became favoured as a watering and stopover spot […]
When I was in my early years of teaching I worked in a school in the Derwent Valley. Quite a few of the kids there used to have shacks down on Bruny Island and often when I asked what they’d be doing over the weekend, or during holiday breaks the answer would be simply “Goin’ […]
After having such a great run of weather two and a half weeks I guess it would be unreasonable to have been disappointed with less than ideal conditions over the last two days. Yesterday we experienced pretty significant winds travelling north out of the Tasman Peninsula, and today was just pretty cool and overcast for […]
During the last two days we have traversed from the Freycinet Peninsula to Port Arthur at the southern extremity of the Tasman Peninsula. Here’s what our route looks like in the context of Tasmania as a whole … We’ve almost completed a loop back to Hobart but have some fun flourishes left to finish the […]
While a long day in the saddle with some ups and downs is what I like more than anything else, sometimes a shorter ride with less elevation can be rejuvenating. Today was such a day. With only 82 kilometres to cover and about 600 metres of climbing it has the least elevation and is one […]