We had a bit of a tough day today. Although we have only reached the edge of the alps tonight, today's route was very up and down resulting in us doing over 3000 feet of climbing, some of it pretty steep. Someone must have snuck into our tent last night and filled Sandra's legs with lead, she was really tired from the start but insisted in struggling on to our planned destination at Schwangau. The countryside was much more interesting today with lots of wee alpine farming villages unfortunately the rain came on heavily in the afternoon and that combined with our tiredness took the shine off it a bit.
We did see the alps from a distance but by the time we got to the places where the views should have been spectacular the clouds had closed in
However by the time we reached our campsite the rain had gone off, we've been really jammy so far in that we've managed to pitch our tent and pack up every day so far in the dry. The campsite is excellent with good drying facilities and an excellent restaurant which even served proper vegetables...the first for weeks!
All day my back wheel has felt like a 50p piece, on inspection it looks like my back tyre is stuffed, I think a brake pad must have been just rubbing against it.
Tomorrow's plan (weather dependant) is to have a look at Neuschwanstein Castle, then into Fussen to find a new tyre then onwards into Austria.
miles today 49
Total miles 809
Ascent today 3068 feet
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