Based on previous experience I’ve found it takes me up to a week to get properly in rhythm with daily travelling and all the unpacking, assembly, disassembly and repacking that goes on. So I had planned to camp the first night B&B the second whilst I worked out what I needed to do differently. The clincher though was heavy rain was forecast overnight and in the morning and I didn't fancy packing everything in the pouring rain!
And rain it did, fair belting it down all night - it looked like the Alpine road might be a wash out. The first hour was and then the clouds started to break and the full beauty of the landscape opened up before me.
I headed first along a small road by Plansee - a glorious road that snakes along side a river and then the lake - quite level but lovely to ride.
However, shortly after that the rain returned with a torrential vengeance. Moreover, every-time I headed up an alpine loop, the rain turned to sleet and was so heavy it was all getting a little unpleasant with my mood sinking to match.
It was still raining heavily when I arrived at Konigsee, so I opted for another B&B and headed for the pub to drown my sorrows and try and find a route through the Austrian Alps into Slovenia. I had found out during the day that all three of the passes that I had planned to use were remaining closed for another 1 to 2 weeks due to recent heavy snow - bummer!
It was still raining heavily when I arrived at Konigsee, so I opted for another B&B and headed for the pub to drown my sorrows and try and find a route through the Austrian Alps into Slovenia. I had found out during the day that all three of the passes that I had planned to use were remaining closed for another 1 to 2 weeks due to recent heavy snow - bummer!
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