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Our alarm was set for 06:30 as we knew we had a long trip planned today. We ate breakfast and got on the road by 07:50. We didn’t see much of the first castle we came across as we only saw walls next to the road.

I think there’s a castle somewhere behind the wallls

I think there’s a castle somewhere behind the wallls
Cycled 10.0km, climbed 265m, currently at 229m high.

The nice roads of yesterday continued (i think the first part of this route is following a local multiday hike) and we came across some cool sheep and a really cool donkey.

Hi Donkey :-)

Hi Donkey :-)
Cycled 17.8km, climbed 484m, currently at 279m high.

We regulary ride through fields and now and then you get really nice views.

View from the fields

View from the fields
Cycled 23.9km, climbed 563m, currently at 288m high.

We came across a bakery after 20km and we treated ourselves to some yummy stuff and a baguette with vegetables and other stuff. After that we continued on and came across our second castle of the day. This one looked a lot nicer.

Nice tiny castle

Nice tiny castle
Cycled 27.9km, climbed 604m, currently at 173m high.

Most of the roads were pretty doable but sometimes we came across some kind of dried out river that went uphill. Those single tracks are really bumpy and super exhausting!

Soo exhausting

Soo exhausting
Cycled 28.7km, climbed 673m, currently at 254m high.

We lunched in Spontin and drank a nice coffee with some sweets in a bakery there. As soon as we left town we came across an obstacle. I guess this was a hiking route and they put a concrete block across the track to ensure the cows wouldn’t leave the field. Getting the bikes over that block proved a bit tricky but we managed.

The roadblock

The roadblock
Cycled 39.9km, climbed 901m, currently at 197m high.

After this we rode on top of a plateau for a while and saw lots off windmills. It was pretty windy but slow and steady got us where we needed to be.

Windmills

Windmills
Cycled 48.0km, climbed 1029m, currently at 269m high.

And that was a nice small b&b/cafe/restaurant where we ordered a beer and a coke. We were less than 20km from the finish and an early celebration was in order 😇

Drinks

Drinks
Cycled 57.6km, climbed 1190m, currently at 252m high.

But maybe our celebration was a bit early because we had a couple of spicy bits left. I started to feel that my body was getting exhausted and every climb became harder and harder.

Spicy climbing

Spicy climbing

But we made it and arrived at our camp spot around 17:40. We got a spot to put up our tents, took a shower and now we’re waiting for dinner.

Our sleeping spot for the night

Our sleeping spot for the night
Cycled 74.0km, climbed 1474m, currently at 110m high.

I’m really happy with how the day went today. I managed to keep my heart rate relatively low (well not as low as Bart’s but that is impossible 😇) and don’t feel super exhausted at the moment. And we rode a long and heavy trip today, so I’m happy!

Tomorrow should be almost the same as today, hopefully it will go as well as today!

See you tomorrow!