Up and packed for breakfast on the top deck of the botel. It was a cooked breakfast so we were well filled by the time we left. Departed 7.30am with Jos. Rode back over the Danube and turned left to head east. We were riding along the stopbank for most of the time. The Danube had been dammed in 1992 in this area and there were lovely wide well-paved stopbanks to ride on. There was evidence of the pre-flood trees, they poked out above the river. We rode past poplar and willow trees along the sides, no houses of places of note. Not a lot of houses when leaving the city and very few places along the way.
After 20ks we were joined by the tandem ridden by Rita and Karl, and Jaco, Jurg, Terry and Jim. We made great progress travellling down the river on flat, well-sealed track with a tail wind. There were very long straights of up to 10ks on length. . We reached the lunch stop at the 50k mark at 9.50am. Teresa had only just arrived to prepare lunch - it was more like morning tea time. After lunch we travelled the last few kms to the border. Again, crossing the border from Slovakia into Hungary was a non-event. We cycled through the posts but there was noone there to check anything.
After that we turned and followed a sign for Györ which led to a stopbanks and a few kilometers riding in thick gravel in the hot sun on top of a stopbank. After a while we turned off the stopbank and went into a town. We managed to get the young lady who was cycling past to show us where we were and so we could ascertain where we wanted to go. We headed off to Györ along roads through small towns. When we reached Györ we had a few stops while people sorted out directions. It was a bit of an adventure to find the camp but we finally arrived about 1pm. Tents up we braved the showers: the amenities look like they were built in Soviet style in the 1950s and nothing has been done since. So the doors do not close, tiles are cracked, wiring exposed, showers work if you hold the hose nozzle all the time ... But there was water and it was warm! In fact the campsite was appalling. We should not have to stay in such conditions, but we are told that it is an adventure trip.
There was a lovely swimming pool but they charged €4 ($8) for a swim. We sat in a big group and had a cold beer at the camp store. It was around 37 degrees. Watched others turn up- some up to 3 hours later. It had been lovely and sunny all day, but around 4.30 the clouds started to appear. At 5.15 there was thunder and lightening, then the rain started to fall. After about an hour it had all cleared up again, but the temperate had dropped to 24 degrees, so will be much more pleasant for sleeping. Instructions for tomorrow were given, then dinner time. After dinner we talked for a while, but by 8.30pm people were heading for bed.
After 20ks we were joined by the tandem ridden by Rita and Karl, and Jaco, Jurg, Terry and Jim. We made great progress travellling down the river on flat, well-sealed track with a tail wind. There were very long straights of up to 10ks on length. . We reached the lunch stop at the 50k mark at 9.50am. Teresa had only just arrived to prepare lunch - it was more like morning tea time. After lunch we travelled the last few kms to the border. Again, crossing the border from Slovakia into Hungary was a non-event. We cycled through the posts but there was noone there to check anything.
After that we turned and followed a sign for Györ which led to a stopbanks and a few kilometers riding in thick gravel in the hot sun on top of a stopbank. After a while we turned off the stopbank and went into a town. We managed to get the young lady who was cycling past to show us where we were and so we could ascertain where we wanted to go. We headed off to Györ along roads through small towns. When we reached Györ we had a few stops while people sorted out directions. It was a bit of an adventure to find the camp but we finally arrived about 1pm. Tents up we braved the showers: the amenities look like they were built in Soviet style in the 1950s and nothing has been done since. So the doors do not close, tiles are cracked, wiring exposed, showers work if you hold the hose nozzle all the time ... But there was water and it was warm! In fact the campsite was appalling. We should not have to stay in such conditions, but we are told that it is an adventure trip.
There was a lovely swimming pool but they charged €4 ($8) for a swim. We sat in a big group and had a cold beer at the camp store. It was around 37 degrees. Watched others turn up- some up to 3 hours later. It had been lovely and sunny all day, but around 4.30 the clouds started to appear. At 5.15 there was thunder and lightening, then the rain started to fall. After about an hour it had all cleared up again, but the temperate had dropped to 24 degrees, so will be much more pleasant for sleeping. Instructions for tomorrow were given, then dinner time. After dinner we talked for a while, but by 8.30pm people were heading for bed.
We travelled 87ks in 3 hours 48, average speed was 22.8.
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Love the showers!! I remember having showers like this in a camping ground in Paris but the water was cold!! It was also cold outside. Will be interesting the next few weeks as you head south. Enjoy
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