It was a noisy night. Camp "neighbours" - the young guys in the cabins nearby, decided to party up all Saturday night. So until 4am there was music and merriment, not appreciated by us cyclists nearby. The sun starts to come up at 4am also! We packed up and gathered for breakfast. It was cornflakes, boiled eggs and the leftover fried fat from last nights pork chops for dinner. So we stood and looked in disappointed amazement at what was presented. Henry, the company owner, is with us for a few days and he went and organized some meusli. So we departed for the days ride feeling a little more satisfied.
From camp we headed out of town and along country roads. We passed areas of fruit trees, more scrubby forest areas, hay being harvested, a thatched roof house under construction, areas of new houses alongside rundown places. At Jakabszállás we passed the church - Sunday morning Mass was on and there were lots of bikes parked outside. There was a memorial outside to all the locals who died in the '56 Hungarian revolution. Then it was on through Bugac, Móricgát and Jászszentlaszlo, (where we stopped for a cold drink) to lunch about 11am just after Kiskunmajsa. We had covered 65ks and it was 32 degrees. The towns were all strung out along the main road, and there was no central shopping centre. The shops were interspersed with the houses all along the way.
There were a number of little bars. Quite a few houses had For Sale signs on them. After lunch it was a ride through similiar country to Szeged. It was hot and after setting up camp we had a swim in the camp pool which cost 600HUFs each. However it was very refreshing. It was 35 degrees by then. Then we relaxed for a few hours until dinner. Again the camp grounds are not of a very high standard. We have only seen one camp with full kitchen and laundry facilities. Some do not have a place to wash dishes, or if they do it is only in cold water. Ablution blocks are poorly designed and maintained. John and I, together with Fred, were on dishes so had to do the cooks dishes - we all get 1-2 turns during the tour.
After that there was a camp talent show organized by Lady Al. The stage was the canopy used for lunch stops, and Jos was the MC. We had a lecture on bridge structures by Carl, a ballad by Philip, a skit by Win and Dan, song by Lady Al accompanied by Bill, cautionary tale by John, tango by Rita and Carl. Jos sang "If I were a rich man", Stewart and George updated us on the news, and Janice and Lady Al did a name song. Duncan finished with a joke. It was a great evening of entertainment and there was much applause, including standing ovations! Some people then went to watch the final of the European soccer cup between Germany and Spain. The rest of us headed to bed, covered in insect repellant as there were mosquitos around. It was still very warm and humid. It was dark at 9pm, much earlier than a few weeks ago, because we have travelled south. Tomorrow we up into Romania, another country, currency, language. However our first two nights will be in a hotel as the following day is a rest day.
Today we rode 102kms in 4hours, 22 mins. Average 23.4.
From camp we headed out of town and along country roads. We passed areas of fruit trees, more scrubby forest areas, hay being harvested, a thatched roof house under construction, areas of new houses alongside rundown places. At Jakabszállás we passed the church - Sunday morning Mass was on and there were lots of bikes parked outside. There was a memorial outside to all the locals who died in the '56 Hungarian revolution. Then it was on through Bugac, Móricgát and Jászszentlaszlo, (where we stopped for a cold drink) to lunch about 11am just after Kiskunmajsa. We had covered 65ks and it was 32 degrees. The towns were all strung out along the main road, and there was no central shopping centre. The shops were interspersed with the houses all along the way.
There were a number of little bars. Quite a few houses had For Sale signs on them. After lunch it was a ride through similiar country to Szeged. It was hot and after setting up camp we had a swim in the camp pool which cost 600HUFs each. However it was very refreshing. It was 35 degrees by then. Then we relaxed for a few hours until dinner. Again the camp grounds are not of a very high standard. We have only seen one camp with full kitchen and laundry facilities. Some do not have a place to wash dishes, or if they do it is only in cold water. Ablution blocks are poorly designed and maintained. John and I, together with Fred, were on dishes so had to do the cooks dishes - we all get 1-2 turns during the tour.
After that there was a camp talent show organized by Lady Al. The stage was the canopy used for lunch stops, and Jos was the MC. We had a lecture on bridge structures by Carl, a ballad by Philip, a skit by Win and Dan, song by Lady Al accompanied by Bill, cautionary tale by John, tango by Rita and Carl. Jos sang "If I were a rich man", Stewart and George updated us on the news, and Janice and Lady Al did a name song. Duncan finished with a joke. It was a great evening of entertainment and there was much applause, including standing ovations! Some people then went to watch the final of the European soccer cup between Germany and Spain. The rest of us headed to bed, covered in insect repellant as there were mosquitos around. It was still very warm and humid. It was dark at 9pm, much earlier than a few weeks ago, because we have travelled south. Tomorrow we up into Romania, another country, currency, language. However our first two nights will be in a hotel as the following day is a rest day.
Today we rode 102kms in 4hours, 22 mins. Average 23.4.
1 comment:
Great to get some photos this time! Camp sites are a little different than in New Zealand and remember traveling through these areas and were lucky we had everything in our campa. It is so much easier now with the Euro!! all becomes more interesting language and currency.
Continue to have fun and stay safe.
Michelle
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