Friday 21st July – Zell am See to Grossglockner and Return Different kinds of day for us. We have left the bikes on their own stored down in the bar of the hotel – hey should be more than happy there?! So our plan is to catch a bus up to the highest mountain in … More Fri 21 July – Day trip to Grossglockner

Change in strategy today. Weather forecast was for rain starting about 10.00am so Di decided that she would catch the train from Krimml all the way to Zell am See which is approximately 70k’s. She also wanted to give her knee a rest for another 24 hours. Fras meantime opted to bike the distance. We … More Thursday 20th July – Krimml to Zell am See

Today our plan was to back track to the waterfall and go for a walk. We had a big sleep in after the early start yesterday and the long day we had. It was then a leisurely breakfast in the dining room before setting out. We had been envisioning a rugged unpaved footpath crawling its … More Wednesday 19th July – Krimml

Our plan today is to bike up the Zillertal valley to a place called Zell im Ziller which was 23k away. The weather forecast was for rain at 12midday and a reasonable amount at that, so we opted for an early start. Our earliest start yet at 7.30am. It was great biking through the valley … More Tuesday 18th July – Strass im Zillertal to Krimml

A plethora of positive superlatives to describe the weather today – in other words, perfect biking weather. We headed out of town pretty early today as skipped breakfast due to the €29pp price tag. Reckon we could get a croissant and coffee for a lot cheaper than that. We cruised by the famous gold roof … More Monday 17th July – Innsbruck to Strass im Zillertal

A little addition to yesterday’s blog. We went to a traditional Biergarten up on a hill but still in Aschaffenburg. Had an excellent view of the surroundings and could also see the skyline of Frankfurt. We spent a couple of hours enjoying the atmosphere as well as the live band that was playing a mixture … More Sunday 16th July – Phase 7, Aschaffenburg to Innsbruck

Both pretty exhausted after yesterday’s full travel day. Today was spent cleaning bikes and doing some maintenance in preparation for the commencement of Phase 7 tomorrow. Elfi our guardian angel, has done our washing yet again!!!! So we spent the rest of the day sorting through the meager possessions that we do have and whittling … More Saturday 15th July – Aschaffenburg, rest day

Today is a travel day which involved an early start for the Pencelli Castle crew. Quick breakfast followed by a final clean up of the boat. Wolfgang also came up with a very ingenius idea of how to fix up the scratches on the outside of the boat that had been caused by tree branches … More Friday July 14th – Brecon Beacons South Wales to Frankfurt, Germany

Well today is our final day of cruising. We have about five hours of motoring of which it will bring us to within an hour of our home base for returning the Pencelli Castle. The weather remains dry though overcast and a little cool at about 17c. It is so chocolate box cover scenery. Here … More Thursday July 13 – Final Day, Brecon Beacons South Wales

Have been a little remiss about describing the canal itself. It is very much like a James Brindley style canal in that it follows the contours of the land religiously rather than the Telford (cut and fill and keep it straight) style. This is not surprising as the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal engineer was Thomas … More July 12 – Day 5, Brecon Beacons South Wales