Totally in the mountains now and will remain so for the next week. I’ve, long ago, booked a room in a place called Trafoi for this coming Friday (26th), which is the night before Stelvio Bike Day. Between then and now, our route will be determined with that in mind. Not much to say about today save that the scenery is amazing. The cycle paths in The Tyrol are very good and well signposted. I did get stung by a wasp though. It landed on my right hand while I ...

Arrived Vienna airport at around 5pm. Took about half an hour for the bike boxes to appear and another half hour to reassemble them and get going. Vienna airport is unusual in that Arrival and Departure passengers share the same space. It was 12k to the hotel that we’d prebooked; the Arion Airport Hotel. Checked in, quick beer then off to look for some food. There was a bit of rain in the air but it didn’t come to much. Quite warm tho. Not a lot going o...