Day 10- Vienna to Krems an der Donau

When we got back to our tent last night we found that water had been getting through our groundsheet somehow but fortunately all of our gear stayed dry. We'll need to investigate this when we get home but there shouldn't really be any problem if we're careful how we pitch it.

Today's cycling was quite different from anything else so far this trip, although we were heading upstream alongside the Danube, it was virtually flat all the way, however we were heading into a relentless gale the whole way. The temperature  was also a good bit cooler, about 15 degrees, sometimes less.

In our first hour this morning we passed ten times more bike tourists than we had in the last week, all going the opposite direction, downwind!  The river was pretty wide the whole way and the landscape either side very flat. In fact a lot of the villages were about ten metres below the river level, tucked in below the flood banks. They looked pretty dodgy to me. All along the route there were plenty of snack bars and other services.

There were also a few big barrages across the river acting as power stations, with huge locks alongside to allow the barges and cruise ships to pass through.

We got into Krems about 2:30, yet another really nice old town.  There was a big funfair in the town centre, however Sandra was too big a fearty to go on any of the rides.

Today's miles 43 https://www.strava.com/activities/386100476

Total miles 372