Thursday, 3 September 2015

Day 7- Vranov nad Dyji to Mikulov

It was quite cool this morning as we set off across the suspension bridge from the campsite but we soon warmed up with some 18% gradients to get the legs working.

At Cizov we came across the only remnants of the iron curtain remaining in the Czech Republic, it was quite amazing that this was still in existence in 1989 and that these barbed wire defences were electrified.

The rest of the mornings journey was through a fantastic range of roads including good roads, bad roads, excellent cycle paths, dirt tracks and full on mountain biking.

It also took us into some great scenery, especially when we ended up on a high ridge above a sharp bend of the river Dyji.

We stopped after about 20 miles for a light lunch at Satov.  After that the terrain was pretty flat so we decided to crack on another 40 miles to Mikulov. The afternoon scenery was not that inspiring, but Mikulov is another beautiful historic town and we found a really nice pension near the town centre.

A great day.

Total miles 249


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