Along the S. shore of Walensee, through 2 specially made bike tunnels, very steep inclines (the Swiss don't do hairpins for bikes), then an easy valley floor to Sargens & a short hop to the Rhine. Here there are some WWII gun emplacements. We cross over into Liechenstein at its souternmost border at 11:10am, follow the Rhine Dam Cycle Path, with a small diversion to whizz round the village of Ruggel. At 12:40pm we pass out of the N. border into Austria. After 2 hours, which included a lunch stop, we are through Austria & back into Switzerland near the Bodensee.
The Rhine had seeped through the dyke as it approaches Bodensee, & flooded the cycle path. An elderly Swiss lady cyclist turned back with us, saying she'd never seen it that bad, & helped us find a dry route around. Soon we happened upon an immaculate campsite on the S. shore at Altenrhein & had a good nights sleep after 69miles of rather warm cycling in 3 countries!
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- Sus and Mike
- In our retirement, cycling Europe (and elsewhere) before we get too old. This blog now has records of our tours of the UK (2007), Western Europe (2007/8), Australia (2008/9), UK to Hungary (2011), the Celtic Tour (spring 2012) and Pacific West Coast tour (Aug to Nov 2012).