Wednesday 9 June 2010

Slovenia

Well Graham managed to get through the Slovenian Alps in about a week.

It's been a fairly mixed week, the weather has been a bit mixed.
There was still about 2m of snow on some of the higher passes which he was planing to take so there was a few changes in route.
Also he came down with a bit of a bug so had a rest day where he pretty much slept most of the day.
The light weight boots have also proved an issue, they were light weight, but maybe not quite up to the mileage / weather which this trip has given them. Still averaging about 20 - 25 miles a day - with the rest/ill day the only exception where he did 8 miles before breakfast (and then slept).
Also maps were not quite as easy to come by as Graham had hoped, a couple of days he's been using a 1:500000 map of Europe to navigate by. I can imagine how depressing it is to look at the map and see over the course of the day you've only moved a inch or 2 at the most. this section was on minor roads, but the views and scenery were still pretty spectacular.
Graham then crossed into Italy on 3rd or 4th June - 2 countries in only a month!! Pretty impressive stuff

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