To the start of the walk

What a great couple of weeks to start the walk! The plan has changed slightly from the original idea, as Graham was so close to the east side of the Alps he thought he would head to the most eastern Alps and take in a summit, this is only an extra 4 days or so (and a few extra miles of distance and accent) on top of the Via Alpina.
The weather was pretty good to us most of the time, the sun was often out and we only got rained on a couple of times. By the time i left I think Graham had only worn his waterproof jacket once and the trousers had never even been out the bag. The 'chrome dome' or umbrella as it might be more commonly known, has been a good investment so far, both for sheltering from the rain and more often from the sun.

We flew out to Munich on 1st May, then got the train to Salzberg, where we stayed overnight before getting the train on to Bad Goisein on the sunday morning. We headed to the centre of town, the official starting point of the walk. Graham started walking about 11.45 on 2nd May.