It was a bit of a disappointing day today, I had really been looking forward to this really scenic section of the trip as we made our way through the Julian Alps however the weather today has been atrocious with torrential rain all day. As we climbed out from he camp site we could see down to the boat park for the rowing championships, apparently most of the boats had already left.
We then continued to climb for for nearly 3000ft over the next seven miles on really steep roads of about 12% gradient for a lot of the way ramping up yo 15% in places which is pretty steep when your bike and luggage weighs around 30kg. But at least the rain was keeping us cool, in fact well before we got to the top we were totally soaked ( gore-tex pah!!) and getting pretty cold so it was on with extra gear before the descent.
Along the top and on the descent we got glimpses of some of the spectacular scenery as we passed through wee alpine villages.
Unfortunately the weather forecast for the next couple of days is for more of the same and as our planned route for tomorrow involved similar big climbs to today it looks likely that we will cut our losses and take the train through the mountains tomorrow unless there is a great improvement in the weather
It's really disappointing missing out on some of the most spectacular scenery of the trip but we will just have to come back some time.
Today's route https://www.strava.com/activities/1177320473
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