Rauchwart to Bad Radkersburg 60 miles ( total miles 219)

Up bright and early this morning, mainly because the tent was cold and we were needing the loo!

The first nine miles were a gentle wake up with the cycle path following a stream all the way to Gussing where we had an excellent breakfast in the middle of a bustling market.

After Gussing we had a steep climb of about 14% gradient which took us to some lovely empty roads through old oak woods with woodpeckers flying about.  We then descended and had some flat miles to Jennersdorf.

After a mediocre lunch we had a few more miles on the flat than some more fairly steep climbing towards St Anna with hazards such as turkeys on the road and Ostriches (fortunately not on the road!)

We also came across farmers harvesting the pumpkins which seemed to be purely for the seeds as the rest of the pumpkins were left in the fields.

Just a few miles earlier we had seen a couple of women sitting in the fields removing the seeds by hand.

After St Anna it was mainly downhill to the spa town of Bad Radkersburg where we were lucky enough to stumble into the number one restaurant on trip advisor for an excellent dinner.

Tomorrow it's off to Slovenia, yet another country where we can't speak the language!

Today's route https://www.strava.com/activities/1167893413