Our first 4 miles or so were uphill on a fairly busy road but once we reached the top the traffic thinned out and we had a good descent towards Celje. As we neared the town (city?) centre the traffic was very heavy but there were pretty good cycle lanes into the centre of town where we had a bite to eat and decide where we were heading for that afternoon.
We had originally planned to cycle from Celje to Lublljianja today which would have been about 64 miles, however with our earlier stop yesterday it would have been nearer 80 miles to Lublljianja which didn't seem a great idea in today's weather conditions. As there didn't seem to be any other campsites or much other accommodation in between we decided to book into the Rimske Terme hotel about another 11 miles down the Savinja river.
We followed the quiet farm roads on the east side of the river through what must have been really spectacular countryside if we could have seen it through the mist and rain. There was a fair bit of climbing along the way with one particular section which eventually had is both off and pushing the bikes as the gradient got up to about 20%.
When we got to Rimske Toplice we could see that our hotel was perched up on the hill, the signs at the bottom of the access road advising on the use of snow chains also gave us a clue that we still had a bit of climbing to do, however we didn't reckon on the fact that the hotel was actually built into the hill and that the reception was on the 7th floor!
Today's route https://www.strava.com/activities/1172512778
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