{"id":23407,"date":"2019-01-09T09:12:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T09:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/?p=23407"},"modified":"2019-01-09T09:12:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T09:12:40","slug":"day-386-varnsdorf-to-liberec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/day-386-varnsdorf-to-liberec\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 386 – Varnsdorf to Liberec"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 386                                                             9th August
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 <\/span><\/span>38 miles (Varnsdorf to Liberec) Average speed 9.5 mph Top speed 31 mph
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Another good day in the hills.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I got up at 8.30 once the rain and wind had calmed and it turned out to be a lovely warm day. I had brekkie of cheese and chorizo sarnies and tea with a great view over the lake. I packed up and left at 10.30. I went through Varnsdorf and into Germany, where I stopped at Netto and bought a new towel from the shop next door for 4\u20ac, bargain. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Just dipping across the border briefly<\/p><\/div>\n

Onwards and up a long straight hill and through glorious farmland. Then it was downhill all the way into Zittau where I looked at a bike shop and then continued into Poland, where I stopped for a sarnie from a garage and chatted to a couple of serious drinkers, one of which pointed to his St Christopher and wished me well in my journey.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bon voyage !<\/p><\/div>\n

I was only in Poland for about 40 minutes but I’m glad I stopped to chat. Then back into the Czech Republic and I found a cash machine to get some local currency. The road to Liberec was wonderful going alongside a river and the tree cover was cooling me down in the heat. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Some welcome shade<\/p><\/div>\n

At the top of a climb I stopped for a drink and to charge my phone by a hilltop castle and met a group of older cyclists with electric bikes that were behind me. I left soon after them but didn’t catch them up on the descent. The road was dodgy in places and I needed to brake quite a bit to avoid potholes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When I arrived in Liberec I found Decathlon, but they didn’t have any gas, so I looked for a hostel instead of carrying on to the next campsite, which was 15 miles away. I checked into my triple room and paid \u00a312 and 80p for the washing machine. While my washing was on I went to a restaurant nearby for a couple of beers listening to a good music selection. Then as I arrived back at the washing machine it just finished and I put the washing in the dryer and went in search of food. I went up a hill and found a student area with lots of bars. I chose Vitos and had a pizza while chatting to Thomas from Bordeaux and Ander from Bilbao and Jindrieh from Prague.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Good companions<\/p><\/div>\n

Back at the hostel I picked up my dry washing and was in bed by midnight. Another good day and it’s good to be climbing again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hostel inter \u00a312 – 340krone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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