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Published: August 25th 2023
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An early start was on the cards so we could get out of Budapest before the traffic picked up. We aimed for 7:30am. We plugged in the address of our accommodation and got very confused. It was somewhere about 55kms west of Budapest, not 65kms south of Budapest where it was meant to be????
The town name was Tassi. It seems there are a few of them and they have the same street name as our apartment in both. So where did we book? I got an awful feeling that we may have booked the wrong place. We checked and double checked and then realised there were duplicated town/street combinations. We had booked the right place - we think.
As we set off this morning it wasn't as hot as we expected. There was actually a slight bit of moisture on the ground drying quickly, not that we noticed any rain. The sun was still behind the clouds at this stage so we wound our way out of the city. It took quite some time to get out of Budapest and the surrounding suburbs. It's never fun playing with city traffic. After about 16kms we finally got on to
some quite bike path until our new mapping took (MAPS.ME) told us to turn right onto a main road. We decided not to and I resorted to my brown line on a blank screen to get us on the Eurovelo route. This took us straight to the main rivulet that hung off the Danube. Perfect!
We stopped for our morning break in the shade of some trees by the river in an idyllic setting. We lay down on the grass and enjoyed a snack in the cool shade. As we rode out Jeff called out he had a puncture - or a slow leak to be exact. He tried to pump it up again and see how it went but it was only a few kilometers down the road when we had to stop again. Jeff got out his spare tube which had been patched and changed the tube. We put everything back together and pumped up the tyre. Just as we were about to leave Jeff looked down and his tyre was flat - again, or more correctly his patched tube was leaking. I pulled out one of my spare tubes which I had patched. Just to be
sure it as OK we pumped it up before fitting it to the tyre and it also leaked! OK, I had one last spare tube, also patched. We checked that one and it seemed to hold air. Phew! So, the answer to How many tubes does it take is 3. So that now evens the puncture score at 3 a piece for Jeff and I. By this time the sun had gotten a bit higher and we could start to feel the heat of the day we were expecting. We didn't get to see a lot of the river during the morning but by lunchtime we had gotten on a road by the rivulet and it was quite scenic. Each side of the river had beautiful homes with manicured lawns (mostly). There was a narrow road in front of them which changed from bitumen to gravel as we progressed and then a row of trees and the perfectly calm river. The trees also offered us shade which was a welcome relief.
By the time we reached our accommodation it was after 2pm. The thermometer said 32C but it felt more like 37C. The heat is so draining and I
guess riding bikes that weigh in excess of 30kgs over 65kms doesn't help that equation.
Our accommodation is in a tiny village, like really tiny. It's got two bedrooms and a bathroom. Not at all like what we've become accustomed to over the last week but what we're likely to in the coming weeks. We're happy just to shower, change and get some rest. Tomorrow we travel to another small town still in Hungary called Kalocsa.
Distance travelled today 65kms
Distance travelled so far 2,899kms
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