After an exceptionally hot and sticky (uuugh) night, we skipped breakfast at our digs and hit the road just after 08:30.
The early start lasted just long enough to get around the next corner into the town centre. Breakfast was purchased from a supermarket and consumed al fresco (posh for eating outside) in the park.
Our plan today is to reach Eger, Hungary. A distance of some 50 odd miles, quite a bit of climbing and hopefully, mostly spent on 'B' and 'C' roads.
Finally set off in anger at around 09:30 in already extremely hot conditions. Forecast today is for 33 degrees Celsius....
Followed Route 2203 North (yes, North though what we were doing riding North during a North to South ride is a reasonable question) and followed this in delightful countryside to Gyongyos, Hungary.
Our first refuelling stop was made at their mega Spar. Pop and ice cream later, we were back on the road trying to dodge too much radiation.
From Gyongyos, we followed the 'A' road Route 3 for a couple of kilometres and then turned off once again for 'man's country' and some more 'C' roads.
Almost immediately, we were into Hungarian wine producers territory completely surrounded by vineyards.
Rolling countryside with the odd barsteward of a hill and lovely quaint villages were the order of the day all the way into Eger.
On arrival, unusually, we immediately spotted directions to the the camping site. More unusually, the site was where it was supposed to be though at the top of a real killer 1:3 climb. Just what is needed at the end of a day....
We pitched and without further ado, marched into the town centre for a gander.
We were expecting a medieval hill town and were somewhat surprised to find a bustling modern town centre complete with ultra modern shopping mall.
Despite this, the centre was very nice and we made full use of both its supermarket (ha Tesco's again!) and a very nice restaurant for dinner.
Pigged out, we tackled the mile and a bit walk back to the campsite for a gentle lie down.
Chatted to our neighbours on one side; some nice French lads and stoically ignored the Poles on the other who'd invaded our space and pitched within feet of our tent.
Tsssk. Johnny Foreigner, just doesn't know the form.
Tomorrow we have our delayed rest day, this time back on normal schedule. There's quite a bit of housekeeping to do so we're unlikely to get back into Eger until late afternoon.
Today more hot, hot, hot miles. Total 53 miles and a quite hilly 625m of ascent. Total trip 2421 miles.
More Southerly ramblings to follow.
Back soon. Miles & Tracey.
