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Tour 2005 (continued from the June TUG) Tony Seaman ONE MAN AND HIS BIKE WENT FOR A RIDE Saturday 3 September, I was looking for war d to a relaxing day but as the weather was good the climb that was aborted last evening was on again. It was one of those climbs with a steel cable anchored to the rock face by pins, it took over an hour to walk and climb to the start of the cable and another hour to complete the cable leg which in parts had you acting like a spider on a wall but without any suckers on your hands or feet, the only concession was that we had changed into climbing shoes, harness and a safety strap for clipping to the cable. It was hard in places but very satisfying to complete, having rested we walked back down again. Another meal was awaiting us upon our arrival at home, with my clean cloths fully ironed ready for packing. The evening was a quiet affair during which I packed ready for the off in the morning. Sunday 4 September, I was up and at 9 am after saying far ewell to my fr iends I took my leave with mixed feelings after having had such a lovely time, I felt that I should really be heading west and home and not south as planned. I made good progress as a large part of my route to the Slovenian border is now A class roads to M/way standards and what a pleasure to ride on after the poor quality road surfaces back in England. Having passed through Klagenfurt I headed for the Loibl tunnel and the border just beyond arriving at 13-05 hrs, It was as I hit the A2 and turned west towards lake Bled that I came into contact with my first traffic jam but that was soon dispatched in true English fashion stopping for a bite to eat on the banks of the lake at 13-45hrs. Having heard so much about this lake from other people it proved to be a bit of a disappointment as it was just too touristy for this type of trip. For the remainder of the day I was to ride tight narrow twisty mountain back roads, along sides of valleys of beautiful wooded landscape, uphill and down dale passing by several small hydro electric dams before turning south at Most na Socl to ran along inside the border to the crossing into Italy at Novia Gori,
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