Life is not a Practice

The second day of our four days mountain biking in St. Vigil. Maybe the best ride that I have ever done. Without doubt the best single trail.



Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=goustagajevflnhg

Photos are at http://picasaweb.google.de/neill.hogarth/StVigilDay2#

The first day of our four days mountain biking in St. Vigil. A "short tour" through the woods of the dolomites to get warm.



Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=pqniingfyyolwusb

My pictures are at http://picasaweb.google.de/neill.hogarth/StVigilDay1#

Wanted to go out on my race bike but there was suspiciously little air in the back tyre so I rode around staying near to Nesselwang.



Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=vggnbwwrgmfmwtbx

Monday afternoon. I was on holiday and Jon closes early on Wednesday so we went out on our race bikes.



From Nesselwang we rode to Hopferau and then past the Hopfen See. Non stop on to Füssen for a few photos of the Lechfall (photo above which was very full after all this rain). Then across the border in to Austria and on to Vils. In Vils I got a puncture but luckily I had a puncture repair kit and Jon got the piece of metal out of the tyre (with his teeth).



After repairing the puncture we continued back in to Germany and then through Pfronten back to Jons where I realised that some where along the way I had lost my mobile :-(

The track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=hmzxdhnclejocqas

I didn't take any pictures (beacause I lost my phone) but Jon did and they are at http://picasaweb.google.com/jon.nesselwang/Bike2010#5511995569754757954 Just go right to see the rest.

It stopped raining in the afternoon so a quick run round the standard training route.


This picture is taken looking East towards Nesselwang. And people ask why I want to live here? The original is at http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/2010CyclingIV#5510167697684958354

The same track as here http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=jhlzirdtszgkgzqo

Two years ago Heidi and I wanted to cycle to Lindau. The week before I fell off my bike and broke my shoulder blade. So today we tried again. This time Heidi fell off and broke her ankle about 11 kilometers before Lindau.



There were 17 of us in total. The real heroes of the day were the French family. They just got on their bikes and cycled 80kms. Johanna did the whole 100kms!


[photo by Max]

The track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=qbxkhztionkwubjl

As normal Sepp has written a long report about the whole day in German at http://home.allgaeu.org/a3453/2010%20Lindau.htm

Photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/2010Lindau#

Max wrote a report at http://maxhogarth.blogspot.com/2010/08/wednesday-bodensee-tour.html and his photos are at http://picasaweb.google.com/Maximilian.Hogarth/BodenseeTourAugust?authkey=Gv1sRgCN_6ktyc0q63dw#

Moni Lang has a racing bike so we went out to test it this evening. Nice easy coast round the Grüntensee and then up to faistenoy and Oy. Maria Rain for a few extra meters of climbing.



GPS battery ran out but here is the track from a
previous ride along the same route.

http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=jhlzirdtszgkgzqo

Full size picture at http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/2010CyclingIII#

A Sunday tour with Max. We rode from home through Pfronten(tal) then up Achtal to Engetal and then on up to the Gappenfeldalm over a pass at 1896 meters! We just beat a huge storm to the Alm and spent the next hour huddled next to the fire waiting for the worst to pass (and having a drink and lunch :-)



When the rain was less we set off back down in to the valley and then decided to ride home via Tannheimertal and Wertachtal. In Tannheimertal it rained again but we had jackets and "aren't made of chocolate". In Wertach Max treated me to an ice and then we cycled home around the Grünten lake. It was however flooded so after Max got very wet feet, we took the road home.

Photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/2010Gappenfeldalm#

and the track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=wsrrgzmdymebamav (1300 meters of climb and 72 kilometers.

Here is Max's report about the day http://maxhogarth.blogspot.com/2010/08/gappenfeldalpe-sunday-biketour.html and his pictures http://picasaweb.google.de/Maximilian.Hogarth/Biking20101?authkey=Gv1sRgCL3U3ayxuvWikwE#

This one that he took is great. It shows just how far we climbed and the spectacular scenery

The rain has stopped :-) so I was out with the racing bike for a quick "training tour" round the Grüntensee. Added the climb to Mittelber to get a few extra meters of climbing (and a longer descent).


The picture is from last year and shows the Grüntensee from the mountains.

Track at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=jtnruefjastcfope

I was hoping for a nice flat ride but the others convinced me that we should "pop up" to the Haslacher Alp. Once we were there we decided to head towards the Herzer Hütte because some one said they had built a wall across the road near the bottom.
It turned out it was a fence at the top.
But as we were up there we took the single trail down to bayerstetten :-)



Track at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=drbuagjmdvolutth

Photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/2010CyclingIII#

This is a picture of me taken by Jon


The rest of his photos are at http://picasaweb.google.de/jon.nesselwang/Bike2010#