8am and we are at the bakery getting a coffee and bite to eat.  Bled has woken to sunshine, the bus arrives at 8am for the day trippers all equipped with day packs as they make their way to the lake or bakery to get supplies before they head off for the day.

I can’t see the lake from here but after I insist we look and see what it looks like with sun.  There are a few rowers out training … it’s like a swimming pool with lane makers stretched across the length of the lake from the Rowing club to the turn around point. 

We head off through small villages, beautiful green fields and cute houses, oops we go the wrong way about 2km at a 12% hill, I thought something was wrong as I check the route on my phone.  A quick turn around to meet John who is walking … ‘wrong way turn back’ as I speed past … I will miss the expletives that way.  The downhill has cooled him down.

Back on track only to see that there are signs regarding the way to Mojstrana, indicating that the road is blocked.  Some road cyclists advise that it is clear, they have just come from there.  A great ride through the Radovna Valley.  We feel like midgets with the mountains on either side riding in and out of the forest.  The valley has more road and touring cyclists than cars today.  there are signs warning of dangerous winds on the road, we learn later that 3 weeks ago strong winds blew over trees in this area, today we see lots of trees that have recently been felled and cut on the side of the road.

A short sharp hill of 18% before we go downhill into Mojstrana.  It’s looking like Austria, cute houses, mountains, of course, over the mountains it IS Austria.

We are now parallel to the main road on a rail trail, no steep hills and only 13km to go. 

Kranjska Gora is a delightful ski village surrounded by mountains, everything for the adventurer. Lots of bikes and hikers.

It took about an hour to find the lock box for the apartment, running around every door that could be opened to find one of many lock boxes … all good it was found.