Up early and breakfast for 7. Tried to get on the road for 730 but filling up was time consuming due to the fancy card machine at the pumps, ok once you have been shown how it works. So 800 it is and onto the A35 again heading for Austria but first is a flying visit to Lichtenstein. Not much to say about this as it is only a couple of villages for us and they are still waking up. Innsbruck is the first target and 150km towards the lighter skies. We stop on the east side at a services and check the map, there is a choice so we go vis Kitzbuhel and down to Bruck. It seems we met the lunchtime rush at Kitz and with the temp at 24c this did not appear to be good timing however the lights were for us and we were quickly back on a country road.
The next 25km were slow, few places to overtake and heavy traffic coming the other way. Villages led into each other and we climbed to a col and a nice twisty decent on the east side.
The gps was doing ok but sometimes the voice is slow to update the route especially when there are quick changes to the route. this happened twice with the 2nd being the worse. Only 60km to go and we took a slip road to the right which then curved round and a choice of 3 routes, non with road numbers , only names that did not mean anything. The voice said "keep right, keep right" which I did only 5 secs later to be told " take left, take left" Doh!
No option now, a Peage and a very long tunnel,10 miles or so and very hot at 28c, now heading south and the gps says now arriving at 1830 as opposed to 1745. There is a mass picture being taken at 1830, will we make it in time? The re-route goes back north up another valley and we are on the S6 again and meet several other Pans going our way. They shoot past so there is only one thing to do and that is join in at the back. The next 30km really fly by and we get to the hotel at 1825 and are marshalled to the car park in plenty of time. So 425 miles done, it's been a long day.
The evening begins with a welcome address from the organising club and the local mayor. An Austrian group in lederhosen strike up and the buffet is open. Food is excellent, my choice is garlic soup with chives, pork with sour kraut and dumplings and apple strudel to finish... Oh and cheese and biscuits, yes I was hungry.
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