It’s Too Darn Hot!

It’s just been getting hotter and hotter.

This is not normal procedure for a Bonkers trip, usually people say things to us like “it never normally rains in Tibet in August” (we never did see Mount Everest despite battling our anoxic way to Chinese base camp) or “it never normally snows in Finland in June” (yes genuinely children were wearing snowsuits, those people are brave) or “you should have been here last week, it was really lovely”.

But we are actually cycling along in the wake of some pretty Epic rainfall.  The Danube, as you’ve seen, has been very full of water, and in last night’s hotel in Sombor the receptionist said “last week it was 7’C and now it’s 30′ hotter!  It’s early to be so hot.”

As “S” reminds us, it’s important to Manage Hydration when cycling on days like this, and we have become huge fans of (shameless plug even though it is a Coca Cola brand) Fuze Tea, sorry about the #bansingleuseplastics.

It is also now possible to recognise other cyclists round town by the strange tan lines.  We (especially Sid) wear cycling gloves and our tanned knuckles make us look like nicotine addicts from an earlier age.  But the ankle-level tan cut-off is the real give-away.

Our wet weather gear, survival bag and fleecies are gradually working their way down in the geological strata of the packing.  Which reminds me that earlier in the trip, we chatted to a very nice Alaskan family who were cycle touring with a 10-12 year old and a 2 year old.  When I said how hard it was to set off into the rain on a wet morning, they said “yes, it can be really hard to get out of the tent”.  Out of the tent?! There are many, many people out here who are more Bonkers than we are – we are mere beginners.

We dream of cooler weather now.  Feel free to remind me about this when I am whinging about the rain later on in the trip.