12.45 local time, 520 miles to Budapest. Weather still like home. Blinking rain! I will hopefully cross Hungary before the end of the day. I must stop every 135 miles to refuel. Stopped now due to Rain

3.15 local time, near Munich. I just don’t believe the weather. Has been raining since England. Dry patches at times but generally rain has not stopped. German roads are not biker friendly. Very slippery patches when wet, especially with diesel spills, you can easily loose control, im also wondering if its going to dry up soon… thsi really takes the fun out of it!

Awful conditions:

Munich 6pm 02/07/2007

It’s just simply unbelievable, it’s 6pm and the rain has still not stopped. Riding isalmost impossible but I need to get there, the rain on the wind guard is so bad. Visibility is almost only 10meters,
I discovered Speed is the only solution to blow the rain off the screen, although it’s not sensible to ride fast during rain, a question comes to mind, Do I regret this?
Well Last night I was still riding at 3.30am in the dark, plus the rain , it did come to mind that perhaps I would have been better off in awarm bed instead of dark wet dangerous roads!

I stop every 135 mile for refuel and try waiting for the rain to clear, but it never does, I then choose to ride out off it but it gets worst again! However, I have no alternative but get going.

I came across a bus full of german ladies who were having picnic on my table while I was on the internet, as if I was not there, they ate and drunk andf never offered a cuppa. As I was walked away that all changed and we made friends and I received a nice warm cuppa, my german was not that great neither their english, we just nodded and smiled for a picture

Trying to dry from the rain of Austria while enjoying a Cuppa.

My £200 Harley boots were actually like a Harley Pool, just filled with water, I took my feet out to dry which were totally wrinkled.

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