Once again, we caught the shuttle through the serious pass, I don't know whether it would have been bad from a slope or a traffic point of view, but I thought it was a fair bet that and old fellow with a heavy load should avoid that bit of road, and it cost us just €6.40, the deuce! We've seen no one else up here with the gear I have, they're all limited to a couple of small panniers at the max.
We carried on then, mostly up hill, to the town of Reschen, and the Lago de Rechia, the artificial lake which drowned the town of Graun, where the Graun Turm pokes its top out of the water. If you look carefully at the first picture you might just make it out in the background.
The rain of yesterday was completely gone and we just were in brilliant sunshine as we rode down the western side of the lake. The 3rd picture shows typical countryside. We camped at Glarenza, or the Austrian variant Glurns,(last picture) and had a cold time of it overnight. Hannelore was suggesting that we go to hotels while it was so cold, but I solved the problem the next day by buying three pairs of thick bedsocks at a market in the town of Prato.
This area is famous for its apple orchards, and we avoided picking any, but finally it got the better of us, and Hannelore picked one beautiful big red one....but she asked permission from one of the workers first! Somehow this is the second picture (I can't make them go to the correct place).
We ended up in Merano, could've camped, but went to a hotel instead.
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