Bad news – the thermometer shows the outside temperature as 1.9°C. Good news – the sun is shining! We woke at 07:30 this morning and it felt cold. We have discovered an Austrian radio station called FM4 that broadcasts a music show with an English-speaking presenter in the mornings. Although the music is fairly awful, it does mean that we get the news and weather in English on the hour. They confirmed that the weather is unseasonable cold but didn't mention when it was going to get warmer.
We had a good walk around the town, enjoying that rare commodity, warm sunshine. After a session on the Internet, we took the opportunity to visit the brewery tap for the last time and enjoyed some of their excellent beer. We called in at the fishery on the way back and bought some carp fillets – we had at last found somewhere to buy fresh fish, something that had defeated us on our previous visits.
I got inspired by the lovely weather and decided to go for a bike ride. The whole of the area is virtually flat and is riddled with marked cycle trails. I chose a loop south of Trebon and headed out of the campsite. The first section was on a road with a few cars on it, after that I hardly saw a car. What I did see was about 10 more fishing lakes that I hadn't seen before, a watermill that had had a mill on the site since before the 13th century and a racing stables and racecourse. The route brought me back along the side of the lake with a lovely view across to the campsite and Henrietta. It was an excellent ride and I saw lots of other cyclists, as we did yesterday. This is a very popular cycling area and, given good weather and a longer stay, I would definitely like to take some more excursions.
Photos: The Svet ('The World') Lake with the sluice gates in the foreground; The Trebon Chateau complex is one of the largest in the Czech Republic; The Opatovicky Rybnik Lake in the evening sun, as seen from the campsite.
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