Everywhere Virtually

A few weeks back at the Horizons Unlimited event in Derbyshire I said to a friend of mine if he was ever in Austria to give me a shout and we’d meet up, sample the local cuisine and have a ride around the lakes and mountains to the South West of Linz. I’d met Paddy on a few occasions through the UKGSer forum and in person because I’d sold a few bits from my F800GS.

Little did I think he was only 12 hours behind me on the road. On the Thursday after my arrival I picked up my girlfriend from a meeting she was having with colleagues. I had no clue as I made my way from Leonding towards the Danube that my buddy Paddy was wild camping on the opposite bank.

That night I received an urgent message from another forum member telling me that Paddy didn’t have my mobile number and could I get in touch.

The next day we met up at 8am and headed into Linz for some breakfast at a favourite cafe of mine. We were tempted to swap our bikes for something more suitable around town.

After filling up with some gas we headed down to the lakes around Gmunden and Ebensee

The weather was hot at around 28c, sunny and being a weekday the roads were empty. It was perfect biking weather. All the better for having a biking buddy along to share the experience. Austria is a special place to ride and I never grow tired of it.

Paddy had a Helmet cam so when he gets back to blighty and uploads it to YouTube I’ll post it on here.