Wed. 8 Aug. Steti to Roudnice nad Labem.

The hotel we were staying in didn't do breakfasts so we had to go looking around the town. We found a breakfast place but it didn't serve the kind of things we wanted. Most things were cooked like soup, frankfurters and chips and whilst we could eat those later in the day,  walking on them was not an option.

We had a coffee and a bread roll in the cafe and then went across the road to Tescos where we bought grapes, a couple of nectarines a carton of orange juice and two filled croissants.

We left the hotel about 9:30. We were not in a hurry as we were only supposed to have 14 km to go. In the end we walked about 16.5km, arriving in Roudnice nad Labem just after 2:00pm.

In the early stages we went wrong twice trying to keep to paths too close to the river. This was a mistake, they finished at dead ends. They were just access points to fishing pozzies.

Later on we went wrong but only because the cycle route we were following (8410) has obviously been changed, if not abandoned. We found bits of it but they were very overgrown and near Roudnice  nad Labem a sports stadium had been built across the cycle track route!

We have a very nice hotel in Roudice nad Labem,  on top of the town square. At first when we went out at 5:30pm to look for a restaurant we couldn't find one so returned to our hotel. It turns out our hotel, the Amber Hotel Vavrinec, has a very active restaurant located down the end of an alleyway behind the hotel. It was very busy but we got excellent service from a friendly waiter who spoke a little English.

NZ$28 in total for a bottle of a bottle of local Muller Thurgau (very pleasant) , one tuna and olive spaghetti, and a parma ham salad followed by one very good espresso. I also forgot we also had a bottle of water. 

A very pleasant end to what at times was a strenuous day. At one time we were both wearing leggings when we were determined to battle through nettles on a very, very overgrown path. 

Today we saw a small deer on the path as well as a pair of industrial gloves. Usually one only finds single gloves! I've lost count of the total number of gloves seen so far but all have been photographed. Shiel is better at spotting them than I am so on joint walks occurrence rates may be higher than when I walk alone (JoGLE).