With a shorter day ahead of us, we had a hearty breakfast at the hotel and set off. Getting out of Györ proved to be a bit more difficult than we had anticipated. Not least because the Eurovelo people have changed the route from the one on our map. We can't complain about the change because it is shorter and more direct. However as they still haven't produced any maps for this area it is a bit unnerving when you follow the marked route and the signs stop at a junction, leaving you clueless as to which way to turn. We did find a sign around the corner, but it gave us a little consternation.
From Györ onwards the route was well marked and we made good progress until we were leaving Bönyrétalap. Not far out of the village we encountered a Eurolvelo sign telling us to go left. As this time our map covered the area of the change we continued on with some confidence. This confidence may have been somewhat misplaced as when we did find another sign it pointed us towards what looked more like a ploughed field than a track. Interestingly enough this ploughed field was marked as an A road on our map. A1 to be precise. We decided it would be best to ignore the sign and go searching for a better road, when none became available we had no choice but to go back to the marked route. The only alternative was a 10km detour back the way we came to rejoin the route we had in our map book. The dirt track did improve after about 6km, but not until we had tried to ride through mud-filled tyre tracks, some so deep that our panniers were clipping the edges.
We eventually made it to Acs and rejoined the route we would have been on if we hadn't paid attention to the Eurovelo sign. I am sure whoever put the sign up had our best interests at heart, but changing a mapped route when you haven't produced new maps yourself is a little unfair!
We encountered another diversion just outside Acs, but this time we ignored it and stuck to the main road route. Eventually we arrived in Komárom, located the camp-site and got set up. As usual we caused quite a stir when we turned up, you would think it was the first time anyone had camped!
The camp-site was right outside some thermal baths, so we quickly got our swimmers on and went for a relax in the hot mineral waters. Note that this time we were allowed to keep our clothes on! Easier said than done, as with my weight loss my board shorts are a little on the large side; will definitely have to buy some new ones.
The trusty camping stove got some use again tonight after we had picked up supplies from Tesco's. It was nice to be cooking again, although you quickly forget how dark and cold it gets outside after you have been staying in hostels/guesthouses. We had a nice warming dinner and then settled down for an early night. Back to Slovakia tomorrow and then back across the border to Esztergom.
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