Well, here we are. Another update on the trip to the Czech Invader Rally in Vernířovice and only a few days after the last post.
This is Plan C Outwards!!
How things can change. I was using Google Maps rather than MyRouteApp to try and chop the journey into three more equal parts. This is not as easy as you might think considering accommodation and doing the trip on a budget.
I start all the routes from Calais Eurotunnel's "Avenue to France" and there is a waypoint that's clickable in Google Maps. From there to the Vernířovice Rally site in the Hotel Reoneo is around 835.35 miles.
Having a fuzzy brain after months of working from home, I used the calculator on the laptop to chop it up into three parts.... it comes out at 278.45 miles.
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| AACZ - Invader - Vernířovice OUT Plan C |
So using Google Maps I tried to find somewhere around that distance for the first hotel stop. I chose the B&B Hotel in Troisdorf. It has parking and a restaurant on site. I don't know if I really want to overlook the railway though!
Apart from the rally itself, I am booking single or double rooms (if they are the same price) with private bathroom! I don't mind sharing if I have to but given my health problems being solo or with my wife id best all round.
It's maybe a little short at 268 miles. But there was nothing further on in my price range. Or rather what I was interested in paying.
I have kept the second stop at Hotel Reif in Königstein in der Oberpfalz, I just had to change the date to a day later. This is another with restaurant attached. Food and beer and no walking or need to ride the bike.
The Prague stopover is gone. A shame but it does mean I will be away from my family a day less.
The third day is a little over the 278 average. That is simply because hotels nearer the Czech border are more expensive or if comparable in price, don't have food and drink nearby.
Plan C could easily be Plan D though...
Homeward Plan A
No changes here except that I have managed to book the DJH Hostel at Hagen for the second night after we leave Vernířovice.
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| AACZ - Invader HOME Plan A |
I have emailed the DJH Schloss Colditz to see when they are open to take booking and they have yet to reply.
I saw on the main DJH.de website that there was a relaxation in Germany due in August, but that may be up in the air as they have had killer floods in the Rhein/Ruhr and Covid is on the increase as well.
