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The water slide at Rorschach See youth hostel.
View from our room at Rorschach See youth hostel as the rain returns.
Joe shows off Nokia stickers—bought from a ‘girlie’ vending machine for half a franc.
SD video of today's ride, upscaled to 4K - 2025 Full Remaster including huge clarity and detail improvement and video stabilisation
Breakfast at Rorschach See Youth Hostel.
Michael tries for a peaceful breakfast at Rorschach See Youth Hostel.
Tao, last to pack again, in our small room at Rorschach See Youth Hostel.
Cheeky note on Michael’s Mercian as we left Rorschach See.
Michael reckons the note‑writer can’t age a 25‑year‑old Mercian.
Michael heads off to hunt the mystery note‑writer at Rorschach See.
Joe at Rorschach See Youth Hostel.
Tao catches a rail‑walker falling off.
Routes 2 and 9 cross into Austria at Rheineck.
No border checks as we slip into Austria.
Grocery store just over the border in Gaissau, Austria.
Tao on the cycle path at Guetstrasse, Au, just after lunch.
Mechanical artwork in Soplar’s grounds, Altstätten.
Altstätten, where Tao sourced new wheel bearings.
Tao picks a quiet canal‑side spot near Sennwald for hub surgery.
Tao gets his bearings.
Dornen, Sennwald.
Frümsen–Staubern cable car: tempting, but too pricey and hourly.
Tao by Werdenberg lake as the rain returns.
Cycle route follows the Rhine south from Buchs.