Day 90 - Zug to Pfaffikon - 77kms

Was this a sign the weather was changing - Zug in a pea souper ? I thought so and dressed accordingly only to pay the price when the sun finally came out.

We'd been blessed with magnificent unseasonal European weather for some 5 weeks now - maybe Henley's methane emissions had accelerated global warming but whatever the reason we were enjoying it after bleak weather in the UK

A beautiful climbing forest ride took us out of Zug towards Untageri with Autumn Colours evident everywhere. Back on the road we cycled to Einseldeln for lunch where I enquired of KH what he thought of the giant downhill ski ramp we'd just cycled past - "what ramp" was his not surprising reply !

After am ample lunch we made our way through the old town on foot because of the local market. Exiting Einseldeln we took in some steep climbs 10-15% before one beauty at 20% that had KH head down bum up while I filmed - or should I say while I filmed him miss the turn off marker that even I could see from 50 meters away!

Yelling at him to stop I cycled after him reaching the turn off pt deciding that this time I was not going to chase him up the hill!

Expecting him to realize his mistake I waited and waited and waited - while Kev did exactly the same at the top of the hill not wanting to come back down!

After a good 45 mins a sheepish KH finally returned mumbling something about how can he look for signs when he's cycling so hard. Anyway after a barrel of abuse we set off this time in the right direction to immediately climb another 20% hill with KH soon pretty spent by his efforts

The downhill on the other side was spectacular with views of the Zurichsee and it's many towns. After our days effort we stopped at a guesthaus 1/2 way down the hill for it's views of the lake. After checking the menu prices though we decided to brave the 4km very steep descent to head into town to the supermarket and then painstakingly do the same journey back all just to save a few dollars

Magnificent lake view Switzerland

While the night lights of the lake provided for great viewing the main evenings entertainment was watching KH take on the local fly population as he ruthlessly set upon all insects that had entered our room courtesy of the open windows and our room lights acting as beacons!

The evening was I thought going to be a very long one !

View of the Zurichsee from our Hotel