I'm on the train, heading back to Prague via Brno after completing the latest stage of my Circuit Ride. Today I took a detour away fro...

Extraordinarily, the owner of the B&B I stayed at in Znojmo, Derek, turns out to be from my home town of Stoke, so we had a nice chat ...

...well, I am, in fact, in Znojmo (pictured), but it's heavenly enough. After a superb day on the bike, weaving in and out of Austria...

...perched high above the River Thaya on the Austrian-Czech frontier.

Pictured is the point where Bohemia meets Moravia meets Austria. It lies not far from historical town of Slavonice, where I'm spending...

How I love September! After a fine autumn afternoon's cycling through the forested hills of deepest South Bohemia I've arrived saf...

I've just got off the train into the warm autumn sunshine to start Stage 6 of my circuit ride. My destination today: Nove Hrady.