So, we left Sopron in good time, though I cannot recall when. We cycled through some suburbs on the South side of town, and joined a main, but quiet road to Harka a village and on to Nekenmarkt in Austria. No sign of a border when we crossed it. Through endless vineyards and we missed a left turn to follow EV13 to Deutschkreutz. But we recovered from this quickly. In Deutschkreutz there was an ebike charging point that was locked but we did not need it anyway.
On due South, quite level at first then through some forest, back over the frontier with a guard who waved us through, and we arrived at some border artwork, rather corroded, near Lutzmanburg. Noticed here several thousand crossed to Austria in ,1956 before the border was more completely sealed.
We then found a big-big climbing affair and a clubhouse where kids and older kids were kitted out with safety gear before going on high. We had our lunch here and could buy some alcohol-free beer: most welcome as it was getting hot. Then on and we found EV13 extremely well signed along some excellent cycle paths, leading into a village called Klostermarienburg. Here excellent progress rather fell to pieces. It took a short while to realise the trail went extra-steeply out of the village. We took this using our electric power on "high". This road ended up in rough tracks in some woods. Back to the top of the village where our track went off to the left. We took it. To start with steep but OK. But soon got to a place where they seemed to have needed to get rid a loaf of railway ballast. Had to walk over this then could ride down to the village of Olmod.
From here, there was a decent road towards Koszeg. But this ended in ornamental gates with a railway-ballast path climbing steeply on the right. Nothing for it but to push up, for at least a km. But at the top it became a good dirt road going down into Koszeg.
Found our pension. Into town which was most impressive with old churches and a castle and old streets, even a procession carrying a statue of the Virgin into yet another church. We ate in a restaurant, a reasonable meal
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